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WPS Office vs Microsoft Excel: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 24th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Spreadsheet
15
Best performer
39
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Data Extraction
12
39
  • Charting
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Customizable Templates
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews1,502
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.1
4.8
User reviews19,093
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.3
Price starts from
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
/user
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Firms that are looking for free Microsoft Office alternatives, who want small sized office application and to create top quality documents without worrying about inhibiting the performance of their PC

Designed for businesses of all sizes, it is a spreadsheet solution that helps manage and organize data using templates, perform calculations, create analytical charts, and more.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Nhat N
IT specialist
4.0

Nhat: Hi, my name is Nhat. I'm an IT instructor from 1:00 to 5:00. I give WPS a 4. For more information click below. Before I was using WPS I was using Google Docs and Microsoft Office, and it wasn't working for me before because Google Docs does not have much features, and Microsoft Office was too expensive for my organization. So I chose to use WPS and it has all of the features that I needed. I chose WPS Office because my organization would like to cut the cost of spending on Microsoft products while using all of the features that are available. Using WPS Office was hard at the beginning because it only have three software available, the spreadsheet, the writer and the presentation. It's not as much as Microsoft Office, but it has all of the features enough to use, so it's the same as Microsoft Office. The only thing is I have to train my staff more on how to use it. I recommend getting the WPS Office because the advice I would give is to have the staff getting used to it first before deploying the WPS for your business on every computer. And make sure to train the staff to use some of the features on there, such as clicking around and using all of the Office, using all of the tools, before you actually implement everything on the employees computers.

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Jose L
Salesman - Engineer
5.0

Jose: So my name is Jose. I'm an inside salesman for a pretty small company. It's about three employees, two outside salesmen that just work 1099. And I would give a rating of five to Microsoft Excel, especially as a student. Okay. I use Microsoft Excel to keep track of long list of certain items at work. But on a personal level, I also use it to markup graphs and then keep track of data and then be able to analyze the data in certain ways. The thing I like most about Microsoft is the macros. You can run certain... To make schedules to basically highlight specific data in the data set, and then you could basically mark it up different colors. So let's say you're making a work schedule for different people, it tells you what's available, who's not available, and stuff like that. I think the only thing I really dislike in Microsoft Excel is initially it's pretty hard to get used to all the commands and stuff because, really, you kind of have to figure it on yourself. I mean, you could go through YouTube and stuff like that, but it is a pretty in-depth software, so you kind of have to know what you're doing. And then sometimes if you don't know what you're doing, you can mess up an entire data set and you're trying to figure out what went wrong and stuff like that.

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WPS Office

Top Features
15/39
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Charting
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Tabulation
  • Data Visualization
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Transfer
  • Formula Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Functions/Calculations
  • @mentions
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Multiple Projects
  • Offline Access
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real-Time Updates
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • What-if Analysis
  • Workflow Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Synchronization
  • Document Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Project Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Sign On
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
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Microsoft Excel

12/39
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WPS Office
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Microsoft Excel
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
WPS Office
  • By Kingsoft Office Software
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1988
Microsoft Excel
  • By Microsoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1975
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