WPS Office
Ranked 16 of 18 office suites by recommenders
People recommend WPS Office as a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Office that handles proprietary file formats well. The most common caveat is that it is missing many quality-of-life and compliance tools.
People recommend WPS Office as a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Office that handles proprietary file formats well. The most common caveat is that it is missing many quality-of-life and compliance tools.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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Other office suites people recommend
The four most recommended other office suites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibreOffice | 345 | 188 | 65% | 13 | 20 yrs11 owners | — |
| Microsoft Office | 256 | 407 | 39% | 12 | 12 yrs11 owners | — |
| Microsoft 365 | 151 | 340 | 31% | 12 | 2 yrs11 owners | — |
| Google Workspace | 107 | 214 | 33% | 12 | 10 yrs14 owners | — |
| WPS OfficeThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“you will get things like font issues in Word and Powerpoint”
“Competitive products like Google Docs, WPS or Euro Office solve proprietary file format problem very nicely.”
“missing a lot of quality of life tools plus legal/compliance/security tooling”
“apparently it comes with ingame purchases”
“It's not going to be a valid alternative in the west”
“the WPS office suite is more bloated with ads than even Microsoft's offerings are”
“500 million users. Just because you haven't heard it doesn't mean an alternative doesn't exist.”
“best cost effective options like WPSOffice”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.