LibreOffice Calc vs WPS Spreadsheet

LibreOffice Calc

• People who want a full desktop spreadsheet at no cost
• Anyone who needs the same spreadsheet app on Windows, macOS and Linux
• Users who prefer open-source software and the OpenDocument format

WPS Spreadsheet

• People who want a free spreadsheet app that opens and saves Excel files
• Families or small groups splitting a paid plan through the Sharing Plan
• Writing formulas and analyzing data with an AI assistant

LibreOffice Calc

• There is no hosted cloud version; The Document Foundation says it does not plan a service like those from Google and Microsoft.
• Shared mode merges each user's edits when they save the file, and some commands are unavailable while a spreadsheet is shared.
• On Android the foundation offers only a viewer with experimental editing, and it points to Collabora's apps for editing documents on mobile.
• The Mac App Store version costs $8.99 and the Microsoft Store version also carries a charge; downloads from the website are free.

WPS Spreadsheet

• WPS Spreadsheet is not sold on its own: it comes with the WPS Office suite, and every plan covers the whole suite.
• The free plan is limited to 1 GB of cloud space and restricted template downloads, and no advertising is listed as a Pro+ benefit.
• AI tools on Pro+ have a daily usage limit; once it is reached they pause until the next day.
• Some advanced spreadsheet AI features arrive on Windows first and may differ on Mac, and the listed prices apply to PC and Android.

LibreOffice Calc

Functions and the Function Wizard

Built-in functions, including statistical and banking functions, are combined into formulas for complex calculations, and the Function Wizard helps assemble them step by step.

Pivot tables

A pivot table combines, compares and analyzes large amounts of data. Its fields can be rearranged to view different summaries of the same source data.

Scenarios and what-if tools

Named scenarios hold alternative sets of cell values that can be switched to compare results, and the Multiple Operations command calculates a formula across a range of inputs.

Dynamic charts

Spreadsheet data can be presented in charts that update automatically whenever the underlying data changes.

Excel compatibility

Imports and modifies Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and filters open and save a variety of other formats in addition to the native OpenDocument format.

Shared spreadsheets

In shared mode several users can open the same spreadsheet file for writing at once. Changes merge when each person saves, with a dialog to settle conflicting edits.

WPS Spreadsheet

Excel-compatible spreadsheets

Opens and saves .xlsx, .xls and .csv files, and the vendor lists more than 500 functions, including XLOOKUP, LAMBDA and dynamic arrays.

AI formula writer

Describe a calculation in plain language and WPS AI generates a formula for the selected cell. It can also explain what a formula does before it is used.

AI data analysis

Questions about the data in a sheet return checks, patterns and trends, along with charts and written conclusions.

AI functions for batch work

AI-powered spreadsheet functions generate or classify content inside cells and can be applied to hundreds of rows at once, for example to tag feedback or write descriptions.

Real-time co-editing

Spreadsheets can be shared with view, comment or edit permissions and edited together across desktop and web, with comments, mentions and version history.

PDF to Excel conversion

Tables are extracted from PDFs into editable spreadsheets with rows and columns kept in order. Online tools also cover Excel to PDF and image to Excel.

LibreOffice Calc

• LibreOffice$0

  The full office suite, including Calc, downloaded free from libreoffice.org for Windows, macOS or Linux.

WPS Spreadsheet

• WPS Standard$0

  The free WPS Office suite, including Spreadsheet, with basic PDF features, limited template downloads and 1 GB of cloud space.

• WPS Pro+$69.99

  per year ($5.83 / month); or $20.99 per 3 months

  Suite-wide plan for one user: full PDF editing and conversion, unlimited template downloads, 20 GB of cloud storage, no advertising and AI tools with daily limits.

• WPS Pro+ Sharing Plan$41.99

  per user / year, 2 users minimum; or $4.99 per user / month

  Suite-wide Pro+ benefits for each member of a family or small group, with a private 20 GB of cloud storage per member. Members can be added or removed.

LibreOffice Calc

No public discounts listed.

WPS Spreadsheet

• Other savings

  Sharing Plan cuts the per-user price by 40%

  With at least 2 users, the WPS Pro+ Sharing Plan costs $41.99 per user a year against $69.99 for a single Pro+ subscription. The pricing page labels this as saving 40%.

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly cost on the 1-year plan

  WPS Pro+ for a year is $69.99, which the page shows as $5.83 a month, against $20.99 for the 3-month plan, shown as $6.99 a month.