# WordPerfect review (2026): is it worth $49.99? > Word processor with Reveal Codes, sold as the WordPerfect Office suite Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. WordPerfect is the word processor in WordPerfect Office, a Windows suite from Corel that also includes the Quattro Pro spreadsheet and Presentations. It is known for Reveal Codes, a view of the formatting codes in a document, and it opens and saves Microsoft Office formats and over 60 file types. The suite is sold as a one-time purchase in Home & Student, Standard and Professional editions. - **Category:** Writing Tools - **Made by:** Corel Corporation - **Website:** https://www.wordperfect.com - **Runs on:** Windows - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use a Mac, phone or browser, as it runs on Windows only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, WordPerfect is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $49.99 one-time (WordPerfect Office Home & Student). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial download of WordPerfect Office Standard; the page says no credit card is required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Home & Student | $49.99 one-time purchase, shown with $99.99 crossed out | Suite for home and school: documents, presentations and spreadsheets, with templates, photos and graphics. Price shown as a sale on the page today. | | Standard | $173.99 one-time purchase, shown with $249.99 crossed out | WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations and WordPerfect Lightning, with built-in PDF forms and Reveal Codes. Price shown as a sale today. | | Professional | $239.99 one-time purchase, shown with $399.99 crossed out | Everything in Standard plus the Paradox database; the page also lists legal tools. Price shown as a sale today. | Read from https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/office-suite/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with WordPerfect before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Education license pricing** (Education): Corel sells separate education editions of the suite and of PDF Fusion for schools and students after eligibility checks. Source: https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/education/ ## Key features - **Reveal Codes:** A window shows the formatting codes behind the text, so you can see and edit how a document is formatted, including codes in table cells. - **Microsoft Office and 60+ formats:** Opens, edits and saves DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files, and handles over 60 file formats overall. - **Built-in PDF tools:** Creates fillable PDF forms, exports PDF with password protection and supports PDF/A archiving; the suite can also import PDFs. - **Redaction and metadata removal:** Blacks out sensitive text so it cannot be recovered, and strips hidden text, comments and reviewer notes from files. - **Legal tools:** A legal toolbar covers pleading papers, indexes, tables of contents and a Table of Authorities. - **Quattro Pro and Presentations:** The suite adds a spreadsheet and a slideshow program that work with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint files. ## Good for - Legal and long-document writers used to Reveal Codes - People who want to buy the software once instead of subscribing - Users who still have WordPerfect (WPD) files to open and edit ## Worth knowing - The listed system requirements are Windows 11 or Windows 10; there is no Mac, web or mobile version. - The pages describe the 2021 edition of the suite; no newer release is named. - Sold per license with no cloud storage or real-time co-editing described on the product pages. - The Standard-edition page shows a banner about a limited-time Black Friday offer, so list prices may return. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. WordPerfect is a Windows word processor known for Reveal Codes, sold as a one-time suite from $49.99 on a sale price. It has no Mac, web or mobile version, no cloud storage or live co-editing, and the pages describe the 2021 edition. - **Value for money: B.** $49.99 one-time for Home & Student on sale ($99.99 list); the Standard edition that has Reveal Codes and PDF forms is $173.99 on sale. Against the writing middle of $9.75 a month, that's under two years' cost. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free trial download with no card, but no free plan. - **Features: C.** Reveal Codes, 60+ formats, PDF tools, redaction and legal tools. Gaps: no cloud storage or real-time co-editing described. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Reveal Codes and its own way of working mean a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Windows 10 and 11 only. No Mac, web or mobile version. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WordPerfect's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among writing tools - WordPerfect's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 18 of the 136 other writing tools we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 73 of 136) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/writing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace WordPerfect you would be making a spreadsheet engine with its formulas. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 102 of the 136 other writing tools grade higher. It costs $49.99, paid once. - You could make: Documents and templates: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A spreadsheet engine with its formulas. - You could not: Editing the text inside a PDF without breaking its layout. - You could not: A slide editor. - You could not: A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook **Tags:** Documents, One-time purchase, PDF editing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Templates ## Alternatives - [Microsoft Word](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-word): Word processor sold with Microsoft 365, free in the browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-word-vs-wordperfect) - [LibreOffice Writer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/libreoffice-writer): Free, open-source word processor for Windows, macOS and Linux. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/wordperfect-vs-wps-writer) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.wordperfect.com/en/ - https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/office-suite/ - https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/professional-edition/ - https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/home-student/ - https://www.wordperfect.com/static/wpo/data/price_data.json - https://www.wordperfect.com/en/free-trials/ - https://www.wordperfect.com/en/product/education/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/wordperfect Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).