Microsoft Office is the most popular office suite but it is very expensive.There are free office suites and online apps that can replace Microsoft product. Here are top 5 alternatives for MS Office.

1) Open Office

OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.It is very easy to learn and it has interface is available in many languages. It doesn’t have big hardware requirements.

2) Google Docs

Google Docs is online office suite. It includes a web-based word processor, spreadsheet application, and a presentation app.

3) Zoho

This is probably the best online office suite. It has all the standard applications like word processor, spreadsheet and presentation apps, but it also includes many various other apps like project management, CRM solutions, web conferencing, online database with reports, online planner, group chat, wiki, and others.

4) AbiWord

AbiWord is a word processing tool similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for typing papers, reports, letters, memos and others.

5) Starr Office

StarOffice is a full-featured office suite that contains a word processor, a spreadsheet tool, applications for presentations, databases, math formulas and drawing. It also has a support for some Microsoft Office document formats. It’s available for free in Google Pack.