Collabora Online — A self-hosted, LibreOffice-based online office suite for real-time document, spreadsheet, and presentation collaboration, free for home use or from $3.40/user/month for business support.
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Best for: organizations that need on-premise, self-hosted document collaboration instead of Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 SaaS
Pricing: Free for the self-hosted CODE edition (testing/home use); Business is about $3.40/user/month for up to 99 users with support and an SLA; Enterprise (100+ users) is custom-priced.
- Collabora Online's free CODE edition is open source and intended for testing or home use, not production.
- Collabora Online for Business costs about EUR 3 (~$3.40) per user/month for up to 99 users.
- Collabora Online for Enterprise (100+ users) is custom-priced.
- Collabora Online holds a 4.7/5 rating from 102 reviews on Capterra.
- Collabora Online runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and any modern browser.
Limitations: Self-hosting requires running and maintaining your own server infrastructure, even on paid tiers.; The free CODE edition isn't intended for production use.; Business tier caps out at 99 users before requiring custom Enterprise pricing.
Top alternatives: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, OnlyOffice, LibreOffice, Nextcloud — full list
What is Collabora Online?
Collabora Online is a self-hosted office suite built on LibreOffice technology, offering real-time collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations as an on-premise alternative to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. The underlying editing engine, Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE), is free and open source, published on GitHub, with active development happening on Collabora's own Gerrit instance rather than GitHub itself. It supports Microsoft Office formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) and OpenDocument formats natively, and integrates as a backend into file-sync platforms like Nextcloud and ownCloud so users can edit office documents directly in their own file storage. Business and Enterprise tiers add long-term support branches, signed security updates, an SLA, and accessibility certification on top of the free CODE edition — the same editing core, but with the support contract a production deployment needs. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux desktops, iOS and Android mobile apps, and any modern browser for the web editor.
Collabora Online is a self-hosted office suite built on LibreOffice technology, giving organizations an on-premise alternative to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 for real-time collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The free Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) covers testing and home use with rolling updates; Collabora Online for Business costs €3/user/month (about $3.40) for up to 99 users and adds long-term support, an SLA, signed security updates, and accessibility certification, while Enterprise (100+ users) adds custom pricing, roadmap input, and integration support. It supports all major Microsoft Office and OpenDocument file formats and deploys on Windows, macOS, and Linux desktops plus iOS and Android mobile apps, in addition to the browser-based online editor. Collabora Online holds a 4.7/5 rating from 102 reviews on Capterra, and because it's self-hosted rather than SaaS, the trade-off for the on-premise control and open-source foundation is that a team has to run and maintain the server infrastructure itself, or pay Collabora for support to do it.
Standout feature: Built on LibreOffice's mature office-format engine and deployed entirely on your own infrastructure, integrating directly as the editing backend inside Nextcloud and ownCloud file-sync platforms.
Biggest weakness: Self-hosting is the whole model: even the paid Business and Enterprise tiers require running your own server infrastructure, so teams that want a zero-maintenance SaaS office suite like Google Workspace need to look elsewhere or pay for Collabora's managed support on top of hosting costs.
Pros
- Free, open-source core (CODE) with full LibreOffice-based document, spreadsheet, and presentation editing.
- Self-hosted deployment gives full control over data residency and compliance, unlike SaaS office suites.
- Native integration as the editing backend for Nextcloud and ownCloud file-sync platforms.
- Supports Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, plus the browser editor, a broader native platform spread than most office suite competitors.
Cons
- Self-hosting requires running and maintaining your own server infrastructure, even on paid tiers.
- The free CODE edition explicitly isn't meant for production use; long-term support requires the paid Business tier.
- Business tier caps out at 99 users; larger organizations must move to custom-quoted Enterprise pricing.
- Smaller integration and template ecosystem than Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
Collabora Online pricing
Free tier · paid from $3.40/mo · verified from the vendor's pricing page
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE) | Free | Free, open-source, self-hosted; rolling updates intended for testing and home use, not production support. |
| Collabora Online for Business | $3.40/mo | Per user (approx. USD equivalent of EUR 3/user/month); for up to 99 users. Adds long-term support branch, SLA, signed security updates, accessibility certification, customer portal. |
| Collabora Online for Enterprise | Custom | For 100+ users; custom/volume pricing. Adds roadmap input, integration support, customization, desktop and mobile app support. |
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