Google Docs / Sheets / Slides
You might be paying for: Microsoft 365 ($85–$130/year)
Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with real-time collaboration — for no monthly fee.
What you get
- ✓Real-time multi-user editing
- ✓Cloud-based (nothing to install)
- ✓Version history
- ✓15 GB storage
What's different from the paid version
Limited offline access. Some formatting shifts when exporting to .docx. Google Sheets lacks some advanced Excel features (pivot tables are simpler, no macros). But the collaboration features are better than Microsoft's free tier.
Perfect for
Teams, students, and anyone who collaborates on documents. The best free option if multiple people edit the same file.