Collabora Online is a self-hosted, browser-based office suite built on LibreOffice, letting a team co-edit documents, spreadsheets and slides in real time on their own server. Because you run it yourself, your files stay on infrastructure you control rather than a vendor's cloud. The free CODE build fits home users and small teams, while a supported Business subscription adds SLAs and long-term updates. It is open source and maintained by Collabora Productivity in Cambridge, UK and it plugs into Nextcloud, ownCloud and Seafile. Choose it if you want LibreOffice-grade editing with real collaboration on your own server.
Collabora Online
Self-hosted, browser-based office suite built on LibreOffice.
collaboraonline.comFreemiumOpen SourceWebUnited Kingdom
PricingThe free self-hosted CODE build suits home users and small teams; the supported Collabora Online for Business starts around $23 per user per year.
Strengths
- Self-hosted so files stay on your server
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Built on LibreOffice for strong format support
- Integrates with Nextcloud, ownCloud and Seafile
Considerations
- Requires a server and some setup to run
- Not end-to-end encrypted
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