OnlyOffice

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self-hosted office suite with real-time editing

Overview
Company OnlyOffice
URL onlyoffice.com
Pricing free— Cloud DocSpace Business $20/admin/mo; self-hosted Enterprise license from $1,500 (50 connections)
License open
Hosting hybrid

Word/Excel/PowerPoint-compatible document, spreadsheet, and presentation editors with real-time co-editing. The self-hosted Community Edition (Docker, AGPLv3) is free for up to 20 simultaneous connections; DocSpace Cloud offers a free Startup tier plus paid Business and Enterprise tiers for larger or managed deployments.

Usage Notes

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Community Edition is a good fit for shoestring-budget self-hosting -- one Docker container gets a full editing server running. Upgrading is typically driven by needing more than 20 concurrent connections, mobile web editors, or vendor support rather than missing features.

Caveat: hosted plans sit on EU servers (Frankfurt) -- 90-180ms latency for US users, plus DSA-mandated content takedowns with no due process.

Mitigation (alternative): self-host the free edition on a US server -- free apart from VM hosting cost; avoids both the latency and the censorship exposure.

Rejected Alternatives

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