3/1/2023 0 Comments Wps office personal edition![]() ![]() To emphasize further just how WPS Office is rapidly growing, we only need to look at Kingsoft’s 2016 annual report. I suspect small firms aren’t so worried about WPS Office being a Chinese-made software. Some of them could have been paying customers of Microsoft Office of Google G Suite.įurther, in a G2 Crowd survey, WPS Office is a big hit among small business users (50 or less employees). The Android version of WPS Office has 100 million monthly active users, with 500 million total downloads. Microsoft and Google should really take note that over 300 million documents created in WPS Office are being created, shared, and viewed every day. Less than three years ago, WPS Office only had 300 million installations. The global reach of WPS Office is now greater than the 1.2 billion users of Microsoft Office. In spite of Microsoft giving away free Android/iOS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps, WPS Office still achieved 1.25 billion installations. The freemium appeal and Microsoft Office-like experience have made WPS Office a global hit. WPS Office Has Achieved The Same Global Reach of Microsoft Office Corporate and home users alike have almost zero learning curve when switching from Microsoft Office to WPS Office. Look at the screenshot below from WPS Office’s spreadsheet application. Xiaomi’s chairman and CEO, Lei Jun is also the chairman of Kingsoft. Like how Xiaomi can get away copying iPhone designs, nobody complained Kingsoft’s copying of Microsoft Office’s user interface/user experience design. On the contrary, WPS Office imitated the look and feel of Microsoft Office since 2005. Google’s unsuccessful bid to dethrone Microsoft Office in the corporate world maybe was because it never tried to copy the user interface and user experience of Microsoft Office. Cheaper Microsoft Office clones can eventually hurt Microsoft's office productivity suite's appeal among small business, students, and home users.įurther, the fact that WPS Office programs look and operate like Microsoft Office/Office 365 makes it more dangerous than Google’s G Suite or Bitrix24. WPS Office Business Edition is therefore notably cheaper than Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus plan, which costs $12/month. The Business Edition costs $49.99/year or $79.99 for a lifetime license. ![]() The ad-free version costs only $29.99 per year. ![]() The Windows, Android, and iOS WPS Office versions are free, but they come with advertisements. The biggest of these under-the-radar contenders is the freemium WPS Office from China-based Kingsoft. Anything that might derail the growth prospects Office 365/Microsoft Office needs to be addressed.Īside from Google’s G Suite, Bitrix24, Zoho, there are other emerging rivals to Microsoft Office/Office 365. The quick rise of Office 365 subscriptions is why Microsoft become the overall leader in global enterprise SaaS. Office and Office 365 are a big part of the Productivity And Business Processes unit, which contributed $8 billion in sales in Microsoft’s latest quarter. Microsoft did not notice the other threats. Microsoft was probably too busy beating Google’s ( GOOG) ( GOOGL) G Suite (new name of Google Apps For Work) in enterprise sales. I have an easy explanation why Microsoft’s ( NASDAQ: MSFT) saw a 62% drop in new Office 365 subscriptions last year. ![]()
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