Private alternatives to Google Docs, vetted against our public criteria.
The complete teamwork experience: Chats & calls, files, tasks, kanban boards, mind maps and calendars. Team members can communicate one-on-one, group chat and section channels.…
Plenty of features: Rich text, code, presentation, sheet, form, kanban, whiteboard and CryptDrive. Encrypted data is hosted in France but you can also self-host it or select…
Features: Online document editors, platform for document management, corporate communication, mail and project management tools. Read more: Data Security & Access Control -…
LibreOffice consists of programs for word processing, creating and editing of spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, working with databases, and composing…
Highly customizable open-source online editor providing collaborative editing in real time.
Your data is saved on the web, and people can edit the same document at the same time. Everybody's changes are instantly reflected on all screens.
The project is still under development and the native apps are not final yet, but the web version works great. Offers an import feature from Todoist, Trello and Microsoft To-Do.
Office and collaboration suites are convenient because the provider can read everything you write, which is exactly the problem. These tools keep the real-time collaboration and drop the silent reading, several with end-to-end encryption or self-hosting. These are the ones that keep your work yours.
Real-time editing, comments, and search all work because the provider can read your documents on its servers. That readable copy is what powers the features, and it is also what gets scanned, indexed, and exposed in a breach. The tools here either encrypt your documents end-to-end or let you self-host, so the people you invite are the only ones who can read them.
This category spans the office: encrypted document and spreadsheet collaboration, full office suites you run locally, collaborative editors for quick shared writing, and task and project management. Decide whether you need real-time co-editing, where end-to-end encryption is the key feature, or a powerful local suite, where the win is simply that nothing leaves your machine.
End-to-end encryption or self-hosting, open-source code, export to open formats so your work stays portable, real-time collaboration if your team needs it, and offline access. Self-hosting is the strongest version of this: nobody but the people you invite ever touches the file.