Both S Office and Microsoft Office software are the most commonly used productivity office software in the era of digital office on the Internet. Both software are used by over billions of users, making it essential for students, teachers, and workplace workers to interact with them. Are you thinking about the relationship and differences between WPS and Office? This article will come together for you.
1. Different software development companies
WPS is an office software launched by Chinese internet company Jinshan Company, which first appeared in 1989 and is the world's first Chinese based word processing software. Office (Microsoft Office) is a set of office software developed by the American internet company Microsoft, which originated from Word 1.0 software developed by Microsoft in 1984 for Apple's Mac computer.
2. The product suite software is different
WPS typically includes WPS text, WPS tables, WPS presentations, WPS PDFs, and Kingsoft documents, while MS Office includes software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Visio, Project, SharePoint, etc.
3. Different operating systems supported
WPS supports iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux operating systems, as well as online web collaboration documents. Microsoft's Office platform is the same as WPS, except that it cannot run natively on the Linux operating system.
4. Different software volume sizes
The WPS installation package is relatively small, and the desktop typically only takes up hundreds of MB of hard disk space, resulting in faster startup. MS Office, on the other hand, has a larger volume and requires a longer installation time, typically occupying several GB of space.
5. Different software functions and performance
WPS software has a better localization experience for Chinese users, with more user-friendly functions and interface operations. It provides many convenient and fast operations and template materials, but there are slight performance disadvantages, such as opening thousands of rows of Excel table data, which may cause some lag. Although Office requires a certain learning curve, its functionality and performance are more powerful, and it can load documents with large amounts of data at a faster speed.
6. Different pricing models for fees
WPS adopts a free value-added pricing model, and the vast majority of features can be used for free for life. The membership version charges 89 yuan per year, while the super membership version charges 179 yuan per year. Microsoft Office adopts a trial or buyout system. The Office 365 personal version costs 398 yuan per year, while the home version costs 498 yuan per year and can be used by 1 to 6 people. The Office 2021 one-time buyout costs 1998 yuan.
7. File cloud storage space is different
The free version of WPS provides 1GB of cloud storage space, the member version has 100GB of cloud storage, and the super member version has 365GB of cloud storage. For Microsoft Office, free users have 5GB of OneDrive cloud storage space, and paid individual users have 1TB of cloud storage space.
8. Different software compatibility
As early as 1996, Microsoft proposed to collaborate with Kingsoft to share WPS Office format with Microsoft Office format in order to enter the Chinese market, making the two compatible. Later on, with the popularity of the Windows system, more and more users turned to Office software. Microsoft Office was no longer compatible with WPS document formats, while WPS had to be overturned to fully compatible with Office software formats.