Apple iWork vs Nextcloud Office
Apple iWork
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| Figure | Apple iWork | Nextcloud Office |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.50/mo | €5.94/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · Office Suite Software | 9.3 (#1) | 8.8 (#6) |
| Collaboration | iWork supports real-time collaboration across Mac, iPad, and iPhone, and with people using a PC. | Users can share and edit files together through web and mobile interfaces without leaving their Nextcloud server. |
| Integrations | Pages integrates with iCloud and Box for sharing, EndNote through an Apple-supported plug-in, and Microsoft Word, RTF, TXT, EPUB, and PDF export formats. | Office integrates with Nextcloud Talk, Tasks, Mail, desktop editing, file conversion API and Nextcloud Assistant. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 22 reviews | 4.4 out of 5 from 199 reviews. |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.6 out of 5 from 180 reviews | 4.6 out of 5 from 443 reviews. |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 9.2 out of 10 from 17 reviews | 8.6 out of 10 from 48 reviews. |
| Security | Apple’s security guide says iWork collaboration uploads document encryption keys to Apple data centers so servers can coordinate real-time edits. | Nextcloud describes TLS in transit, optional AES-256 encryption at rest, and optional per-folder end-to-end encryption for stored data. |
| Self-hosting | Apple’s terms describe iWork on the Web as an Apple-operated service and provide no self-hosting option. | Nextcloud can be hosted on a private server or private cloud, including an officially maintained all-in-one Docker image. |
| Support | Apple provides Pages, Numbers, and Keynote user guides, community forums, and a support contact path. | Nextcloud says its enterprise plan includes long-term support, guaranteed response times, and rapid security updates. |
| System requirements | Creator Studio versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote require iOS 18 or later, iPadOS 18 or later, or macOS Sequoia 15.6 or later; some intelligence features require version 26 systems. | Current server documentation lists 64-bit Linux distributions, PHP 8.2-8.4, Apache or nginx, and MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle Enterprise or SQLite databases. |
| What it does | iWork is Apple’s productivity suite combining Pages for documents, Numbers for spreadsheets, and Keynote for presentations. | Nextcloud Office provides private, secure collaborative editing for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations and PDFs inside Nextcloud. |
Plans
Apple iWork
- Free iWork appsFree
- iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)Free
- Apple Creator Studio Education$2.99 a month
- Apple Creator Studio$12.99 a month
- Apple Creator Studio Education$29.99 a year
- Apple Creator Studio$129 a year
Nextcloud Office
- Standard€71.29 a year
- Premium€104.99 a year
- Ultimate€204.75 a year
In their own words
Apple iWork
Apple iWork is a free suite for creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. It brings together Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, with tools suited to different kinds of work: Pages supports documents with pictures, movies, shapes, and charts; Numbers combines a blank-canvas spreadsheet with charts, tables, Smart Categories, and pivot tables; and Keynote offers graphics tools and cinematic transitions. The apps support real-time collaboration across Mac, iPad, and iPhone, including with people using a PC. Up to 100 people can view and edit a shared document at once. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are also available online at iCloud.com in Mac or PC browsers, including Safari, Chrome, and Edge. Numbers spreadsheets can be converted to Microsoft Excel, CSV, or PDF. On iPad, Apple Pencil can add illustrations and notations. Collaboration requires iCloud Drive and current supported software and app versions; shared files larger than 2 GB must be reduced before inviting others, or 4 GB for Apple Creator Studio subscribers. iWork collaboration does not support Advanced Data Protection.
Nextcloud Office
Nextcloud Office is a collaborative suite for editing text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs. Powered by Euro-Office, it works with Microsoft file formats and ODF; Nextcloud says OOXML files receive high-fidelity rendering. Write supports shared drafting, comments, tracked changes, and exports. Spreadsheet includes formulas, functions, sorting, filtering, and visualizations. Present handles animations and multimedia, with presenter tools and exports to PPTX, ODP, PDF, and images; the PDF Editor supports comments, annotations, redactions, and fillable forms. People can share and edit files together through web and mobile interfaces while keeping them on their Nextcloud server. Integrations include links to Nextcloud content, document conversion, and document chat with Nextcloud Assistant. It runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, web, and self-hosted deployments. The suite is free and open source. Enterprise subscriptions start at 100 users; Standard is €71.29 a year, Premium €104.99 a year, and Ultimate €204.75 a year, with Office optional at extra cost on each plan.