Hancom Office vs SoftMaker Office

Hancom Office is a suite of document applications including Hwp, Cell, Show, Addons, Word, and PDF tools. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, with offline desktop apps for Windows and Mac. On Android, the app opens and edits HWP, Office Open XML, PDF, CSV, TXT, and other documents; mobile tools include freehand drawing, notes, annotations, and tablet presenter screen sharing. Hancom Docs adds real-time collaborative editing across devices and can manage Dropbox, Box, Evernote, Google Drive, and OneDrive in one account. The suite supports HWPX documents with tags for reuse as data. Hancom Docs can edit Office files stored in Google Drive, but cannot view or edit Google-created Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Forms. A free plan is listed at free with 2GB storage, viewers for Windows and Mac, and web/mobile Hancom Office. Commercial users and organizations must use the Business plan; pricing is listed on request.

SoftMaker Office is a paid suite for documents, spreadsheets and presentations on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. It includes TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations, and uses DOCX, XLSX and PPTX as native formats. TextMaker can create PDF, PDF/A and PDF forms, with options such as password protection, encryption, accessibility and font embedding. PlanMaker supports more than 80 chart types and opens and saves XLSX and XLS files, including password-protected files. Writing tools include spell checking in more than 85 languages, LanguageTool grammar and style checks in over 30 languages, and DeepL translation in 30 languages. TextMaker also supports Zotero and includes DeepL and ChatGPT features. Listed options range from $2.99 per month for NX Home monthly to $139.95 once for Office Professional 2026; a 30-day trial is available. NX Universal includes stated annual or monthly allowances for translation characters, AI text characters and AI images. Some features, including BasicMaker macros and the advanced font manager, are Windows-only.