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Collabora Online Service Offerings
Collabora Online is an open-source, web-based collaborative office suite that enables real-time editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and vector graphics. Based on LibreOffice technology, it offers a secure and flexible solution for organizations seeking to maintain control over their data while providing collaborative editing capabilities.
Features of Collabora Online
- Web-based access: Users can work on documents through modern web browsers without the need for plugins or add-ons.
- File format support: It supports major document formats including .odt, .docx, .pdf, .xlsx, .pptx, and more.
- Collaborative functions: Users can add comments, track document version history, and work simultaneously on the same file.
- Integration capabilities: Collabora Online can be integrated with various cloud platforms and enterprise solutions like Nextcloud, ownCloud, and Seafile.
- Cross-platform compatibility: Optional apps are available for desktop, mobile, and Chromebook devices, ensuring consistent document handling across different platforms
Who Develops it
Collabora Online is developed by Collabora Productivity, a division of Collabora, which is a commercial partner of The Document Foundation. It offers both self-hosted and partner-hosted solutions, making it suitable for enterprises of various sizes that prioritize data privacy and control over their sensitive information.
What is is included with Collabora Online
Writer - allows users to create and edit text documents in real-time, working together with others directly in a web browser without needing additional plugins. Features include support for various file formats, collaborative editing tools like comments and version history, and integration with cloud services for secure data management. Collabora Online Writer is similar to LibreOffice Writer but focuses on web-based collaboration, making it suitable for teams working on documents simultaneously
Supports: .odt, .docx, .doc, .docm, .rtf
- Provides a true WYSIWYG editing experience, making visualising your document layout incredibly easy.
- Open any document, add comments and track changes from anywhere, with anyone.
- Format and style your pages with endless options
Calc - provides a familiar interface reminiscent of traditional spreadsheet applications, but with the added advantage of real-time collaboration. Users can work simultaneously on the same document, seeing changes as they occur and communicating through built-in commenting features. This makes it an ideal solution for teams working on financial reports, data analysis, or any project requiring shared numerical data manipulation.
Supports: .ods, .xlsx, .xls, .xlsm, .csv
- Benefit from advanced formulas, pivot tables, HTML formula input, conditional formatting and data validation.
- Create giant spreadsheets with up to 16k columns, add charts, sparklines and hyperlinks.
- Powerful multi-column sort and filter
Impress - Impress allows users to create professional slide shows that include charts, drawing objects, text, multimedia, and various other items1. It supports importing and modifying Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, ensuring compatibility with widely used formats.
Supports: .odp, .pptx, .ppt
- Easily design attractive master slides, add text, images, tables and SmartArt.
- Insert speaker notes, custom timings and transitions to engage your audience.
Draw- offers a user-friendly interface that allows for the creation and manipulation of vector graphics. Users can craft a wide array of visual elements, including flowcharts, network diagrams, organizational charts, and technical drawings. The tool supports freehand drawing, as well as the use of pre-defined shapes and objects, giving users the flexibility to express their ideas visually with precision.
Supports: .odg, .vsd
- Draw shapes and diagrams, add text, charts, tables and links.
- More user power with fields, FontWork and text rotation.
- Export as an image or pdf to insert into your documents and presentations.
What are the Costs Associated with Collabora online
When you purchase a Collabora Online subscription, you are paying for support and maintenance on a collaborative office suite that allows users to create, edit, and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The subscription is based on the number of users per year, where a user is defined as someone who has an account to access and use the supported and maintained software.
For example these servcies
- Enterprise Support: You get professional support, which is crucial for businesses that need reliable assistance and quick resolution of any issues that may arise.
- Maintenance and Updates: The subscription ensures that you receive regular updates, security patches, and bug fixes, which are essential for maintaining the security and stability of your system.
- Integration and Customization: Collabora provides assistance with integrating the software into your existing infrastructure, which can be complex and time-consuming without professional help.
- Security and Compliance: For organizations dealing with sensitive data, having a supported solution helps ensure compliance with various regulations and standards
When you self-host Collabora Online, you have access to the full range of features without being tiered off like in some other office suites such as Microsoft 365. Collabora Online is designed to provide a collaborative office suite that you can integrate into your own infrastructure, giving you complete control over your data and the software's functionality.
Self-hosting Collabora Online, you can:
- Use all major document, spreadsheet, and presentation file formats.
- Enjoy collaborative editing features without restrictions.
- Maintain data security and sovereignty, keeping full control of your sensitive information.
- Access the software through any modern web browser without needing plugins.
- Utilize the software for various business sizes, from small teams to large enterprises.
Unlike tiered systems where features are locked behind different subscription levels, self-hosting Collabora Online allows you to fully utilize the software's capabilities. This approach provides flexibility and control that many organizations find valuable, especially when dealing with sensitive data or specific infrastructure requirement
| Users | Cost (¥/Year) | Cost (¥/Month) |
|---|---|---|
| 1-99 | ¥3,627 | ¥302 |
| 100-249 | ¥3,507 | ¥292 |
| 250-499 | ¥3.183 | ¥265 |
| 500-999 | ¥2,958 | ¥246 |
| 1000-2499 | ¥2,615 | ¥218 |
| 2500-4999 | ¥2,274 | ¥189 |
| 5000-9999 | ¥1,937 | ¥161 |
| 10000-24999 | ¥1,591 | ¥133 |
Subscription Benefits
Collabora Online is an online office suite, which you can integrate into your own infrastructure. We take digital sovereignty seriously and provide you with all the tools to keep your data secure, without compromising on features.
With our supported subscription you get:
Assured Digital Sovereignty & Security
- On-premise / self hosted - control your data, app & network
- No ties to any storage or authentication system
- Documents are not broadcasted to all clients, but shared as pixels
- Each document session gets its own private jail – with no local copy between document editing sessions
- Simple integration based on a WOPI API providing storage & authentication
No Limitations for Your Productivity
- All code is Open Source
- Full featured, rapid improvement
- Available for all major PC and mobile platforms
- Flexible – many different integrations into 3rd party solutions
- Excellent interoperability with DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and other Microsoft files
A Cost Effective & Flexible Plan
- Simple pricing plan
- High Availability as standard
- Unlimited connections per user
- Unlimited servers, containers and VMs as standard
- Unlimited external collaborators included
- Easy to deploy – stateless service
- Complete solution - no unexpected extra support costs for database, NFS, message-bus
- Dynamically deploy your workloads with Kubernetes or your own orchestration
Product Management Relationship
- Direct contact with the Collabora team to optimise the software for your business
- Ability to request feature development
- Priority input into the product roadmap
Comprehensive Support & Maintenance
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- Unlimited number of support incidents
- Setup and configuration support
- Direct contact with the engineers behind the product via the support platform
- Long Term Support - 3 years from release
- Signed security updates
- Choice of stable versions
- Freedom to upgrade on your schedule
- Extensive testing and QA
- Ongoing maintenance of the Collabora software and security assessments
- Regular 3rd party Penetration Testing
- Powerful clustering & HA options
- Detailed technical documentation
Full Online Office Functionality
- Most mature Office code-base outside of Microsoft with over 8 million lines of code
- Based on LibreOffice technology from the world's most widely used Open Source Office suite
- From the leading developer of Open Source online office