| Product | Evermore Integrated Office 2004 | Lotus SmartSuite 9.8.1 | Microsoft Office 2003 Professional | OpenOffice 1.1.4 | StarOffice 7 | WordPerfect Office 12 |
| Price | $530 | $476 | $899 | Free | $142.52 | $569 ($767 with database) |
| Warranty | 5 year support and updates | 12 months support and upgrades | 5 year -LifeCycle" support and updates | Online forums, free tutorial info. etc. | Online forums + 60 day phone/e-mail support | Forums, paid e-mail support available, patches available online |
| Word processor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spreadsheet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Presentations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Database | No | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes (limited)* | (Prof./Edu.) |
| Drawing editor | Autoshapes | Autoshapes: presentations | Autoshapes | Yes | Yes | Autoshapes |
| HTML editor | Export to | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export to |
| Organiser/E-mail | No | Organiser integrates with existing e-mail client | Yes | No | No | No |
| Macro editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export to | PDF, HTML, MS Office | HTML, MS Office, Corel | HTML, XML, Corel | PDF, HTML, Flash, XML, StarOffice. MS Office | PDF, HTML, Flash, XML, OpenOffice. MS Office | PDF, HTML, XML, MS Office, Lotus |
| XML | No | No | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Operating system | Windows 98 & Linux/RedHat 8 (Mac OSX & Solaris to come) | Windows 95 & up | Windows 2000 (Office:Mac 2004 available) | Windows 98, Solaris, Linux, MacOSX, FreeBSB | Windows 98, Solaris OE, Linux | Windows 98 (Linux version being trialled) |
| RAM (min/recom) | 128MB/ 256MB | 64MB (128MB for XP) | 128MB | 64MB (128MB for Mac) | 55MB | 64MB/128MB |
| Drive space | 350MB | 293MB | 410MB+ | 300MB (512 for Mac) | 250MB | 197MB |
Not a bad balanced review. What about all the advanced features like IRM, shared workspace with SharePoint Services, Integration with backend systems etc This is the true differentiation for users who want to do more than change fonts and add italics to a document. Word processing is hard to differntiate, but you ask a very advanced spreadsheet user what really works for them.