Quill vs ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors.
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is a free office suite from Ascensio System SIA; Quill is a Mac word processor that costs $19 once. This page compares price and features.
| Feature | Quill | ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | Free |
| Pay once | Yes | –Free |
| Opens and saves .docx directly | Yes | Yes |
| No account needed | Yes | PartlyCloud needs sign-in |
| Word-style ribbon tabs | Yes | Yes |
| Every command open to a local AI agent | Yes | PartlyPlugins, macros |
| Real-time collaboration | No | PartlyVia a cloud |
| Tracked changes | No | Yes |
| Works offline | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | Mac | Mac, Windows, Linux |
| Requires | macOS 14 or later | macOS 10.13 or later |
| Built-in AI writing help | None; agents connect | Yes, your own provider |
Yes Yes Partly Partly No No
Price
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is free for personal and professional use, and its code is licensed under the GNU Affero Public License, version 3.0. Quill costs $19 once, tax included. The trial is free for 7 days with no card, one licence covers up to 3 of your Macs, every future update is included, and refunds are available within 30 days.
Built-in AI
Desktop Editors includes an AI agent that generates and rewrites text and formats documents from typed requests. You connect a provider of your choice, such as OpenAI, Anthropic or a locally hosted model, and the provider sets its own charges. Quill has no built-in AI; you connect an outside agent, such as Claude Code, over HTTP or MCP, and it can call every command in the app, with each change showing in the window and undoing as one step.
Where ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is ahead
- Desktop Editors is free for personal and professional use, and open source.
- It offers Track Changes with full review control, along with comments, mentions and discussion threads.
- It supports real-time co-editing when connected to a cloud such as ONLYOFFICE, Nextcloud or Dropbox.
- It runs on Windows and Linux as well as the Mac.
- It includes a spreadsheet, a presentation app and a PDF editor alongside the word processor.
Try Quill free for 7 days.
Then $19 once, for up to 3 of your Macs. No subscription and no account.
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
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Sources
Checked against ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors’s own website and documentation on 13 November 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll correct it.
- ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
- Download ONLYOFFICE desktop apps
- ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors on GitHub
- Desktop Editors for macOS system requirements
- Desktop Editors changelog
- Desktop Editors: Getting started
- ONLYOFFICE Document Editor
- Introducing the user interface of the Document Editor
- Using the AI agent in ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
- Setting up AI tools
- Connecting MCP servers (Desktop Editors API docs)
- ONLYOFFICE MCP server
- ONLYOFFICE legal terms (Ascensio System SIA)
ONLYOFFICE is a trademark of Ascensio System SIA. Quill is not affiliated with it.