What is IBM Docs?
IBM Docs is a cloud-based office productivity suite developed and offered by IBM as part of their IBM Cloud service. It provides core document creation and editing capabilities for word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations along with collaboration features that allow multiple users to work on documents together in real-time.
Key features of IBM Docs include:
- Word processing with IBM Docs editors for creating formatted text documents
- Spreadsheets with formula support, charts, filters and other advanced functionality
- Presentations with themes, multimedia embedding, slide animations and more
- Real-time co-editing so multiple users can modify the same docs simultaneously
- Version history and file recovery to rollback unwanted changes
- Templates and familiar workflows for common document types
- Secure sharing with document permissions and access controls
- Integrated with IBM Cloud services like IBM Watson for voice typing
- Mobile support across iOS, Android and web browsers
IBM Docs is optimized for cloud infrastructure and offers good compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats. It's a handy option for teams that want an affordable cloud office suite with collaboration capabilities baked in across web and mobile environments.
Google Drive, Microsoft 365 (Office), Apache OpenOffice, ONLYOFFICE, WPS Office, SoftMaker FreeOffice, CryptPad, Calligra Suite, Collabora Office, GDocs for Android are some alternatives to IBM Docs.