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Free Microsoft Word & Excel Alternative

Write Winning Proposals —
Without the Microsoft Bill

Bison Docs is a free, browser-based replacement for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Draft proposals and bids, build cost spreadsheets, and edit contracts using the exact same .docx and .xlsx files — with no per-seat subscription. Built for government contractors and the trades.

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Opens & saves the same .docx and .xlsx files as Microsoft Office
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Write proposals, bids, quotes & cost sheets right in your browser
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$0 — no Microsoft 365 licence, no per-user fees
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The same Word & Excel work — for free

Bison Docs reads and writes the same Microsoft file formats your clients and agencies expect. You just stop paying for the subscription.

Feature
Bison Docs
MS 365
Create & edit Word documents (.docx)
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Build spreadsheets & cost sheets (.xlsx)
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Write proposals & export to PDF
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Works in any browser — nothing to install
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Paid web version
Cost per user / month
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$12.50+
description What You Can Do

Word and Excel, ready for the work you win on

It's the document tools you already know — proposals, bid sheets, contracts and decks — in your browser, free, and fully compatible with Microsoft files.

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Proposals & Bids
Draft, format and export polished proposals and bid responses — saved as standard Word .docx.
Word
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Estimates & Cost Sheets
Build estimates, budgets and pricing spreadsheets with real formulas — saved as .xlsx.
Excel
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Contracts & Redlines
Open, edit and mark up contracts and subcontracts, then send a clean PDF.
Word
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Capability Decks
Put together capability statements and slide decks for agencies and primes.
PowerPoint
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Full MS Compatibility
Reads and writes .docx, .xlsx and .pptx, so files round-trip cleanly with clients and agencies.
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Private & Secure
Every account gets its own private file space — your documents stay yours, accessible anywhere.
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savings The Savings

Stop paying per seat, every month

Microsoft 365 charges for every person, forever. Bison Docs does the same document work for $0.

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Microsoft 365 Business Standard — per user, per year ($12.50/mo).
$1,500
What a 10-person contracting team pays Microsoft every year — before the July 2026 price increase.
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What the same team pays for Bison Docs. No seats, no renewals, no lock-in.

Why organizations are leaving Microsoft Office

It isn't just about price. In 2025 the EU forced Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office after an antitrust case, and governments started walking away entirely: Denmark's Digitalisation Ministry — along with the cities of Copenhagen and Aarhus — began replacing Microsoft 365 with open formats, and the German state of Schleswig-Holstein is moving roughly 30,000 workstations off Microsoft to cut costs and keep control of their own data.

Bison Docs runs on those same open .docx and .xlsx standards — so you keep working in the formats every agency and client expects, while dropping the subscription. The same move, available to you today, for free.

Simple Process

Up and running in 3 steps

No tech skills needed. If you can use a smartphone, you're ready.

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Sign Up Free

Create your account in under a minute. No credit card, no Microsoft licence — just your name, email and trade.

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Open or Upload

Start a fresh Word document or Excel sheet, or upload the .docx and .xlsx files you already have.

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Write & Win

Draft proposals, price out bids and send polished PDFs — from any device, wherever the work is.

100% Free — No Hidden Fees
Drop the Microsoft Office bill

Bison Docs gives government contractors and the trades the Word and Excel tools they actually use — proposals, bids, estimates and contracts — free, now and always. No subscription, no licence, no catch.