Comparison

DuckDuckGo vs SoftMaker Office und FlexiPDF

DuckDuckGo lands on Worth it, and SoftMaker Office und FlexiPDF lands on Depends.

DuckDuckGo

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

The free search, browser, and Duck.ai are easy wins for privacy-minded individuals.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy SoftMaker Office if you want a fast, affordable Microsoft Office replacement, especially on Linux . try free FreeOffice first.

DuckDuckGo versus SoftMaker Office und FlexiPDF
Compare	DuckDuckGo	SoftMaker Office und FlexiPDF
Verdict	Worth it	Depends
Best for	Privacy-first everyday searchers	Budget-conscious Office replacement buyers
Who it's not for	Google power users needing maps, shopping, and deep filters	Adobe Acrobat power users with heavy PDF workflows
Privacy	Generally rated safe; runs a HackerOne bug bounty, but has shipped past browser CVEs and a Microsoft tracker controversy.^⁶	Known parsing CVEs in TextMaker/Office; older FreeOffice versions no longer patched.^⁶
Support quality	No support-quality evidence in sources	No support evidence in sources
Public sentiment	Users generally like the privacy defaults, but some find the browser noisy, less strict than advertised, and weaker than Google for results.^⁹	Users find SoftMaker an accessible, fast Office replacement but warn FlexiPDF falls short of Adobe Acrobat.
Biggest gotcha	is free but has usage limits; heavy AI chat pushes you into the paid plan^³	FreeOffice 2021's CVE is unpatched . old free versions effectively abandoned^⁶

Adobe Acrobat power users with heavy PDF workflows
Teams needing guaranteed VBA/macro compatibility . Guess: known Office-suite weak spot
Buyers wanting a CVE-free vendor history
Enterprises wanting large review bases before trusting a vendor