Software suite
A software suite or application suite is a collection of computer programs — usually application software or programming software — of related functionality, often sharing a similar user interface and the ability to easily exchange data with each other.
Features
Advantages
- Less costly than buying individual packages
- Identical or very similar GUI
- Designed to interface with each other
- Helps the learning curve of the user
Disadvantages
- Some purchased features may never be used by the user
- May take a significant amount of disk space (bloatware)
- Likely to require significant effort for stuff
Types
- Office suites, such as Microsoft Office
- Internet suite
- Graphics suite, such as Adobe Creative Cloud
- Integrated development environment, such as Visual Studio
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