That concept of free escapes Microsoft app users. I switch between the built-in Apple offerings and the MS Office Suite on my Macs. The Apple apps are pretty good, just as good as the MS stuff. The MS apps cost us money, lots of money, but were needed for swapping work with our jobs. And Apple certainly did beat that value of the MS offerings. You buy a Windows PC, and you get trial use of some apps but you end up paying a lot to add them to your PC. Especially the MS apps. Apple includes apps for free.
I end up using MS Office instead of the Mac apps not because either are any better, but because we can afford it and because we need to be 100% certain that business files we send to others will work properly the first time.
If didn't have a business to run and my budget were limited I would be 100% happy with the free Mac applications.