Productivity software is a category of application programs that help users produce documents, presentations, spreadsheets, databases, graphs, and other types of digital content. It is designed to increase efficiency by automating tasks, providing templates, and other tools that help users work more quickly and accurately. Productivity software is used in a variety of settings, from businesses and offices to personal use. Examples of productivity software include word processors, spreadsheet applications, presentation software, organizational tools, and graphics software.

Office suites, such as Microsoft Office, are the core example of productivity software. They brought word processing, spreadsheet, and relational database programs to the desktop in the 1980s and revolutionized the office with the magnitude of the productivity increase they brought as compared with the pre-1980s office environments of typewriters, paper filing, and handwritten lists and ledgers. Nowadays, productivity software is increasingly available for mobile devices, although mobile productivity apps are generally for basic tasks like email, note-taking, and calendar functions, rather than more substantial tasks such as word processing.

The benefits of using productivity software include increased efficiency, improved accuracy, greater flexibility, and enhanced collaboration and communication. Productivity software is becoming more popular and more in demand to learn for employment.