Yes, if you are in school and have a valid school email address, you can get Office 365 for free (but not Outlook, according to what I read). That means, you’ll get updates to your Office 2016 programs/apps, but when Microsoft brings out Office 2017 (or whatever they’ll call it), you’ll still be with 2016. This is not a subscription – you pay for it once and you keep it. You get Word, Excel, PowerPoint & OneNote. For $30 more, you get so much more! Office Home & Student 2016 for PC & Mac – $149 With so many people having multiple devices in a household, I’m just not sure it’s a good choice.

You’ll get the same apps and storage as above. You are licensed to put Office on one device only. This is a 1-user subscription for $69/year or $6.99/month. You also get free Microsoft support via chat or phone (this is a newer feature).

You also get 60 free Skype minutes a month (from computer to phone). In addition to the programs (now called apps), you get 1TB of OneCloud storage per user (it’s just 5GB for everyone else). By my math, it’s $20 per license and you will always have the most up-to-date Office version running on your devices. What jumps out at me is the great value with the Office 365 Home where you can pay $99/year and get Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher & Access and the ability to share your subscription with up to 5 users. The Office Home & Student for PC is a 1-time fee of $149.īelow I have a graphic from Microsoft that shows the monthly or yearly pricing along with what’s included with each plan. You can pay either monthly or once a year for them. Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal are subscription services. Office 365 Business Essentials (business category)Īs the name implies, these three products are made for use at home and with families.This article will make it clear what each product is and what’s right for you. Microsoft is known for their confusing names and description of products.

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