Microsoft 365 Buyers Guide Microsoft offers many different plans with their cloud office product. Let's figure which is the best for you.
Which Microsoft 365 plan should I buy?
This wizard will take you through the decision tree to find the right package and explain why it's the right one. You can play around with the different options if you like to see how the recommendation changes.
Question 1: Do you need a new email address?
Question 2: Do you need the Office software (i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint or Outlook)?
Question 3: Do you have employees?
Question 4: Do you have family members that would also like to use Microsoft Office?
Suitable plans for you:
Microsoft 365 plans:
Answer all the questions above to filter the plans down to those that are suitable for you.
Microsoft 365 provides either access to the Microsoft Office software or an email, calendar or collaboration suit. You answered that you don't need either of those, so there is no suitable Microsoft 365 plan for you. Are you maybe looking for a Windows operating system instead?.
Microsoft 365 Personal
Who is this suitable for?
You want to use Microsoft Office personally or for your single person business.
Plan summary
- License for you to use Microsoft Office on your desktop
- Cloud storage for files (OneDrive)
- No email, calendar or collaboration service
Microsoft 365 Family
Who is this suitable for?
You and your family want to use Microsoft Office software for personal and small business use.
Plan summary
- License for you to use Microsoft Office on your desktop
- + Licenses to use Microsoft Office on the desktop for up to 5 more family members (at no extra cost)
- Cloud storage for files (OneDrive)
- No email, calendar or collaboration service
Microsoft 365 Apps for business
Who is this suitable for?
You and your employees need to use Microsoft Office software, but already have email service from someone else.
Plan summary
- Software licenses to use Microsoft Office on your desktop
- Add employees to your account so they can use Microsoft Office (extra cost per user)
- Shared cloud storage for files (OneDrive for Business)
- No email, calendar or collaboration service
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Who is this suitable for?
Your business (small or with employees) needs business email, calendars and collaboration tools.
Plan summary
- Email, calendar and collaboration account
- Add employees to your account (extra cost per user)
- Shared cloud storage for files (OneDrive for Business)
- Software license to use the web versions of Microsoft Office
- No license to use Microsoft Office on the Desktop
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Who is this suitable for?
Your business (small or with employees) needs business email, calendars and collaboration tools and wants to uses Microsoft Office on the Desktop.
Plan summary
- Email, calendar and collaboration account
- Add employees to your account (extra cost per user)
- Shared cloud storage for files (OneDrive for Business)
- Software license to use the web versions of Microsoft Office
- No license to use Microsoft Office on the Desktop
What's next?
You might want to take a look at our guide on how to setup Microsoft 365 by yourself. Step-by-step with screenshots, it's really easy.
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