Microsoft 365 is a subscription service that ensures you always have the most up-to-date and modern productivity tools from Microsoft.
There are Microsoft 365 plans for home and personal use, as well as for small and medium businesses, large enterprises, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations.
The Microsoft 365 programs for home and personal use include the powerful Office desktop applications you are familiar with, such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel. You also get additional online storage and cloud connection capabilities that let you collaborate on files in real time. With a subscription, you'll always have the latest features, fixes and security updates along with years of technical support at no extra cost. You can choose to pay for your subscription on a monthly or yearly basis. Also, Microsoft 365 for Families lets you share your subscription with up to 6 family members and use your apps on multiple PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.
Most Microsoft 365 plans for businesses, schools, and nonprofits they include the fully installed desktop applications, but Microsoft also offers basic programs with online versions of Office, file storage, and email. You decide which is best for you: for small businesses, for large businesses, Educational institutions or for Non-profit organizations.
Office 2021 is also sold as a one-time purchase. That is, you pay once in the beginning to get the Office applications for PC. One-time purchases are available for both PC and Mac. However, there are no upgrade options, which means that if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it by paying full price.
Office for the web is a free version of Office that you can use in a web browser. All you need to do is sign up for a Microsoft account with a new or existing email address.
