Office is Microsoft‘s office suite, the most widely used in the world. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other programs used daily in companies and offices are part of this suite. Unfortunately, as expected, Office is paid, as is Windows. Therefore, to be able to use these programs it is necessary to go through the cash register beforehand. Originally, Microsoft offered users the ability to purchase the suite for a one-time payment. However, today there is another alternative that, if we use it well, will even allow us to save: Office 365.
Instead of making a single payment that is only valid for a specific version of the suite, Office 365 allows us to pay month by month, or through one-year subscriptions, to always have the latest version of Office on our computer. In addition, this subscription model has a series of advantages and characteristics that we do not find present in the one-time payment model and, much less, in free alternatives such as LibreOffice.
| Office 2019 | office 365 | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PC only | Windows, macOS, mobile |
| Extra services | No | 1 TB on OneDrive, 60 min / month on Skype |
| Upgrades | 2019 only | Always up to date |
| Technical support | 60 days | Always |
| Price | 150 euros, single payment | 69 euros per year (Personal – 1 user) 99 euros per year (Home – 5 users) |
Office + OneDrive
One of the advantages that we can find when paying for this subscription is that, in addition to Office, it includes other additional very interesting services. And one of the best is the storage space on OneDrive.
Each user of this service will have at their disposal 1 TB of storage in the cloud to save, and share, whatever they want. This space will be available as long as we pay, and when we stop paying we will automatically go down to the 5 GB free that it offers us just for being registered.
Share Office 365 with up to 6 people
Paying 100 euros a year, for one person, may seem like a lot. But, how does the thing change if instead of 100 we can pay 16.5 euros a year? Office 365 Family allows you to share the subscription with 5 other people (6, counting the owner) through family plans. Therefore, if we share it with 5 other people, the price that we pay is less than 17 euros per head.
And if we take advantage of the many Amazon offers we can find a familiar Office 365 for 45 euros. If we share it equally with 5 other people, we each pay 7.5 euros per year. A bargain, without a doubt.
Try what’s new before anyone else thanks to Microsoft 365
Only Office 365 users can receive the Insider versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint . Therefore, if we are curious, this window will interest us.
Insider versions of Office, like those of Windows, are always more advanced than normal versions. Therefore, users who sign up for them will be able to test the news before anyone else.
In addition, it is important to bear in mind that next year, in the second half, the new Office 2022 will arrive. Office 365 users will be able to try this new version of the office suite before anyone else as soon as Microsoft brings it to the branch Insider. In addition, once available, they will be able to upgrade to it completely free, while users who purchased Office 2019 will have to pay again for the 2022 version.