Office

Microsoft Office as a one-time purchase: Office Home & Business 2024 for individual PCs and Macs, and volume-licensed Office LTSC Standard and Professional Plus 2024, including Office LTSC for Mac. No subscription, delivered by email.

Digital delivery
Clear license terms
Setup help included

Office 2024 or Microsoft 365?

Office 2024 is a one-time purchase: you pay once and use this version for as long as you like, with security updates but no new features. Microsoft 365 is a subscription that includes the latest apps, business email, Teams and cloud storage.

	Office 2024	Microsoft 365
Payment	One-time	Monthly or annual
App updates	Security only	New features every month
Business email and Teams	Not included	Included (Standard and Premium)
Cloud storage	Not included	1 TB per user
Devices	1 PC or Mac per license	Up to 5 PCs or Macs per user

Choose Office 2024 for a fixed budget and offline use. Choose Microsoft 365 business plans if you also need email, collaboration and always-current apps.

Office Home & Business 2024 vs Office LTSC 2024

Office Home & Business 2024 is licensed per PC or Mac with commercial rights, and suits small businesses. Office LTSC 2024 is the volume-licensed edition for organizations that deploy and control Office centrally, including on Remote Desktop servers.

	Home & Business 2024	LTSC Standard 2024	LTSC Professional Plus 2024
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote	Yes	Yes	Yes
Access	No	No	Yes
Windows and Mac	Both	Windows (Mac edition available)	Windows
Central deployment and RDS	No	Yes	Yes
Security updates until	October 2029	October 2029	October 2029

Project and Visio: desktop or cloud?

Project and Visio 2024 are one-time purchases for one Windows PC. If your team works across devices or needs the latest features, the Project, Planner and Visio plans run in the cloud and are billed per user.