Types of Microsoft Office licenses: how much do they cost and what are the free alternatives

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Word, Excel, or PowerPoint applications in the Microsoft Office suite are currently available at affordable prices, including on a monthly or annual subscription basis.

For a long time, computer software was only available at prohibitive prices for home users, who naturally chose to use pirated versions. And here we refer especially to the Windows operating system, the Microsoft Office suite, the Adobe Photoshop application or any famous antivirus.

How much does Office cost?

The famous suite of Office programs can still be purchased "for life", but Microsoft has also launched many types of subscriptions with annual or even monthly payment and many additional services included.

 

Currently, the latest version of the suite from Microsoft is Office 2016. The suite can be purchased "for life" through a single purchase and includes 4 applications: Word text editor, Excel spreadsheet application, PowerPoint presentation application and the OneNote note editor. On the official Office website, the Office 2016 package available "for life" costs 650 lei, but online stores frequently offer discounts. For example, the same package can currently be purchased for 630 lei (the price may differ when you access the product page).

If you choose to buy from online stores, we recommend that you choose the electronic version, because all you have to do is download the suite from the internet and enter a validation code. Otherwise you will have to wait for the courier package with the retail version of the office suite