{"id":122034,"date":"2025-01-17T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/?p=122034"},"modified":"2025-01-17T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:24:12","slug":"microsoft-365-personal-vs-microsoft-365-family-features-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/microsoft-365-personal-vs-microsoft-365-family-features-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft 365 Personal vs. Microsoft 365 Family features and pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED 1\/17\/2025:<\/strong> Microsoft 365 is a subscription service offered by Microsoft that provides various productivity and collaboration tools. It’s essentially a cloud-based version of the familiar suite of Office apps but with some additional benefits.<\/p>\n

The company offers two subscription plans: Microsoft 365 Personal<\/strong>, for one user, and the Microsoft 365 Family<\/strong> plan, for up to six people.\u00a0The new plans are designed to replace Office 365 Home and Personal<\/a>\u00a0while maintaining the same pricing scheme and enhancing the existing offerings.<\/p>\n

The new plans remain available with the same Office apps, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and Access. However, the Microsoft 365 branding offers additional services, such as Microsoft Defender<\/a>, Microsoft Family Safety, Microsoft Loop<\/a>, and Microsoft Teams<\/a>.\u00a0In addition, you will receive more features for existing services, such as PowerPoint Designer and Presenter Coach, Microsoft Editor<\/a>, Outlook Play My Emails, and more.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, as of January 2025, Microsoft is bundling Copilot into the Microsoft 365 apps to access the chatbot AI in Word<\/a>, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook<\/a>. In the past, you had\u00a0to purchase a separate $20 subscription<\/a> on top of the plan you’re already paying, but now, the company has increased the price of the subscription by $3 to bring the AI feature to everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s important to note that the Copilot Pro subscription will continue to exist for those who want priority access to the AI models and early access to new AI features.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the plan, you will have access to the versions of the Office apps on up to five devices, access to the latest features and security updates, 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage (per user in the case of the Family tier), and technical support.<\/p>\n

The Microsoft 365 Personal plan costs $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year, and the Microsoft 365 Family plan costs $12.99 per month or $129.99 per year.<\/p>\n

Microsoft 365 subscription plans comparison<\/h2>\n

This table lists the features and pricing of the Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td><\/td>Microsoft Account (Free)<\/th>Microsoft 365 Personal<\/th>Microsoft 365 Family<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Office<\/td>Office apps<\/td>Web apps
\nMobile apps iOS & Android<\/td>		Web apps
\nMobile apps iOS & Android
\nDesktop apps Windows 11, 10, macOS<\/td>		Web apps
\nMobile apps iOS & Android
\nWindows 11, 10, macOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Copilot AI<\/td>No<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Real-time co-editing<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Preserve formatting across web, mobile and desktop apps<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Microsoft Editor<\/td>Spelling and grammar<\/td>Spelling and grammar
\nAdvanced grammar and style<\/td>		Spelling and grammar
\nAdvanced grammar and style<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>PowerPoint Designer<\/td>Layout recommendations<\/td>Layout recommendations
\nAdvanced layout recommendations with premium content <\/td>		Layout recommendations
\nAdvanced layout recommendations with premium content <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>PowerPoint Presenter Coach<\/td>Filter words and pacing<\/td>Filter words and pacing
\nMonotone pitch, originality, and speech refinements<\/td>		Filter words and pacing
\nMonotone pitch, originality, and speech refinements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Creative content<\/td>2000 templates
\n750 images
\n25 looping videos
\n82 fonts
\n320 icons<\/td>		2300 templates
\n8000 images
\n175 looping videos
\n300 fonts
\n2800 icons
\n<\/td>		2300 templates
\n8000 images
\n175 looping videos
\n300 fonts
\n2800 icons
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OneDrive<\/td>Storage quota<\/td>5GB per person<\/td>1TB per person<\/td>6TB for 6 people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Deep integration Office and Windows 10<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Files on demand<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>PC folder backup<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Personal Vault<\/td>3 files<\/td>Unlimited up to the storage quota<\/td>Unlimited up to the storage quota<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ransomware detection and recovery<\/td>NA<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Expiring and password-protected sharing links<\/td>NA<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Outlook<\/td>Outlook apps<\/td>Web app
\nMobile apps iOS & Android<\/td>		Web app
\nMobile apps iOS & Android
\nDesktop app Windows 11, 10, macOS
\nAd-free secure email<\/td>		Web app
\nMobile apps iOS & Android
\nDesktop app Windows 11, 10, macOS
\nAd-free secure email<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Play My Emails<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Outlook.com storage<\/td>15GB<\/td>50GB<\/td>50GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Outlook calendar integration<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Outlook custom email domain<\/td>NA<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Outlook Advanced securit<\/td>NA<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skype<\/td>Skype to Skype (50 people)<\/td>Unlimited<\/td>Unlimited<\/td>Unlimited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Skype call recording<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Skype subtitles and live captions<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Skype guest links<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Skype landline and mobile calling<\/td>NA<\/td>60 minutes per month<\/td>60 minutes per month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clipchamp<\/td>Video editing<\/td>Limited<\/td>Video editor with premium filters and effects, but not fully unlocked.<\/td>Video editor with premium filters and effects, but not fully unlocked.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Defender<\/td>Unified dashboard to manage protection for all your devices<\/td>NA<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microsoft Loop<\/td>Online hub to organize your documents and collaborate with other people<\/td>Limited<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other benefits<\/td>Support<\/td>Account and setup support<\/td>Ongoing technical support Windows 11, 10, apps<\/td>Ongoing technical support Windows 11, 10, apps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Partner benefits program<\/td>NA<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Usage<\/td><\/td>1 Person<\/td>1 Person<\/td>6 People<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/td><\/td>Free<\/td>$9.99 per month<\/td>$12.99 per month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Microsoft 365 vs. Office 2024<\/h3>\n

Microsoft 365 offers a subscription model with constant updates, cloud storage, collaboration tools, and multi-device access. Office 2024 provides a one-time purchase option but lacks some of the features like real-time collaboration and cloud storage.<\/p>\n

You should consider one of the Microsoft 365 plans if you want the latest features and updates, need cloud storage, collaborate frequently with others, and have to install Office apps on multiple devices.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, you should consider Office 2024 if you prefer a one-time purchase, don’t need the latest features, don’t use cloud storage or collaboration features, and only have to use the apps on one computer.<\/p>\n

Pricing can also be a factor in the decision. While the personal plan typically starts at around $99.99 per year and $129.99 per year for the family plan, Office Home 2024 costs $149.99<\/a>, and when the time comes to upgrade, you will have to pay again for the new version.<\/p>\n

Choosing the right plan<\/h3>\n