Description | Office 365 Cloud SaaS | Office Volume Open Licensing | Office 2016 Retail Pack |
Options | Office 365 BusinessOffice 365 Pro Plus | Office Standard OLP with and without Software Assurance | Office 2016 Home/StudentOffice 2016 Home/BusinessOffice 2016 Professional |
Differences | Compare Office 365 Business and Office 365 Pro Plus | Compare Office Standard OLP and Office Professional Pro Plus | Compare Office 2016 Home/Student, Office 2016 Home/Business and Office 2016 Professional |
Payment | Pay as you use – monthly/yearly | One-Time Purchase with optional to buy Software Assurance every 3 years | One-Time Purchase |
Type of Licensing | Subscription | Perpetual | Perpetual |
Mode of Activation | Online/Email Registration | Online/Key | Online/Email Registration |
Product Positioning | Best Value | Most Control | Lowest Price |
Ease of Managing Licenses and Ability to Terminate/Transfer Licenses | Easiest | Easiest | Fairly Difficult |
Ability to invoke or recover loss licenses during loss/theft of workstation | Easiest | Not possible | Fairly Difficult |
Transfer across Same Platform (PC/Mac) | Yes | Yes | No |
Transfer across Different Platform (PC/Mac) | Yes | Yes, if bought with Software Assurance | No |
Can install previous version of Office | No | Yes | No |
Multiple Software Licenses for User Multiple Devices | Up to 5 workstation (PC/Mac) Up to 5 mobile devices (Android/IOS) Note : For same user with multiple machines | 1 device only | 1 device only |
Minimum Purchase | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Pricing | Office 365 Business
Office 365 Pro Plus
| Office Professional OLP with SA (Software Assurance) – $750 Office Professional OLP – $650 | Office 2016 Home/Student – $200 Office 2016 Home/Business – $300 Office 2016 Professional – $500 |
For bulk purchases, you can enjoy better discount. Please contact our Sales Team.
Software Assurance (SA) benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in IT. A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and use Microsoft products efficiently, Software Assurance helps keep your business up to date and ready to respond quickly to change and opportunity.
You make significant investments in IT, and Software Assurance from Microsoft helps you take fullest advantage of the value your investments can bring. Save time and money with the right tools, training, and support to help empower your people, optimize your technology, and unlock the full potential of your investments in Microsoft technologies. Software Assurance helps you with the following:
To learn more about the advantages of Software Assurance, download the Software Assurance at a glance (PDF, 326 KB).
Discover the unique benefits and value that Software Assurance can provide for your business.
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