‘Tis the Black Friday season for savings on Office 365 so we’ll keep an eye on price discounts on Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal in the USA, UK and Australia. It’s a great time to save on extending or renewing an Office 365 subscription.
Below is a guide to whether a price for Office 365 is a good deal or not. The retail price, lowest price for the last year and current street price.
The easiest way to track the street price of Office 365 is from Amazon. Amazon tracks the prices at other retailers and aggressively matches other deals.
‘Black Friday’ / Thanksgiving through to Christmas is usually a good time to buy or extend Office 365 plans. Usually the prices are the lowest at this time.
Where’s the deals?
No significant discounts in the USA, Canada or Australia. But US military have a great chance to extend their Office 365 Home plan for half-price.
European users had a great opportunity to save on Office 365 Home at 50% off on Friday 29th Nov only. That was the best price of the year.
The UK offer for the Home plan is near to the best price offer of the year.
Office 365 saving tips
Extend an Office 365 Home or Personal plan at any time there’s a good price, you do NOT have to wait until near the expiry date.
Find your Office 365 plan, expiry date and when Microsoft charges for renewal
Definitely don’t renew direct or automatically from Microsoft – that’s the most expensive way to continue Office 365 plans.
See 6 steps to saving on Office 365 renewals or first purchase
USA
Office 365 Home
DON’T PAY Regular price $99.99
DO PAY near to $79 that’s the lowest street price in the last year – 27 April 2019
Current price: $94.99 (physical key card)
Office 365 Personal
DON’T PAY Regular price $69.99
DO PAY near to $50 that’s the lowest street price in the last year – 1 January 2019
Current price $55.76
Military Appreciation Edition
The US Military Appreciation Edition of Office 365 Home is normally discounted to $69.99 but on Black Friday the price has dropped to $49.99 see Two military discounts for Microsoft Office 365 for details.
As you can see from the civilian prices above, $49.99 is a great price. Perhaps worth buying a few years worth to lock in the discount for up to five years.
Canada
Office 365 Home
DON’T PAY Regular price $109
DO PAY near to $99.95 that’s the lowest street price in the last year – 22 November 2019
Current price: $109
United Kingdom
Office 365 Home
DON’T PAY Regular price ₤79.99
DO PAY near to ₤49.15 that’s the lowest street price in the last year – 18 November 2019
Current price: ₤60.09
Office 365 Personal
DON’T PAY Regular price ₤59.99
DO PAY near to ₤47.35 that’s the lowest street price in the last year
Current price ₤48.95
Europe
Office 365 has the same retail price across the Euro zone but discounts can vary according to country. We use Amazon Deutschland as our guide.
Office 365 Home
DON’T PAY Regular price €99
DO PAY near to €49.99 that’s the lowest street price in the last year – 29 November 2019
Current price: €79.32
Australia
Office 365 Home
DON’T PAY Regular price $129.99
DO PAY near to $98 that’s the lowest street price in the last year – 25 February 2019
Current price: $109
Office 365 Personal
DON’T PAY Regular price $99
DO PAY near to $79 that’s the lowest street price in the last year – 8 Feb. 2019
Current price $99
Notes:
- The current price is the price last time we checked. The price might change at any time.
- Prices do NOT include shipping or local sales taxes.
- We do not have affiliate links with Amazon because they don’t allow prices to be quoted by affiliates.
- Lowest Historical Street Price is the lowest price seen in the last year. It’s a guide to what’s a just a good deal or a truly great price.
- Only legal offers for Microsoft Office are quoted. We ignore the many illegal or very questionable Microsoft Office products being sold on Amazon.
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