Compare Office editions
Pick any two editions — Home, Home & Business or Professional Plus, 2019 to 2024, Windows or Mac — and see exactly what changes.
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Office Professional Plus 2024 adds Outlook, Access for +$83.00 over Office Home 2024.
| Feature | Office Home 2024 | Office Professional Plus 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Apps included | ||
| Word | Included | Included |
| Excel | Included | Included |
| PowerPoint | Included | Included |
| OneNote | Included | Included |
| OutlookEmail & calendar | Not included | Included |
| AccessDatabases · Windows only | Not included | Included |
| PublisherDesktop publishing · Windows only | Not included | Not included |
| Licence | ||
| Licence type | One-time purchase · perpetual | One-time purchase · perpetual |
| Commercial use | Personal use | Included |
| Devices | 1 PC | 1 PC |
| Runs on | Windows 11 · Windows 10 | Windows 11 · Windows 10 |
| Security updates | Until Oct 2029 | Until Oct 2029 |
| Cloud storage | Not included — desktop apps | Not included — desktop apps |
| Price | ||
| Your price | $126.99 | $209.99 |
| MSRP | $195.37 | $323.06 |
| You save | $68.38 (35%) | $113.07 (35%) |
Every edition is a genuine one-time-purchase licence delivered by email. Access and Publisher are Windows-only apps. Security-update dates follow Microsoft's published lifecycle.
Choosing an edition
Three quick answers before you decide.
Home (and Home & Student) gives you Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote for personal use. Pick Home & Business if you want the Outlook desktop app or you will use Office for work — it is licensed for commercial use.
Everything in Home & Business plus Access (databases) and Publisher (desktop publishing). Both are Windows-only apps, which is why Professional Plus is sold for PC.
Each release is a one-time purchase, so the main differences are the feature set and how long Microsoft ships security updates: Office 2024 is supported until October 2029, Office 2021 until October 2026. Office 2019 reached end of support in October 2025.
