The price is cheap at $10.60 per month. I couldn’t find anywhere else selling a 15-month subscription like this to compare.
PS:
Well… a lot of people are asking why.
Considering the price is around $10 per month for 6 people, and each person gets 1TB of storage, it seems considerably cheap to me.
You can use word excel PowerPoint etc free via cloud
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/free-office-on…
People are buying this for the 6x1TB cloud storage/backup.
And probably keeping the only copy of their data there.
Everyone that I know that uses it has it at least on their desktop computer too (as most storage drives are >1tb these days), so they have a local copy.
Everyone knows that "cloud storage isn't backup"…but it's pretty close, and a zero effort option. I'm not sure what's a better choice honestly. Even using B2, it's a lot more expensive, and more effort (also backups aren't backups if you don't test them, and who actually does that?!)
@incipient: Cloud storage/"backup" is still a great feature when one has to do ICT support for their family members… I like the fact that if my parents' phones die, they should have a fairly recent back up of their photos, etc that I can restore from.
even then keeping it as their only copy in the cloud is many times better than there only copy being on a cheap HDD/SDD on an old crappy pc
good to know..
but what happens after the 15months?
fork out for another 15months at markup of 400% or bye bye data?
You can still access your data… you just can't upload more. Not sure at what point they opt to erase your data for exceeding the free OneDrive limit.
You can also stack up to 5yrs of MS365 subscriptions I believe. I just bought two of these to top up mine… expires late 2030.
@Mugsy: ah, effectively locking in the 'now' price - good
still access data: good for now, until they update their terms of service for that to no longer be the case and you've effectively paid for ransomware
idk, most of us just have an inherent (valid or not) distrust of the FANGs of the world now
@Jaspa7: when onedrive is full and subscription expired , it is pain to download it back to computer. and the speed is crazy slow too
@Jaspa7: This subscription has been going since January 2013… during this time the name (was originally called "Office 365 Home Premium") and price has increased from around $99/year.
OneDrive (since it was called SkyDrive) has always had the policy of giving a generous time to reduce your storage when your quota reduces.
@Mugsy: how do you do that? I have a current family subscription, if I get this does it adds appends to the current subscription? Does it include Co-pilot?
Before that time you have purchased another deal from here at OZB. MS subscriptions can be stacked.
I'm not dissing this deal, I'm sure it's good for some people. But when did needing to subscribe to Microsoft for ever, just to use basic office apps become an acceptable thing? (I genuinely didn't realise Microsoft were up to this, until I saw this post 😅)
I just hate subscription models like this so much!😡✊
I use Libre Office, it's free and it works well imo. I'm only doing basic stuff from time to time, but is there that much difference for all that extra (endless subscription) money?
I'm guessing for most people the answer is probably no. But maybe some people are locked into the Microsoft system because of work/compatibility issues?
Anyway, I am curious to know what the Microsoft version does better/differently?
If you're like me and have no friends, then this subscription makes sense.
The cloud backup features included in this subscription make it palatable.
which subscription includes friends.. pls?
I have the family subscription which includes 5 TB and just regularly stack subscriptions when they are on special. Have at least 3 years stacked at the moment.
Most of the value is in the 100GB email storage and 1TB Onedrive storage. This Family subscription allows you to add up to 5 other people (6 total) and they all get their own 100GB email storage and 1TB onedrive each. so $10.60 / 6 = $1.77 per month per person, which is pretty cheap.
Previously they also let you add a custom domain and if you did before it was removed then you can keep it. Not possible to add anymore, but I'm grandfathered in to using my own domain for emails
@thesicpit @ThatDealsGuy Thanks for the information on the cloud storage.
I guess this makes it a lot more acceptable for some people, just for that feature alone.
I'm just glad that free alternatives exist (even free cloud storage too, all be it with more modest data limits) for average folks like me.
Thanks for your reply 👍
Also if you install ondrive app on your phone, all your photos and videos are backed up to cloud, that for me is why i need this, previously icloud was expensive and this made it easier to sync across devices (android and iphone)
@blorx: @blorx
$1.77 a month is only equatable for 6 people using it. If only one person, then it's $10 a month.
So I don't understand the random smugness and the inability to see outside of your own personal situation or preferences. Why not just accept that free cloud storage is actually a good thing for a lot of people.
I've kept the subscription for ages because economically, for the several people in my fam that use the 1tb, nothing else is cheaper, and the app is.. fine….
And even vibe coding an app that I could get into the app store ($200/yr-ish) or for mac and my device and windows is just not worth the effort…
I rarely use the Office apps, only my wife needs them. However, my whole family, 6 users, needs cloud storage.
Considering the price is around $10 per month for 6 people, and each person gets 1TB storage, it seems considerably cheap to me.
Aye!
For the longest time, I was getting by on my 35Gb of free OneDrive storage. But my wife needs two accounts (one for her phone and one for her iPad and laptop) as she takes a lot of photos for the things she does, and my parents needed more cloud storage for camera roll back up (they travel a lot), a MS365 Family subscription made a lot of sense.
Even my cloud storage needs has ballooned out to 120Gb at current time.
I don't know a single person who has a MS365 Family account for access to Office.
Everyone I know with it subscribed for the OneDrive storage… namely for Camera Roll back up.
Don't get me wrong… I don't like subscriptions as much as the next guy. To this day, I still haven't played World of Warcraft and don't have Spotify, Netflix, etc as I am that much against subscriptions.
But when it comes to cloud storage, there's only so far free storage will get you unfortunately.
If you have up to 6 people who all need a good amount of cloud storage, the MS365 Family account makes a lot of sense vs individually getting a larger Google Drive or Apple Cloud subscription.
I agree with you re subscription models but I can 100% justify spotify!
I'm still in two minds about spotify. I opened an account some years ago but it was only late last year that I finally decided to curate some playlists.
For my previous car, I had used a USB drive where I could put my curated collection of music ripped to MP3. It worked, and it didn't need me to use any additional mobile data to stream those songs.
About 1.5yrs ago, I replaced my car and the new one won't allow me to have both a USB drive with mp3s and my phone plugged in for Android Auto. It was frustrating to have to replicate my existing mp3 collection in Spotify. I just didn't have the motivation to do it to maintain the status quo.
Anyway, most of the year went by and as we were approaching our annual, pre-xmas domestic holiday, I finally found the drive in me to start up a few new playlist and start adding songs.
After 6 months of regular use of Spotify (free mind you), I will admit…
Some annoyances though…
For me, I just can't justify the ongoing monthly expense that wasn't there previously.
@Mugsy: hey on the subject of spotify, i use radio box app on my phone, it has a lot of streaming channels one of which is called "Exclusive Radio" and in that has hunereds of chanels, like all rock, all jazz, all pop, and all non stop artists like Pink Floyd, Metallica ect ect and no ads. ever. but if you use a Private DNS you never get ads, pop up or voice over adverts ever. thats my spotify. all for free. no ads and my fav artists all day 24/7. even has SPICE GIRLS!
@Mugsy: Fair enough, each to their own. I look at it in that I feel like CD's have always been about 30 bucks, even in the 90's. If you can share a spotify account with up to 5 others it can be as low as $3.50/month for premium. That's about 1 CD a year.
Also just fyi if android auto doesn't work for whatever reason you can always just play spotify over bluetooth to the head unit. In the head unit you just choose the source as bluetooth.
I agree with you 100%. The subscription model sux.
I am still using my HUP licence for Office Professional that cost me $15, then it increased to $16.50.
Full Office Professional used to cost about $900, I would rather pay that full price than subscribe.
when did it become an acceptable thing
Keep in mind that by now an entire generation has grown up knowing this as the norm..
Sadly, I fear this is true for the most part. But I hope there are still people of that generation, who don't just accept this view as the only viable way.
especially in 2026 you don't need it, full stop
but I guess the Power of Habit is strong with this one, MSFT laughing all the way to the bank
Huh - surely in 2026 you need the 1TB of cloud storage more than ever, to backup the multitude of photos and videos from your phone ?
This need only gets greater as time passes.
My wife has used more than half of the MS365 account linked to her phone. I am keeping one my last unshared user for her to switch to in a few years.
this is very true yes, and unfortunately it is how they get us all in their crap ecosystem
I was myself on MSFT crack for a while, but couldn't stand it anymore, and jumped off
can't feed that beast anymore, even though my stance won't change much of course in the grand scheme of things
you will own nothing, and you will be happy bro
SaveOnIt is $140.99 for 12 months so I'd say this is a pretty good deal for those looking for renewing their OneDrive storage.
if you don't need the cloud storage its free at massgravel - MAS
Remember when we could buy Office… God I hate subscriptions
@$1000 and pray that all 40+ floppy disks worked.
Word was $599 by itself.
We used to have a Home Purchase Program through my work, it was unbelievable value for the complete office suite. Gone are the days of purchase once, own forever.
You still buy Office outright, who or what is stopping you?
So they actually offer a different non subscription version at the moment? What is this version called please?
Office Home 2024 or Office Home and Business 2024
@wonderboy4: I previously bought a copy on eBay.
Too good to be true and it was lol
In the end I got a family Microsoft 365 subscription. Storage works well.
You could also look at Libreoffice
They have never ceased selling a standalone product..
can you add to prior subscription? thanks legends
Yes.
^this
I just topped up mine. Expires late 2030 now. I think you can stack up to 5yrs IIRC.
Microslop
Good job this isn't discord
Subscribe via ios Turkey method. At current exchange rate, it’s $0.74/month.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/903661
1TB x 6 cloud storage means i can have wife, kids and myself (and my mum) storing all documents to onedrive… a bit of piece of mind when one of them inevitably destroys their laptop.
(Appreciate not everyone is on ios)
6tb of documents? What witchcraft is this? Video or animator son and fashion designer daughter perhaps?
Documents, photos, whatever…
We don’t use close to the 1TB per person, but for less that $1/month it’s not worth it to find something smaller for less money!
Fair call. Your method is quite cheap!
FYI: If you have a child with an @schools.vic.edu.au or similar address this will be free. Most Uni emails work too.
oh wow, for Family Subscription?
Definitely not. This would only work for one account.
Just be aware using your instition's Microsoft account will give them info on your personal device. Can vary from very little (like an IP) to basically everything you do if you have onboarded the device as a Defender endpoint.
State schools in QLD are also free install to 4 or 5? machines for office.
Dammit no CoPilot (no deal) lmao!
i think there is for the family creater , with some AI credit, not for the rest of the family
Other legit way of getting discount is via the Microsoft Workplace Discount Program.
You can check whether your work email gives you 30% off on the Office 365 subscriptions typing it here https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/workplace-discount-program
I am paying AU$125.30 for 12-months of Microsoft 365 Family, once you redeem the code to your own email as usual you can set it to auto-debit and will keep the discount forever, no need to link it to the work email and can share it with 5 other people as usual.
If you have an edu email you can access Microsoft 365 for free as well enjoy an Azure student subscription here https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students
You da real MVP!
Ah ha! this explains why I'm paying $125.30.
Checked my workplace, turns out my office is part of the program! I am with Personal, so only $112 a year. Does anyone know of an app that will transfer files in my Dropbox to OneDrive?
Does this come with copilot?
"Thats a really good question that you asked, let me see what i can find. i am very impressed by your selection of question. Would you like me to check Microsoft website for pricing as i really think you would benifet from using a fully paid subscription service"
Massgrave scripts with backup using idrive mini 100gb for reasanable users which can do whole computer backup and restore. If you have huge 1TB movies to backup then best look elsewhere.
idrive also has huge backup options also…
https://www.idrive.com/pricing
Thanks OP! and also others re: github
do people actually buy Office Subscirption? i buy OEM from websites for like $50, last one i bought was office 2023, before that was 2019, if it gets blocked which it never has id just buy the next version at the time. my 2023 is still running fine and i have no need to get the newest fancy cr@p released features. im now drifting to google sheets ect now so i dont think i will be buying a new one any time soon. also do school kids get a free copy with being a school kid or has that been turfed ages ago?
Nice. My last MS365 deal via OZB runs out end of June. Great timing.
The only way to edit Excel and Word documents on an ipad is via this? I have Office Professional where there is no subs but on my ipad it wont allow me to edit documents without a 365 subscription. Any work arounds?
Mine auto-renews for $125.30 MS M365 Family
There's an offer for $159 premium for a year but I'm afraid it won't revert to my current price after a year.
I wonder if it's worth getting this if you are currently on a Family Classic subscription ($139 annually). It's cheaper per month, but I wonder if you can go back to Classic once this subscription ends if need be.
They seem to sometimes prorata subscriptions when changing between plans so I also wonder if it would add 15 months or give you less as the regular Family plan is more expensive than Classic.
Guess you can just stack 2 or 3 of these, banking on prices going up each year and hoping you'll be out on top.
I know it may not be much but TCB/SB has cashback on BingLee.
Bought one key from BingLee, it says expiry date is 01/01/3000
I'm already prepaid until March 2030 now, wonder if i can buy another key and wait with activitation until August to get 5 years ? Or for that matter, buy for the next 10 years :)
Doesn’t say it needs to be redeemed by a certain date.
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