Microsoft office vs 365

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I’ve just bought a MacBook and I don’t know which of these to buy. I don’t like the sea of having to pay £99 every year for the 365 but then I don’t know if I will need the cloud stuff? I’m not tech savvy at all and I don’t understand it really. Which is the best to get? I will be using it for planning lessons mostly. Maybe some teams sessions. Thanks

You can get a level of 365 for free, this gives you 5gb of cloud storage and access to the web and phone apps

Paying for a subscription will give you the desktop applications and more space at 1tb

The web versions won’t work unless you are connected to the internet, but you can also use compatible software such as Libre office.
Set your default folder for saving to synchronize on your free OneDrive space and you get to try before committing to a subscription

If you want to stick to Microsoft then there is also the option of Wowcher deals. With this you typically buy a resold secondhand licence to the desktop software for much cheaper than buying the full price Microsoft licence
(Note that the one off licences are only for that specific version of Office but last as long as your computer is compatible, whereas the subscription covers the current version at all times, but only while you continue to subscribe)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products