Office 2021: Home & Student vs. Home & Business vs. Professional

• Posted on 26 July 2022
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As you may know, Office 2021 is the latest Office edition from Microsoft. Similar to the previous editions - Office 2019 and Office 2016, this one also comes in a couple of bundles. Further in this blog, you can read about each bundle and their differences. This way you can make the most informed and beneficial decision regarding the purchase of your software. Below you can also find all of the available bundles in Office 2021.

Which Office applications are included in which package of Office 2021?

As mentioned above, the Office applications are grouped in Office packages, also called bundles. Below you can see which Office bundles are discussed in the present blog together with the software applications included in each one of them.

• Office Home & Student: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Office Home & Business: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Office Professional: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access
  
  
  

Microsoft Office Home & Student 2021

Microsoft Office Home & Student is the basic package in each Office edition, as it only includes the most crucial applications. As the name suggests, the license is intended for personal use by students or at home. Keep in mind that this license can be installed on only one device.

• Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• This license is perpetual, this means you can use it forever.
  
  

Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021

The Home and Business package is somewhat more elaborate compared to the Home and Student one. The main difference consists in the application Outlook which is crucial for every business.

• Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• This license is perpetual, which means that you can use it forever.
  
  

Microsoft Office Professional 2021

Microsoft Office Professional is the most elaborate of the three packages. The license includes all the applications that come with the Home and Business bundle and the additional Access and Publisher. This makes the software license eligible for both personal and professional use. Many companies opt for Microsoft Office Professional due to its extensiveness.

• Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher
• This license is perpetual, this means you can use it forever.
  
  

Purchasing Office 2021 retail licenses

If you are currently on the search for Microsoft Office licenses, you can take a look at our assortment here. The Office licenses you can find at DigiLicense are pre-owned. This means that the licenses have already been used once. Since the software does not wear off like material objects, for example, by purchasing used licenses you essentially acquire the same license with the same functionalities at a cheaper price. The reason why pre-owned software is cheaper than new licenses is only the fact that it has been used already. If instead of Office 2021 you would like to consider the older versions of Office, you can also take a look at the Office 2019 and Office 2016 licenses we offer.