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Office 2024 Home & Business vs Pro Plus

Office 2024 Home & Business vs Pro Plus: app lineup, commercial use rights, per-seat pricing and who each edition is built for.

Office 2024 Home & Business vs Pro Plus — Which Edition Wins?

Both editions are perpetual one-time purchases for one PC, both include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook. The difference is the apps you don't see on the box — Access and Publisher — plus the volume-license pricing on Pro Plus.

For most home offices Home & Business is enough. For power users and anyone running Access databases or Publisher templates, Pro Plus is the smarter buy and usually cheaper here.

How do Office 2024 Home & Business and Office 2024 Pro Plus compare side by side?

FeatureOffice 2024 Home & BusinessOffice 2024 Pro Plus
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook✓✓
Access (Windows) —✓
Publisher (Windows) —✓
Commercial use rights✓✓
Devices per key1 PC or Mac1 PC
License modelRetail (transferable)Volume (account-bound)
Our price~€89€34.90
Best forMac users, freelancers needing OutlookWindows power users, small offices

Which one should you buy?

Pick Home & Business if you need Mac support or want a true retail key you can move between PCs.

Pick Pro Plus on Windows if you want the cheapest path to the full 7-app suite, including Access and Publisher.

Before choosing a licence

  1. 1. Check the exact edition, Windows or macOS compatibility and number of devices covered. A Windows-only key does not install Office for Mac.

  2. 2. Distinguish personal, commercial and server use. Virtual machines, shared devices and remote access can require additional licences.

  3. 3. Keep the invoice and licence terms. Check transfer rights and support dates: a perpetual licence does not mean perpetual security updates.

Successful activation alone does not prove permission for every use. The applicable Microsoft licence terms take precedence.

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Office Home & Business 2024 — Mac & Windows Perpetual · 1 device · Mac or PC — genuine Microsoft license

Office Home & Business 2024 — Mac & Windows

Perpetual · 1 device · Mac or PC

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for Mac or PC.

€89.00€299.00
Lifetime guarantee
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Office Professional Plus 2024 — 1 PC Perpetual · 1 PC · Windows — genuine Microsoft license
Best seller

Office Professional Plus 2024 — 1 PC

Perpetual · 1 PC · Windows

The latest perpetual Office suite for one Windows PC.

€34.90€579.00
Lifetime guarantee
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Frequently asked questions

Is Pro Plus the same apps as retail Pro?

Yes. Pro Plus is the volume-licensed edition with identical binaries to retail Office Professional. The label is different; the software is the same.

Can Home & Business install on a Mac?

Yes — the Home & Business 2024 SKU activates on both Windows and macOS. Pro Plus is Windows-only.

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