Home & Student

Buying guide

Office Home and Student: which version should you buy?

Office Home and Student gives you Word, Excel and PowerPoint for home and study. Here we compare the versions we sell and tell you which one still gets security updates.

• Key and download by email: instantly during office hours, within 24 hours at most outside them.
• PDF invoice with VAT shown.
• 1-month activation guarantee: if the key does not activate on first installation, write to us and we fix it.
• Support by email and chat.

Which version to choose

• Office Home 2024: the current successor, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint and security updates until 9 October 2029 — from €120.00
• Microsoft Office 2021 Home & Student: Word, Excel and PowerPoint; support ended on 13 October 2026 — from €119.83
• Microsoft Office Home and Student 2019: the same programs; support ended on 14 October 2025 — from €74.99
• Office Home and Student 2016: the cheapest option; support ended on 14 October 2025 — from €60.83

All of these are permanent licences: you pay once and there is no subscription. One licence covers one PC (or one Mac where the product says Mac).

Built for home use, without Outlook

Home and Student is licensed for home, non-commercial use and does not include Outlook. If you will use it as a self-employed person or in a company, or you need Outlook, choose Office Home & Business.

Office 2016, 2019 and 2021 are no longer supported. For a version with security updates, see Office 2024, or browse the full range of Microsoft Office.

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