Microsoft 365 vs. Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Microsoft 365

7,168 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

1,317 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft 365	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a Microsoft Cloud subscription service that includes Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access). The software can be installed across multiple devices and ensures that users always have the most up-to-date version of the included Office applications.	$5 Per User Per Month
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)	Score8.5 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The 2016 is no longer available for sale from Microsoft, and support is at an end since 2020.	N/A

Pricing

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Business Basic: $5.00
Per User Per Month
Individual: $5.84
*Per Month
Business - Apps: $8.25
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - F3: $10.00
Per User Per Month
Business Standard: $12.50
Per User Per Month
Business Premium: $20.00
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - E3: $32.00
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - E5: $57.00
Per User Per Month

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Pricing Offerings
Microsoft 365	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

*When billed annually.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Microsoft 365	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 Microsoft Office 365 is more complete than Microsoft Office 2016. It is cloud-based, and this is a great advantage. Furthermore, now updates and upgrades are automatic and can be scheduled or accepted, really saving time compared to Office 2016. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Mazur Attorney in Legal at Matthew Mazur, P.A. (Law Practice, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 No comparison, we can do more with Microsoft 365 and we are more efficient. The pricing model is very fair. We don't have to worry about updating the software on each machine, the updates are handled by Microsoft directly and the Microsoft 365 programs seem much more stable and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 We had been using Microsoft Office for a long time, but moving to Microsoft 365 [(formerly Office 365)] was a game changer because it is a cloud based system. Having the ability to access your email, files, or whatever you need wherever you are from any device is what really … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 In our company we have both Office 365 and regular Office 2016. We are transitioning more to 365 for the ease of managing the licensing. We don't have to keep license cards or numbers stored anywhere because 365 uses your microsoft login which you are using anyway. Compared to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 We were looking to stay in the Microsoft Office 365 family, so it was either the cloud or a current desktop version. Ultimately the lower startup cost of refreshing all licenses at once, it was decided by the board to go with the new subscription-based Microsoft Office 365. At … Incentivized Helpful? Victor Arana IT Manager in Information Technology at Stoneleaf Construction LLC (Construction, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Microsoft Office 365 simply drives through the cloud platform allowing to set a huge variety of options that can be set from custom to standard software in a single package or just to set an specific range of options enabled to the end users, and given the chance to the company … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 Microsoft Office 365 is the easiest to access on the go and is always up to date. It is also affordable given all of the features it offers. Being able to use most of Microsoft's products for one price is convenient and allows our organization to store and sort information over … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft 365 Having all of the offerings and services in one easy to use administrative interface makes administration of our Microsoft suite of applications much easier. We are not able to get that same integration with separated applications. Gmail is not very intuitive if you're coming … Incentivized Helpful? Michael J Mandeville Support Center Technical Lead in Information Technology at Calvin College Information Technology (Higher Education, 501-1000 employees) Chose Microsoft 365 Google Apps made famous real-time collaborative editing in Google Docs. Now that Office 365 offers Word Online, there is no competition. Google Apps have always been "Microsoft Office-Lite" products, giving very basic functionality. With Office Online apps, it's hard not to see … Incentivized Helpful?	Discontinued Products Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) For certain situations there is a benefit to the "standalone" package of Office 2106, vs. a subscription-based product like Office 365. Especially in the case where there are shared computers, or computers that are used as a kiosk, Microsoft Office 2016 would be one of the few … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) We have not tried to use an alternate. Office is the way to go. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office provides the complete package. Everyone else is just a piece to the puzzle. Sure Microsoft Office costs more, but they give you all the software you need to have in one package. I don't want or need to find replacements for 5 different purposes. Incentivized Helpful? Lochan Kalicharan Freelance Photographer in Information Technology at Self Employed (Medical Practice, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Not as robust and feature filled as office 2016. Also missing a mail client like outlook that can be integrated with exchange. have not used any further applications besides this. Incentivized Helpful? Adriano Rosa Programmer in Information Technology at Alcoa Inc (Mining & Metals, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) Microsoft Office 365 brings the same tools of Office 2016, but renewed. Office 2016 was sold for a one time, up front fee, on the other hand, Microsoft Office 365 is the new way Microsoft wants you to buy Office, you pay a monthly or yearly fee and get access to its latest … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	Microsoft 365	Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	7.8 (240 ratings)	7.5 (64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.5 (6 ratings)	5.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	7.2 (8 ratings)	7.0 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	8.9 (54 ratings)	8.0 (45 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)