Microsoft 365 license comparison
Compare Microsoft 365 Business, Enterprise and Frontline plans side by side: price, apps, mailbox, security and compliance. Pick the plans you're weighing up, or show only the differences.
Compare Microsoft 365 plans side by side
Microsoft 365 plans come in three families. Business plans cover up to 300 users. Enterprise plans have no user limit. Frontline plans are for people who work on shared or mobile devices. US list prices run from $3 (F1) to $60 (E5) per user per month, and E7 at $99 adds Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365.
Prices are Microsoft's US list prices per user per month on an annual commitment, paid yearly, for the versions with Teams, as shown on microsoft.com in November 2026. Features follow Microsoft's plan comparisons from the same month.
| Feature | Microsoft 365 Business Basic$7.00user/month, paid yearly | Microsoft 365 Business Standard$14.00user/month, paid yearly | Microsoft 365 Business Premium$22.00user/month, paid yearly | Office 365 E1$10.00user/month, paid yearly | Microsoft 365 E3$39.00user/month, paid yearly | Microsoft 365 E5$60.00user/month, paid yearly | Microsoft 365 E7$99.00user/month, paid yearly | Microsoft 365 F1$3.00user/month, paid yearly | Microsoft 365 F3$10.00user/month, paid yearly |
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| Users and apps | |||||||||
| Maximum users | 300 | 300 | 300 | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit |
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook | Web and mobile | Desktop, web and mobile | Desktop, web and mobile | Web and mobile | Desktop, web and mobile | Desktop, web and mobile | Desktop, web and mobile | Read-only on web and mobile | Web and mobile |
| Microsoft Teams chat and meetings | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Teams Phone | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on (frontline version) | Add-on (frontline version) |
| Email and storage | |||||||||
| Mailbox | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | Teams calendar only | 2 GB |
| Email archive | 50 GB | 50 GB | Up to 1.5 TB | 50 GB | Up to 1.5 TB | Up to 1.5 TB | Up to 1.5 TB | Not included | Add-on |
| OneDrive storage | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB, up to 5 TB | 1 TB, up to 5 TB | 1 TB, up to 5 TB | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Identity and devices | |||||||||
| Microsoft Entra ID | Free | Free | P1 | Free | P1 | P2 | P2 and Entra Suite | P1 | P1 |
| Intune device management | Add-on | Add-on | Plan 1 | Add-on | Plan 1 and Plan 2 | Intune Suite | Intune Suite | Plan 1 | Plan 1 |
| Windows | Not included | Not included | Windows 11 Business | Not included | Windows 11 Enterprise E3 | Windows 11 Enterprise E5 | Windows 11 Enterprise E5 | Not included | Windows 11 Enterprise E3 |
| Security | |||||||||
| Email threat protection (Defender for Office 365) | URL time-of-click only | URL time-of-click only | Plan 1 | URL time-of-click only | Plan 1 | Plan 2 | Plan 2 | Add-on (frontline version) | Add-on (frontline version) |
| Device protection | Add-on | Add-on | Defender for Business | Add-on | Defender for Endpoint P1 | Defender for Endpoint P2 | Defender for Endpoint P2 | Add-on (frontline version) | Defender Antivirus |
| Defender for Identity | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on (frontline version) | Add-on (frontline version) |
| Defender for Cloud Apps | Add-on | Add-on | Discovery only | Add-on | Discovery only | Included | Included | Discovery only | Discovery only |
| Compliance | |||||||||
| Sensitivity labels (Purview Information Protection) | Add-on (needs EMS E3) | Add-on (needs EMS E3) | Plan 1 | Add-on (needs EMS E3) | Plan 1 | Plan 2 | Plan 2 | Plan 1 | Plan 1 |
| Data loss prevention | Add-on | Add-on | Email and files | Add-on | Email and files | Included | Included | Not included | Add-on |
| Purview Audit | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard | Premium | Premium | Standard | Standard |
| eDiscovery | Add-on | Add-on | Standard | Add-on | Standard | Premium | Premium | Add-on (frontline version) | Add-on (frontline version) |
| Insider risk management | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on (frontline version) | Add-on (frontline version) |
| AI and analytics | |||||||||
| Microsoft 365 Copilot | Add-on | Add-on, or the plan with Copilot at $23.50 | Add-on, or the plan with Copilot at $32.00 | Add-on | Add-on, $30.00 | Add-on, $30.00 | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power BI Pro | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Every feature in Microsoft's plan comparison (November 2026) | |||||||||
| Copilot | |||||||||
| Copilot Chat | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Copilot Chat Analytics | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Copilot | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Security Copilot | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | 400 SCUs a month per 1,000 users | 400 SCUs a month per 1,000 users | Add-on | Add-on |
| Agent observability | |||||||||
| Agent Identity | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Agent Registry | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Basic agent usage insights | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Advanced agent usage insights | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Agent map | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Registry sync | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Graph API for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Agent governance | |||||||||
| Agent Identity Governance | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Lifecycle management for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Admin agent governance actions | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Automate agent lifecycle actions | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Tool controls for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Policy templates for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Audit logs and eDiscovery for agent activity | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Data Lifecycle Management for agent data and interactions | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Communication compliance for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Agent security | |||||||||
| Data Security Posture Management for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Insider Risk Management for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Agents inherit and honor data sensitivity labels | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Data loss prevention for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Conditional access and identity protection for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Device compliance for agent conditional access | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Policy controlled environment for agents runtime | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Configure policies to contain managed local agents | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Block unsanctioned local endpoint agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Discovery of AI on endpoints | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Agent Security Posture Management | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Threat Detection and Blocking for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Threat Hunting and Investigation for agents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft 365 apps | |||||||||
| Desktop client apps | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft 365 for mobile | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Read only | Screens under 10.9 in. |
| Install apps on up to 5 PCs/Mac + 5 tablets + 5 smartphones | Mobile apps only | Included | Included | Mobile apps only | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Mobile apps only |
| Microsoft 365 for the web | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Read only | Included |
| Visio for the web | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Read only | Included |
| Create and share Microsoft Loop components and pages | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Create and share Loop workspaces | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Contribute to Loop components, pages and workspaces | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Clipchamp Standard | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Editor premium features | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Multilingual user interface for Microsoft 365 apps | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Email, calendar and scheduling | |||||||||
| Exchange Kiosk (2 GB mailbox) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Teams calendar only | Included |
| Exchange Plan 1 (50 GB mailbox + 50 GB archive) | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Exchange Plan 2 (100 GB mailbox + up to 1.5 TB archive) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Calendar | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Outlook desktop client | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Auto-expanding email archive | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Built-in security add-on for cloud mailboxes | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Public folder mailboxes | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Resource mailboxes | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Inactive mailboxes | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Shifts | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Bookings | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included |
| Additional 50 GB mailbox | Included | Included | Included | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Meetings, calling and chat | |||||||||
| Microsoft Teams | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Unlimited chat | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Online meetings | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Town hall | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Webinars | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Immersive Events | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Avatars for Teams | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Screen sharing and custom backgrounds | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Record meetings | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Priority notifications | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Teams Phone Standard | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Audio Conferencing | Included | Included | Included | Add-on, no cost | Add-on, no cost | Add-on, no cost | Add-on, no cost | Included | Included |
| Intranet and storage | |||||||||
| SharePoint Kiosk (2 GB OneDrive storage) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | No personal site | No personal site |
| SharePoint Plan 1 (1 TB OneDrive storage) | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| SharePoint Plan 2 (1+ TB OneDrive storage) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| OneDrive for business (basic) (10 GB storage) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| 10 GB additional SharePoint storage per license | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Content services | |||||||||
| Microsoft Graph API | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Search | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Forms | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Microsoft Lists | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Places | |||||||||
| In-person events, Hybrid RSVP, Places card, Work plans, Workplace presence | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Places Explorer | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Places Finder | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Analytics | |||||||||
| Adoption Score | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Secure Score | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Compliance Management | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Power BI Pro | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Project and task management | |||||||||
| Microsoft Planner | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft To-Do | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Viva Learning | |||||||||
| Viva Learning in Teams | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included |
| Create learning tabs in Teams channels | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included |
| Search, share, and chat about learning content | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Learn and Microsoft 365 Training libraries + 125 top LinkedIn Learning courses | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Organization-generated content with SharePoint and Viva Learning | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Viva Insights | |||||||||
| Viva Insights app in Teams | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Limited apps | Limited apps |
| Personal insights and experiences | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Premium personal insights and experiences | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Viva Engage | |||||||||
| Communities, Conversations, and Storyline | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Advanced Security | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Viva Connections | |||||||||
| Dashboard, Feed, Resources, Teams app | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included |
| Automation, app building and chatbots | |||||||||
| Power Apps for Microsoft 365 | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Power Automate for Microsoft 365 | Included | Included | Included | Cloud flows only | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Copilot Studio for Teams | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Included |
| Dataverse for Teams | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Included |
| Endpoint and app management | |||||||||
| Microsoft Intune Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Intune Plan 2 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Mobile Device Management | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Mobile application management | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Windows Autopilot | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Without a Windows license | Included |
| Group Policy support for Windows | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Group Policy support for Microsoft 365 apps | Not included | Web apps and privacy policies only | Web apps and privacy policies only | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 | Not included | Web apps and privacy policies only | Web apps and privacy policies only | Web apps only | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Web apps only |
| Shared computer activation for Microsoft 365 apps | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Endpoint Analytics | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Intune Remote Help | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Intune Advanced Analytics | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Threat protection | |||||||||
| Microsoft Defender Antimalware | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Microsoft Defender Firewall | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Microsoft Defender Credential Guard | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| BitLocker and BitLocker To Go | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Windows Information Protection | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Business | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for IoT – Enterprise IoT | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender XDR | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Identity | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Edge | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Security Exposure Management | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| URL time-of-click protection | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Safe Documents | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Cloud access security broker | |||||||||
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Discovery | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Office 365 Cloud App Security | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Data lifecycle management | |||||||||
| Manual retention labels | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Basic org-wide or location-wide retention policies | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Rules-based automatic retention policies | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Machine Learning-based retention | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Teams message retention policies | 30-day minimum | 30-day minimum | 30-day minimum | 30-day minimum | Included | Included | Included | 30-day minimum | 30-day minimum |
| Records Management | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Identity and access management | |||||||||
| Microsoft Entra ID Free | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra Suite | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra ID Protection | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Entra Internet Access for Microsoft Services | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| User Provisioning | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Cloud user self-service password change | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Cloud user self-service password reset | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Hybrid user self-service password change/reset with on-premises write-back | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Advanced Security Reports | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Multi Factor Authentication | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Conditional Access | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Risk Based Conditional Access / Identity Protection | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Privileged Identity Management | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Access Reviews | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Entitlement Management | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft 365 Groups | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| DirectAccess supported | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Windows Hello for Business | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Data loss prevention | |||||||||
| DLP for emails & files | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| DLP for Teams chat | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Endpoint DLP | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| eDiscovery and auditing | |||||||||
| eDiscovery (Standard) (including Hold and Export) | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Litigation Hold | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| eDiscovery (Premium) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Audit (Standard) | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Audit (Premium) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Information protection | |||||||||
| Azure Information Protection Plan 1 | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Azure Information Protection Plan 2 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Manual, default, and mandatory sensitivity labeling in Microsoft 365 apps | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | No email or apps to label | Included |
| Automatic sensitivity labeling in Microsoft 365 apps | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Manual sensitivity labeling for Teams meetings | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Needs Teams Premium | Needs Teams Premium | Not included | Not included |
| Default sensitivity labels for SharePoint document libraries | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Automatic sensitivity labels in Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Sensitivity labels based on advanced classifiers (e.g., Trainable Classifiers, EDM, Named Entities, Contextual) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Sensitivity labeling for containers in Microsoft 365 | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Basic Message Encryption | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | No email service | Included |
| Advanced Message Encryption | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Customer Key | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Personal Data Encryption | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Windows Information Protection | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Insider risk management | |||||||||
| Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Adaptive Protection | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Communication Compliance | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Information Barriers | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Customer Lockbox | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Privileged Access Management | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Windows | |||||||||
| Windows 11 Edition | Not included | Not included | Business | Not included | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Not included | Enterprise |
| Azure Virtual Desktop | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Windows 365 Enterprise access | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Virtual Desktop Access | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Universal Print | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Windows Autopatch | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Windows Enterprise LTSC and MDOP | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Quick Machine Recovery | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Post-quantum security APIs | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Add-ons you can buy for each plan (Microsoft, November 2026) | |||||||||
| Copilot | |||||||||
| Microsoft Security Copilot | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Copilot Studio per tenant per month | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Copilot Business | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Security (Microsoft Defender) | |||||||||
| Microsoft 365 Defender Suite | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not included | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender Suite FLW | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint F1 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint F2 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for Office F1 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for Office F2 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for Identity F1 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps F1 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for Identity | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for servers (per server) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting - XDR (needs Defender for Endpoint P2 or E5) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR (needs Defender for Endpoint P2 or E5) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender for IoT – Enterprise IoT (per device, needs Defender for Endpoint P2) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (standalone) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (add-on) (needs Defender for Endpoint P2) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management FLW (standalone) (needs Defender for Endpoint F2) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management add-on to Defender for Endpoint for servers (needs Defender for Endpoint for servers) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender Experts Suite P1 and P2 (1,500-seat minimum) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Defender Suite for Business Premium | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Business | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender for Business for servers add-on for Defender for Business (needs Defender for Business, up to 60) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Compliance (Microsoft Purview) and email | |||||||||
| Microsoft 365 Purview Suite | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not included | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft 365 E5 Info Protection and Governance | Add-on (needs EMS E3) | Add-on (needs EMS E3) | Add-on | Add-on (needs EMS E3) | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft 365 E5 Insider Risk Management | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Forensic evidence add-on for Insider Risk Management (needs E5, Purview Suite or E5 Insider Risk Management) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft 365 E5 eDiscovery and Audit | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Purview Suite FLW | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft 365 Defender + Purview Suite FLW | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft 365 F5 Information Protection and Governance | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft 365 F5 Insider Risk Management | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft 365 F5 eDiscovery and Audit | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Premium Assessments add-on for Compliance Manager | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Priva Privacy Risk Management | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Compliance Program for Microsoft Cloud | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (for email and files) | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Add-on |
| Exchange Archiving | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Not included | Add-on |
| 10-year Audit Log Retention (needs E5, Purview Suite or E5 eDiscovery and Audit) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| 10-year Audit Log Retention for FLW | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Purview Suite for Business Premium | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Defender + Purview Suites for Business Premium | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Identity (Microsoft Entra) | |||||||||
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2 | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra ID F2 | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra ID Governance (needs Entra ID P1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra ID Governance FLW | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra ID Governance Plan 2 (add-on to Microsoft Entra ID P2) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra ID Governance F2 FLW | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra Suite (needs Entra ID P1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Entra Suite FLW | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra Suite Add-On for Microsoft Entra ID P2 (Microsoft Entra Suite P2) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Entra Suite Add-On for Microsoft Entra ID F2 FLW (Microsoft Entra Suite F2 FLW) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access (needs Entra ID P1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Entra Internet Access (needs Entra ID P1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Entra Private Access (needs Entra ID P1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access for FLW (needs Entra ID P1) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra Internet Access for FLW (needs Entra ID P1) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Entra Private Access for FLW (needs Entra ID P1) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Endpoint management (Intune) | |||||||||
| Microsoft Intune Plan 1 | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Microsoft Intune Plan 2 (needs Intune Plan 1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Intune Suite (needs Intune Plan 1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Intune Remote Help (needs Intune Plan 1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Intune Advanced Analytics (needs Intune Plan 1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Intune Enterprise Application Management (needs Intune Plan 1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Cloud PKI (needs Intune Plan 1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft Intune Endpoint Privilege Management (needs Intune Plan 1) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Teams services | |||||||||
| Teams Enterprise/Teams EEA | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included |
| Teams Premium (needs Teams) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Audio Conferencing with Dial Out to US and Canada (no cost) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Extended Dial Out Minutes to US and Canada (needs Audio Conferencing) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Teams Phone Standard | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Teams Phone Standard for Frontline Workers | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Domestic Calling Plan (needs Teams Phone Standard) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Domestic Calling 120-minute Plan (needs Teams Phone Standard) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| International Calling Plan (needs Teams Phone Standard, includes domestic calling) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Pay-as-you-go Calling Plan (needs Teams Phone Standard) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Teams Phone with Domestic Calling Plan | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Partly included | Partly included | Not included | Add-on |
| Teams Phone with International Calling Plan | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Partly included | Partly included | Not included | Add-on |
| Teams Phone with Pay-as-you-go Calling Plan | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Partly included | Partly included | Not included | Add-on |
| Attendee Packs | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Teams Shared Space License | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Teams Room Pro | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Microsoft Viva | |||||||||
| Viva Suite | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Viva Workplace Analytics and Employee Feedback | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Viva Employee Communications and Communities | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Viva Insights | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Viva Learning | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Viva Glint | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Viva Pulse | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| SharePoint, storage and migration | |||||||||
| SharePoint Advanced Management | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Microsoft 365 Extra File Storage | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Advanced eDiscovery Storage | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Cross-tenant user data migration | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Advanced Data Residency | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Platform | |||||||||
| Power BI Pro per user per month | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power BI Premium per user per month (needs Power BI Pro or E5) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Apps per-app (1 app OR website + 250 AI Builder credits per user per month) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Apps Premium unlimited apps and websites + 500 AI Builder credits per user per month) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Automate per-user (unlimited flows per user per month) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Automate Premium (unlimited flows + 5K AI Builder credits per user per month) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Automate Process per bot per month | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Automate per flow per month for unlimited users (minimum 5 flows) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Pages Authenticated users per website per month | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Pages Anonymous users per website per month | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Apps per app pay-as-you-go meter (needs an Azure subscription) | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Pages Authenticated users pay-as-you-go meter | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Power Pages Anonymous users pay-as-you-go meter | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Dataverse Database Capacity Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Dataverse File Capacity Add-On | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Dataverse Log Capacity Add-On | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Clipchamp and Windows | |||||||||
| Clipchamp Standard | Add-on | Included | Included | Add-on | Included | Included | Included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Clipchamp Premium | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Not included | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Add-on |
| Clipchamp Premium Add-on | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Not included | Not included |
| Universal Print Volume Add-on (needs Windows) | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) (needs Windows) | Not included | Not included | Add-on | Not included | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
Which Microsoft 365 plan fits which user
Most organizations need more than one plan. Match each group of users to the cheapest plan that covers what they do:
- Business Basic ($7): email, Teams and the web and mobile apps, for staff who don't need desktop Office.
- Business Standard ($14): adds the desktop apps. It has no device management and only basic email protection.
- Business Premium ($22): Business Standard plus Intune, Entra ID P1, Defender for Business and sensitivity labels. The usual choice for a company under 300 users.
- Office 365 E1 ($10): email, Teams and the web apps, with no user limit. A common choice for occasional users in a large company.
- Microsoft 365 E3 ($39): the desktop apps with Windows Enterprise, Intune, Entra ID P1 and Defender for Endpoint P1, for any number of users.
- Microsoft 365 E5 ($60): E3 plus the top tiers of Defender, Entra ID P2, Purview, Teams Phone and Power BI Pro.
- Microsoft 365 E7 ($99): E5 plus Microsoft 365 Copilot, Agent 365 and the Microsoft Entra Suite.
- Microsoft 365 F1 ($3) and F3 ($10): for frontline staff on shared or mobile devices. F1 is Teams with read-only apps; F3 adds editing and a 2 GB mailbox.
Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5
E5 costs $21 more than E3 per user per month ($60 against $39). The difference is security, compliance and voice: Defender for Endpoint P2, Defender for Office 365 Plan 2, Defender for Identity and Cloud Apps, Entra ID P2, the Intune Suite, Purview Premium audit and eDiscovery, endpoint and Teams data loss prevention, insider risk management, Teams Phone and Power BI Pro. The apps, mailbox and OneDrive are the same.
A user needs E5 when they use one of those features. For 1,000 users on E5 who use only E3 features, the difference is $252,000 a year at list price. Some E5 services must still be licensed for every user they protect, so check Microsoft's licensing rules before you move anyone to E3.
Business or Enterprise plans
Each Business plan is capped at 300 users. You can mix plans in one tenant, so a company with 400 staff can keep 300 on Business Premium and put the rest on E3, or give E3 or E5 only to the people who need it.
Business Premium at $22 has most of the security of E3 at $39. E3 adds no user limit, Windows Enterprise, and Defender for Endpoint in place of Defender for Business.
Frontline plans: F1 vs F3
F1 at $3 gives Teams, SharePoint and read-only Office on the web and mobile, with no mailbox. F3 at $10 lets people edit in the web and mobile apps, and adds a 2 GB mailbox and Windows 11 Enterprise E3. On mobile devices, editing works on screens up to 10.9 inches.
Microsoft limits frontline plans to frontline roles, so check eligibility before you move office staff to F3.
Check which plan each user needs
A comparison shows what each plan includes. It can't show which of your users need it. 365TUNE connects read-only to your tenant and reads each user's activity, app by app, to find unused and oversized licenses, each priced at Microsoft's list price or your own.
It then recommends what to remove, downgrade or reassign, ranked by the saving, with the users each change affects.
See which license each of your users needs
Connect read-only and see your unused and oversized licenses, priced, during the 14-day trial.
Questions about Microsoft 365 licenses
What is the difference between Microsoft 365 E3 and E5?
E5 adds the top tiers of Defender, Entra ID P2, the Intune Suite, Purview Premium audit and eDiscovery, insider risk management, Teams Phone and Power BI Pro. The apps, mailbox and storage are the same. E5 costs $60 per user per month and E3 $39, at US list price.
What is the cheapest Microsoft 365 plan with desktop Office apps?
Business Standard, at $14 per user per month, for up to 300 users. Without the user limit, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise is also $14 but has no email or Teams; E3 at $39 has both.
Can I mix Business and Enterprise licenses?
Yes. One tenant can hold Business, Enterprise and Frontline plans together. Each Business plan is limited to 300 users.
Is Microsoft 365 Copilot included in any plan?
Microsoft 365 E7 includes it. For other plans it's an add-on, $30 per user per month on Enterprise plans. Business Standard and Business Premium are also sold with Copilot, at $23.50 and $32.
Did Microsoft 365 prices go up in 2026?
Yes, from 1 July 2026 at renewal. Microsoft 365 E3 went from $36 to $39, E5 from $57 to $60, Business Basic from $6 to $7 and Business Standard from $12.50 to $14. Business Premium stayed at $22.
Where is Teams Essentials?
Teams Essentials, at $4 per user per month, is a Teams-only plan with no mailbox or Office apps, so it isn't in the comparison.
Where does Microsoft list every feature of each plan?
Microsoft lists every feature of each plan in Compare Microsoft 365 Enterprise plans. The table on this page follows Microsoft's Enterprise and SMB plan comparisons published in November 2026.