Office 2019 and Office 365: these are the similarities and differences of the office suite par excellence

If there is an iconic brand within Microsoft, it is Office. Present with us for years, the Redmond office suite is one of the hallmarks of the American company. Not surprisingly, who at some point in their life has not edited a Word document, created a PowerPoint or created an Excel spreadsheet?

But when talking about Office we must refer to an important difference, and that is that we have two alternatives in the market when we look for a version of Office to use at home (within those intended for home use).On the one hand, the classic format that Office 2019 represents, a license buys forever, compared to Office 365, an Office but based on the cloud and through subscription payment.

Differences and similarities

We'll start by seeing how the two proposals differ Office 2019 is the classic version. For a single payment, we will have in our team the license for a basic version of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. An Office that does not require being connected to the network for its use and that when the time comes it will become outdated as it does not have updates.

For its part, Office 365 is a subscription service that offers access to six applications in its suite compared to the three that it includes Office 2019. Now Word, Excel and PowerPoint are joined by Outlook, Publisher, Access along with Skype and cloud storage with Drive.For the cloud, Office 365 includes 1 TB.

Being connected in the case of Office 365 is an advantage, since the applications it incorporates ensure a permanent update of its functions , with those of origin and with the arrival of new ones. Office 2019 for its part, will always remain as you bought it.

Similarly, the connection offered by Office 356 enables interactivity Any work on a computer, whether it's a Windows PC or a Mac or a phone with iOS or Android, is reflected in the rest of the devices in which we operate with the same Microsoft account. That in Office 2019 is impossible.

Both proposals can have their public For a basic user, who does not require cloud storage, synchronization or updates, Office 2019 can be an interesting alternative.There are no monthly payments to make or constant updates. For its part, if you want to be up to date in terms of functions and take your work everywhere, Office 365 is your choice.

So to facilitate the differentiation between the two and to finish, we have prepared this table in which we see the Office features in all its versionsIn the case of Office 365 we have Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal, versions with prices of 69 and 99 euros per year respectively. In the case of Office 2019 in a single payment, the amount to be paid is 149 euros.

	OFFICE 365 STAFF	OFFICE 365 home	OFFICE 2019
Integrated Applications	Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook Publisher Access	Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook Publisher Access	Word Excel PowerPoint
Other apps	OneDrive with 1TB for one user Skype with 60 minutes per month for one user	OneDrive with 1TB for each user, with a maximum of up to five Skype with 60 minutes per month for each user, with a maximum of up to five
Updates	Periodic	Periodic	No
Remote support (Chat or phone)	Yes	Yes	For 60 days
I pay	Subscription for 69 euros a year with a free trial month	Subscription for 99 euros per year	Single payment of 149 euros