Where to buy Office 24 or 365?

[ChimpMaster]

Where might one acquire Microsoft Office for a less than retail price these days?

And would I go for Office 2024 or 365?

To paint a picture, I've been using Office 2010 for the past 15 years until it wouldn't let me install on my new Win 11 PC. I just use Word and Excel, nothing fancy. I've looked at CD keys and some other less well known dodgy looking sites, which promise a key and download for just a few £.

[ladymuck]

Do you need the media?

[ChimpMaster]

Do you need the media?

No just need the software on my home PC. Ideally on 2 or 3 PCs.

[hobnob]

No just need the software on my home PC. Ideally on 2 or 3 PCs.

If this is for your home PC (rather than work), Microsoft 365 Personal isn't that expensive:
Buy Microsoft 365 Personal (formerly Office 365) – Subscription Price | Microsoft Store
It's initially £85/year, but you can bring that down to £60/year if you don't care about Copilot. That subscription allows you to install it on up to 5 devices.

I know that doesn't exactly answer your question, but I wanted to highlight that the personal subscription is much cheaper than a business subscription.

[fulcon]

If you've been using 2010 and been happy with it, and only need it for basic stuff, have you looked at free alternatives?

https://www.libreoffice.org/

https://www.onlyoffice.com/desktop

I've been trying LibreOffice as I'd really like to get rid of my M365 subscription. I'm a pretty light user of Word and Excel and the equivalents in LibreOffice seem to work OK so far. Lists and numbering are a bit janky, but I've never got on with them in Word either.

[Dorkeaux]

Kinguin is a popular choice.
Originally a site specialising is selling used video games, they sell a lot of grey-market Microsoft licences at a very steep discount.
These Microsoft licenses were usually originally purchased by PC manufacturers for installation on new machines.
Microsoft doesn't like this, but I believe it's legal.
At least the licences usually work. And if they don't, you get a refund or replacement.
Some people have a problem with the grey market, google it and see.