Buy Office for Mac without a subscription

If you want to buy Office for Mac without a subscription, Microsoft Office 2024 Standard gives you a perpetual licence: pay once, use it for good, with no monthly fee. It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for your Mac. You don't need a Microsoft 365 subscription or a credit card for a recurring payment.

Without a subscription means pay once, use it for good

Office 2024 Standard for Mac is a one-time purchase. You pay once and use the apps for good on your Mac – with no monthly or annual renewal.

A perpetual licence has no expiry date. You receive security updates within the support period set by Microsoft.

• A one-time payment instead of a monthly subscription – no recurring costs.
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook in the desktop version.
• Microsoft-signed original setup file, instant download.
• Runs on Apple Silicon (M1–M4) and Intel Macs.

What does Office 2024 for Mac cost as a one-time purchase

With a one-time purchase you pay a single price and use the installed version for as long as you like. You'll find the current price right on the product page.

Unlike a subscription, there are no follow-up costs: after the purchase, no further payments are due as long as you stay on this version. Switching to a new main version later is a new purchase, not a mandatory upgrade.

Subscription (Microsoft 365) vs one-time purchase – a quick comparison

If you mainly need the classic Office apps on your Mac and don't require cloud storage, a one-time purchase is usually the more relaxed choice: a fixed price instead of an ongoing subscription.

Switching from Office 2019/2021 for Mac

Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac switches to read-only on 13 July 2026. The reason is the expiry of the code-signing certificate, which Microsoft is not renewing.

The apps still launch afterwards, and you can open, view and print files. Editing and saving, however, are no longer possible. An un-updated Office 2021 for Mac is also affected; an updated 2021 version (from 16.83) is safe for now.

With Office 2024 Standard for Mac you can edit and save normally again. Your existing .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files remain compatible and can be opened and edited as usual.