Microsoft Office 365 Home | up to 6 users | 1 year | PC/Mac
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Best price: £149.99
Product Summary
- Download Microsoft Office 365 Home 5 Devices and get started quickly with updated versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
- Your code will be delivered by post with detailed instruction for installing the product. The manufacturer does not produce any CD/DVD/Flash drive for this product.
- Think of it as your familiar Office, only better
- Includes Office 2016 for Mac
- For 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets including iPad, Android or Windows, plus 5 phones
- Renewing your subscription? Simply purchase Office 365 and enter your login ID from your current Microsoft account
- Online conferencing puts everyone on the same page
- Easily install Office Mobile on multiple smartphones including iPhones, and Android phones (Office Mobile is already installed on Windows hones)
- Extend your reach with simple, more secure file sharing. Build your online presence, minus the hosting fees. Business-class email and calendaring put you in sync
- 5 TB of online storage in OneDrive. (*not available on Mac)
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Product Review Analysis*
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| 51.3% | 17.1% | 31.6% |
Senti score [68.4%] |
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Pros & Cons
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Pros [238]
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Strength |
|---|---|
excellent product"excellent product considerably cheaper than renewing automatically with microsoft"
|
100.0% |
really excellent"the office program is a really excellent creation"
|
99.9% |
outstanding product"an outstanding product exactly what i was searching the web for don't be afraid to order this office 365 home product"
|
99.9% |
absolutely fine"one thing i will say it’s absolutely fine and official to purchase office through amazon but do make sure that if you’re renewing to use the email that your subscription account is linked to"
|
99.7% |
extremely good"this package for up to 6 users is extremely good value at less than £12"
|
99.4% |
really good"suffice to say this is really good value if you have a bunch of computers in one house all of which have a valid use for document creation editing e"
|
99.3% |
works perfectly"download was instant and works perfectly"
|
98.6% |
marked down"only marked down because of microsoft!"
|
94.4% |
subscription bargain"49£ 6£ gift card bonus for 13 months 6 users office 365 home subscription bargain"
|
93.7% |
very satisfied"no problems very satisfied"
|
91.8% |
works a treat"i regularly buy my subscription from amazon this works a treat"
|
90.9% |
enjoy all the features"i can enjoy all the features i love about ms office such as publisher and more importantly i get to share it with my family so they too can benefit"
|
90.4% |
excel shine"however where word and excel shine is in their complexity and the depth of features which far outstrip anything available for free and yes that includes open office!"
|
90.3% |
absolute bargain"it's a regularly updated business package for 5 users with 5tb of cloud storage this is an absolute bargain!"
|
88.4% |
nice addition"then there's the included skype calls which is a nice addition"
|
75.0% |
works well"it's a great way to have the latest software which you can install on up to 5 pc's so for a family with multiple devices it works well compared to having individual software licences although you are into an annual subscription of course compared to individually licenced software on an individual device which last indefinitely"
|
75.0% |
good price"good price"
|
75.0% |
ideal time"i was actually looking to upgrade soon in any case so seemed the ideal time"
|
75.0% |
best price"quick delivery of code and easy to install best price"
|
75.0% |
great price"from my perspective the whole procedure of buying from amazon at such a great price £30 cheaper and receiving the download email within minutes right through to installation was so painless i could of done it in my sleep"
|
75.0% |
nice package"nice package of utilities"
|
75.0% |
very handy"however now that its up and running i am very happy with this product as its includes all the features for microsoft office and you get real time updates so its very handy"
|
75.0% |
reduced price"overall it’s definitely worth buying if you’re a student or your work requires it especially at the reduced price"
|
74.9% |
reliable service"very prompt reliable service i'm glad i bought it"
|
74.9% |
great value"such great value for money for the entire household if you have kids"
|
74.9% |
decent price"a decent price for office if your using it across multiple machines"
|
74.9% |
were great"when i realised i spoke to microsoft’s online chat service and they were great"
|
74.9% |
more smoothly"it also could be installed on the kids laptops making their homework and accessing homework from the school website run more smoothly"
|
74.9% |
really well"any way it is working really well due to a techie remoting in and stopping the add ons"
|
74.9% |
fair price"fair price for a genuine software"
|
74.9% |
extra year"the extra year is from the end of your present subscription so as i had 1 month to go on the old subscription i now have 13 months to go"
|
74.9% |
microsoft price"it is always available elsewhere at a much cheaper price than the full microsoft price"
|
74.9% |
easy installation"easy installation"
|
74.8% |
microsoft store"good saving vs microsoft store"
|
74.8% |
considerably lower"this item was bought during an amazon sale for a considerably lower cost than normal cost on the microsoft website"
|
74.8% |
very quickly"downloaded and up and running very quickly"
|
74.8% |
simple instructions"follow the simple instructions for installation and it's a breeze to install"
|
74.7% |
microsoft website"this item was bought during an amazon sale for a considerably lower cost than normal cost on the microsoft website"
|
74.7% |
reoccurring billing"even got a free month from microsoft for turning on reoccurring billing"
|
74.7% |
pretty attractive"however i needed office for my new hp split x2 laptop and also for a macbook and £61 for 5 users for a year is a pretty attractive deal as i'll be able to upgrade my desktop and another laptop in the family as well"
|
74.6% |
works fine"office 365 works fine"
|
74.6% |
best value"i always go for home purchase on amazon when it’s for sale it’s the best value and no hassle"
|
74.5% |
very competitive"almost worth it for the 1tb of cloud storage alone compare the price to dropbox or google drive and it's very competitive plus you get the full office suite"
|
74.5% |
machine program"onedrive was certainly a godsend when i managed to put my daughters iphone through a washing machine program for that i will always be grateful"
|
74.5% |
extremely easy"i was pleased that the process of adding this one year subscription was extremely easy by simply following the links provided and it added an extra year's subscription to my current account"
|
74.4% |
excellent value"easy to install excellent value from amazon got the 5 user licence so i could use it on my laptop phone and ipad as well"
|
74.4% |
worked perfectly"so easy to renew better than the first year did it all from my phone links from amazon to ms office worked perfectly logged into account and confirmed details and all done less than 5 minutes!"
|
74.4% |
fantastic offer"with the latest office 2016 at the time of writing this review freely upgradable to the latest version available and the free skype calls this is a fantastic offer"
|
74.4% |
effective price"bearing in mind that this was available at an extremely cost effective price at the time of purchase i chose to add an additional year to my existing subscription then rather than wait until it eventually expires when it would have cost much more than the amazon sale price"
|
74.4% |
good saving"good saving vs microsoft store"
|
74.4% |
amazing value"amazing value for money!"
|
74.4% |
recurring billing"in fact an extra month if you continue to select recurring billing!"
|
74.4% |
decent deal"we have 3 in our house so its cheaper than buying 3 versions of office standalone and if office upgrades to the 2016 version we will get it automatically so that seems a decent deal"
|
74.3% |
very useful"it works and very useful"
|
74.3% |
working well"it's working well for me keeping me well up to date and adds the product to my mac mini as well as my p"
|
74.3% |
works stable"program some times has strange lags but now works stable"
|
74.3% |
good value"i think it's good value as it allows me and 5 family members to install and use office on a load of devices and also gives each person 1 tb of onedrive storage space"
|
74.3% |
word powerpoint"i love the flexibility to work on the same file excel word powerpoint etc on any pc laptop or tablet not yet tried the smart phone "
|
74.3% |
otherwise excellent"otherwise excellent"
|
74.2% |
quality product"i opted for this product as i wanted a good quality product that had an affordable option"
|
74.2% |
seamless stuff"seamless stuff and great value for what this product gives you!"
|
74.2% |
card bonus"49£ 6£ gift card bonus for 13 months 6 users office 365 home subscription bargain"
|
74.2% |
easy and smooth"easy and smooth purchase"
|
74.2% |
resolved this"i eventually resolved this myself and am now happy with the product"
|
74.2% |
telephoned microsoft"i was concerned that the licencing arrangements had changed so i telephoned microsoft"
|
74.1% |
most comprehensive"still the best most comprehensive productivity suite you can get"
|
74.1% |
incredible value"whilst this is now a subscription based service and will need to be renewed each year it still offers incredible value especially when divided up between other users and devices"
|
74.1% |
good quality programs"anyone that doesn't know ms office wouldn't be on this page all good quality programs onedrive can be a bit slow uploading but it all works in the background"
|
74.1% |
very easy and smooth"it was very easy and smooth!"
|
74.1% |
more attractive"painless procedure and crucially on the whole more attractive than purchasing through microsoft's own website"
|
74.1% |
good purchase"good purchase"
|
74.0% |
whole process"so very happy with the whole process and obviously like the product "
|
74.0% |
installed successfully"this product installed successfully on one pc however when attempting to install it on another pc it says the product key has already been used"
|
74.0% |
very happy"very happy and highly recommended"
|
74.0% |
smart phone"i love the flexibility to work on the same file excel word powerpoint etc on any pc laptop or tablet not yet tried the smart phone "
|
73.9% |
very transparent"the integration with onedrive formerly skydrive is excellent very transparent very robust"
|
73.9% |
saved money"so simple and i saved money"
|
73.9% |
much simpler"super easy to deploy to friends etc this is so much simpler than visiting a shop"
|
73.9% |
considerably cheaper"excellent product considerably cheaper than renewing automatically with microsoft"
|
73.9% |
special offers"easy to setup and ok value if you wait for one of the special offers that show up every ew months"
|
73.9% |
unlimited onedrive"the price is great and the free unlimited onedrive that's included is just the icing on the cake"
|
73.9% |
proper product"excellent price for this product we use it on four products cheaper than direct from microsoft and is confirmed as proper product and not a copy"
|
73.8% |
worked great"once that was sorted everything worked great"
|
73.8% |
microsoft browsers"did all the licence stuff with microsoft in edge as i have seen people have issues in non microsoft browsers"
|
73.7% |
very kindly"i have used ms office 365 since 2014 each renewal year microsoft very kindly want to auto renew i bet they do!"
|
73.7% |
very prompt"very prompt reliable service i'm glad i bought it"
|
73.7% |
excellent package"this is an excellent package for those with several computers smart phones and tablets at home"
|
73.7% |
renewed immediately"bought software clicked the link straight into microsoft account and renewed immediately and extended existing date by one year"
|
73.6% |
microsoft themselves"below is the extract from microsoft themselves so you could buy up to 5 years worth just add each product key"
|
73.6% |
attractive price"so 4 stars for mostly the attractive price and especially as office 365 home does include access and publisher which i think used to only be part of office pro?"
|
73.5% |
just auto renewed"99 my 365 home subscription had just auto renewed so was able to cancel there's a 30 day period and save myself 30 quid"
|
73.4% |
productivity suite"still the best most comprehensive productivity suite you can get"
|
73.4% |
microsoft software"brilliant always loved microsoft software"
|
73.4% |
microsoft account"from your microsoft account you are able to 'invite' 5 other users via their email so they can benefit from your subscription"
|
73.4% |
work properly"the one draw back i see is that it really needs internet connection to work properly and if you have a slow or no connection it can take ages for the program to load"
|
73.4% |
affordable option"i opted for this product as i wanted a good quality product that had an affordable option"
|
73.3% |
real bonus"i use a mixture of mac and pcs having the freedom to install on upto 5 machines is a real bonus coupled with the 1tb of onedrive storage and skype minutes this is excellent value for money"
|
73.3% |
free options"would recommend as the best solution vs free options such as google docs"
|
73.3% |
whole family"i opted for the multi license so the whole family could if they wished use the update worth while purchased from amazon and had it downloaded and operational within minutes really"
|
73.2% |
even better"with latest office and free skype calls it's even better"
|
73.2% |
excellent price"excellent price for this product we use it on four products cheaper than direct from microsoft and is confirmed as proper product and not a copy"
|
73.0% |
extra month"this was true even after i counted the extra month you get with ordering through microsoft"
|
73.0% |
more powerful"office 365 home for windows is more attractive easier to use and more powerful than ever before"
|
72.9% |
what price"but you have to ask yourself what price am i really paying for this free google product and what will happen if when google decides to withdraw the product as not being "core to their mission""
|
72.8% |
deal price"purchased for £50 deal price proved much more cost effective than waiting for the auto renewal"
|
72.7% |
sorted the problem"i eventually managed to contact a human on their chatbox who sorted the problem out "
|
72.7% |
genuine software"fair price for a genuine software"
|
72.6% |
highly recommended"highly recommended!"
|
72.6% |
theoretical user"what's also good with this version is that any theoretical user up to the maximum permitted including yourself has an independent 1tb for the length of the subscription"
|
72.6% |
would recommend"fantastic and it’s nice and compact well worth the money would recommend"
|
72.4% |
great piece"a great piece of software which does exactly what it is needed for"
|
72.4% |
personal email"well i have several email addresses and my office account was linked to my work email but as i’d purchased this on amazon i input my personal email not realising"
|
72.4% |
reminder emails"so just be wary of amazon's reminder emails"
|
72.4% |
decent value"overall it's decent value should you need what's on offer"
|
72.3% |
user subscription"having several different devices which require microsoft office the 365 home 5 user subscription makes a lot of sense"
|
72.1% |
online support"the online support has won the day"
|
72.0% |
very straightforward"very straightforward"
|
71.9% |
personal cloud storage"pretty much the standard in the real world and cheap when you you consider each user can have a terabyte of personal cloud storage and the latest version of ms office"
|
71.9% |
much better"also wanted a 1tb one drive which works much better than apple's icloud service for me since one drive allows you to choose which content gets synced to each of your machines which for me was invaluable"
|
71.9% |
microsoft support"straightforward purchase process and good microsoft support for the introduction"
|
71.7% |
pleased indeed"99 to november 2018 makes me very pleased indeed!"
|
71.7% |
additional year"bearing in mind that this was available at an extremely cost effective price at the time of purchase i chose to add an additional year to my existing subscription then rather than wait until it eventually expires when it would have cost much more than the amazon sale price"
|
71.6% |
went ahead"so i went ahead and placed my downloadable order through amazon"
|
71.4% |
existing purchase"i bought this to extend an existing purchase"
|
71.4% |
upto 5 machines"i use a mixture of mac and pcs having the freedom to install on upto 5 machines is a real bonus coupled with the 1tb of onedrive storage and skype minutes this is excellent value for money"
|
71.4% |
great software"great software and add one"
|
70.2% |
additional ones"the subscription process allows a total of 5 years of subscriptions to be added in advance so it makes sense to add additional ones when the price is much lower than usual"
|
70.1% |
just purchased online"just purchased online for email verification code a link to the code was email through in minutes i the applied the code to my microsoft account it work straight away and the subscription renewed for a further 12 months"
|
70.1% |
through microsoft"this was true even after i counted the extra month you get with ordering through microsoft"
|
69.8% |
great package"great package for ipad pro"
|
69.6% |
stunning value"stunning value for money"
|
69.6% |
best solution"would recommend as the best solution vs free options such as google docs"
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69.5% |
useful features"dictation and subtitling in any language are useful features with the pc version of powerpoint"
|
69.5% |
saved load's"so saved load's"
|
69.3% |
very robust"the integration with onedrive formerly skydrive is excellent very transparent very robust"
|
69.3% |
direct to microsoft"the entire purchasing process was really simple and the product and key is then listed under 'your games and software library' in your amazon account which provides a link direct to microsoft to download and install the software"
|
69.2% |
received package"received package promptly within timeframe suggested"
|
69.1% |
nice saving"nice saving of about £30"
|
69.1% |
with microsoft"did all the licence stuff with microsoft in edge as i have seen people have issues in non microsoft browsers"
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68.7% |
dropbox user onedrive"i used to be dropbox user onedrive was struggling to catch up with dropbox for a long time but now the onedrive is definitely ahead of dropbox"
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68.4% |
worth the money"onedrive keeps getting better and well worth the money if you buy it when there's a deal for it"
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68.4% |
with reminders"our calendar updates through outlook across all equipment together with reminders i set up for tablets etc"
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68.4% |
automatically renewed"this automatically renewed everything without the need to actually download the software again as i already have it on my machines "
|
68.2% |
much cheaper"it is always available elsewhere at a much cheaper price than the full microsoft price"
|
68.1% |
still amazing"renewing will be expensive but its still amazing for work and home"
|
67.8% |
calendar updates"our calendar updates through outlook across all equipment together with reminders i set up for tablets etc"
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67.8% |
good all works"so far so good all works well and updated in seconds"
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67.6% |
users office"49£ 6£ gift card bonus for 13 months 6 users office 365 home subscription bargain"
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67.6% |
upto 5 different pc's"this is brilliant 😀 well worth the money easy to install download and you can have it on upto 5 different pc 's which made my father in law very happy"
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67.5% |
superb value"superb software superb value look out for deals to make it even better value"
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67.4% |
have bought"as soon as you log on it recognises what you have bought and displays office 365 home and what you get"
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67.3% |
quick delivery"quick delivery of code and easy to install best price"
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67.1% |
worlds apple's"it also enables me to have the best of both worlds apple's fun and imaginative apps and microsoft's superior in my view business and filing systems"
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67.0% |
monthly payments"used this to renew a pre existing 5 user office 365 home subscription that was about to go onto monthly payments of £7"
|
66.9% |
useful money"useful money off"
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66.8% |
year microsoft"i have used ms office 365 since 2014 each renewal year microsoft very kindly want to auto renew i bet they do!"
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66.8% |
region constrained"however be aware that this product is region constrained"
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66.8% |
microsoft documents"pleased to say that this product solved my dilemma of wanting to personally use a mac while the rest of the world seemingly insists on using microsoft documents"
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66.7% |
internet connection"you do need an internet connection to install the software and you do need a microsoft account because this gives you access to onedrive the cloud based storage area"
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66.3% |
breeze to install"follow the simple instructions for installation and it's a breeze to install"
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66.3% |
recommend that"if you register the product and offer a card for auto renewal you will get 13 months and can immediately cancel the auto renewal but keep the free extra month so i highly recommend that"
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66.0% |
money and investing"all the free stuff is good but if you really want to produce top notch stuff then it's worth spending the money and investing in office"
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65.7% |
activate the product"having contacted microsoft support they too attempted to install and activate the product but to no avail"
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65.7% |
absolutely no problems"had absolutely no problems in adding the extra year on to my subscription by following the instructions provided"
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65.7% |
to five machines"the office 365 subscription allows office to be installed on up to five machines"
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65.6% |
of them updated"even with an annual subscription it’s great value for money as it legitimately installs ms office on up to 6 separate devices and keeps all of them updated"
|
65.6% |
very good deal"a very good deal"
|
65.6% |
installed and great"easily installed and great value for money"
|
65.5% |
worth buying"overall it’s definitely worth buying if you’re a student or your work requires it especially at the reduced price"
|
65.5% |
fine product"fine product"
|
65.5% |
happy with product"happy with product"
|
65.3% |
easy and quick"great product highly recommended much cheaper than buying direct download very easy and quick recommended"
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65.3% |
very good value"this is very good value the only limitation is the time available to learn and use it given the comprehensive nature of whats included"
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65.2% |
easy to install"office was really easy to install and i had no issues at all"
|
65.0% |
glad i bought"very prompt reliable service i'm glad i bought it"
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64.5% |
installation i unticked"during installation i unticked the option to have an automatic renewal every year at the full microsoft price as i am hoping to blag £20 off again next year"
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64.4% |
accepted by office"the product key is genuine and immediately accepted by office when i follow the link after purchase from amazon"
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64.2% |
microsoft office"pros: great value microsoft office 365 and a 1 tb onedrive cloud storage for 6 users per year very easy to download and install works out much cheaper than a single dropbox subscription office and onedrive applications are also available on other platforms too such as android devices cons: subscription based means it requires renewal each year and prices may change in a year's time"
|
64.1% |
easy and cheaper"easy and cheaper subscription renewal"
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63.9% |
that's great"onedrive 1 tb storage for 5 people wow that's great!"
|
63.7% |
really easy to"it was really easy to do"
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63.6% |
your email and password"make sure you have your email and password to your microsoft office account handy as you will need them"
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63.6% |
great discount"full product at a great discount"
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63.3% |
annual renewal"50 as my annual renewal was coming up"
|
63.2% |
quickly and much"loaded quickly and much cheaper than some other supliers"
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62.9% |
with such ease"have used microsoft office for years but wish i had switched to 365 sooner absolutely love the convenience of it and the fact that i can access my documents from almost everywhere with such ease and of course the massive amount of cloud storage that comes with it!"
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62.8% |
happy with"i’ve been using this for two years and i’m completely happy with it as are my daughter and grandchildren"
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62.8% |
online storage"the cheapest online storage on the market available plus full microsoft office 2019 for up to 30 devices 5 per user "
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62.7% |
very good product"very good product"
|
62.6% |
full credit to microsoft"full credit to microsoft for doing the right thing"
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62.5% |
easy to download"pros: great value microsoft office 365 and a 1 tb onedrive cloud storage for 6 users per year very easy to download and install works out much cheaper than a single dropbox subscription office and onedrive applications are also available on other platforms too such as android devices cons: subscription based means it requires renewal each year and prices may change in a year's time"
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62.4% |
this was perfect"i have a mac but need office 365 on my windows machine as well as mac so this was perfect"
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62.2% |
easy peasy"easy peasy"
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62.1% |
which is fantastic"included in this is 1tb of skydrive per person up to 5 which is fantastic combine it with all the offices apps for pc mac iphone android the lot"
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62.1% |
good i thought"all good i thought"
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62.0% |
even more useful"the new apps are splendid too they just work like i have been used to all these years but with much more elegant interface and even more useful features"
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62.0% |
user of office"i have been a user of office for many years and had to update"
|
61.4% |
excellent update"excellent update for my home pcs at a good price"
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61.4% |
being accepted"through amazon itself it was £25 cheaper and i also took the offer of applying for a amazon credit card which gave me a £20 gift card just for being accepted"
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61.2% |
good to be true"if it seems too good to be true it definitely is!"
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61.2% |
adds the product"it's working well for me keeping me well up to date and adds the product to my mac mini as well as my p"
|
60.9% |
20 gift card"through amazon itself it was £25 cheaper and i also took the offer of applying for a amazon credit card which gave me a £20 gift card just for being accepted"
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60.6% |
work perfectly"definitely a solution for someone who uses multiple different os platforms including mobile where all apps work perfectly"
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60.6% |
whole tb of storage"another bonus is the onedrive storage a whole tb of storage per user!"
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60.4% |
able to cancel"99 my 365 home subscription had just auto renewed so was able to cancel there's a 30 day period and save myself 30 quid"
|
60.2% |
worth the price"the onedrive space alone is worth the price when compared to other cloud storage services"
|
60.2% |
worth of storage"it comes with 1tb worth of storage for each user so it’s perfect for anyone who likes to have external backups"
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59.9% |
sooner absolutely"have used microsoft office for years but wish i had switched to 365 sooner absolutely love the convenience of it and the fact that i can access my documents from almost everywhere with such ease and of course the massive amount of cloud storage that comes with it!"
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59.8% |
like a fair deal"happily you get a lot in the deal: install on up to 5 computers 5 tablets and 5 smartphones plus 1tb cloud storage for up to 5 family members and all for under £70 a year seems like a fair deal to me"
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59.6% |
says on great"does what it says on great tin"
|
59.6% |
easy to sort"still a gyp having to pay annually but other than that easy to sort out!"
|
59.6% |
lasts longer"this subscription costs less than the microsoft one £65 vs £78 and lasts longer my renewal went for 13 months from the date of purchase so i ended up with 6 days 'free'"
|
59.5% |
best office suite"still the best office suite and prefer this version where the software will be updated when new versions are released"
|
59.4% |
best value licence"easily the best value licence and really simple to apply"
|
59.1% |
windows users"i know it is present for windows users"
|
59.1% |
much more elegant"the new apps are splendid too they just work like i have been used to all these years but with much more elegant interface and even more useful features"
|
59.1% |
and 5 family members"i think it's good value as it allows me and 5 family members to install and use office on a load of devices and also gives each person 1 tb of onedrive storage space"
|
59.0% |
good alround application"basically good alround application to suffice for the family requirements for everyday working"
|
58.9% |
quite impressed"i'm actually quite impressed"
|
58.7% |
with no issues"just the job easy to renew with no issues"
|
58.7% |
nice and compact"fantastic and it’s nice and compact well worth the money would recommend"
|
58.6% |
simple to install"easy way to buy office and download was simple to install"
|
58.4% |
great service"great service"
|
58.3% |
smart phones and tablets"this is an excellent package for those with several computers smart phones and tablets at home"
|
58.3% |
recommend this package"would highly recommend this package"
|
58.3% |
grips with windows"overall a real plus just having to get to grips with windows 8"
|
58.3% |
extremely cost"bearing in mind that this was available at an extremely cost effective price at the time of purchase i chose to add an additional year to my existing subscription then rather than wait until it eventually expires when it would have cost much more than the amazon sale price"
|
58.2% |
with family"sharing with family and installing on multiple computers was simple and straightforward"
|
58.2% |
visiting a shop"super easy to deploy to friends etc this is so much simpler than visiting a shop"
|
58.1% |
saves a few pounds"saves a few pounds"
|
58.1% |
happy to recommend"very happy to recommend!"
|
58.1% |
satisfactory purchase"all in all a satisfactory purchase"
|
58.1% |
price bargain"and cheaper than microsoft own price bargain!"
|
57.6% |
works like a dream"works like a dream!"
|
57.6% |
fifty quid"it's fifty quid"
|
57.5% |
family investment"a family investment"
|
57.4% |
full functionality"if you want to create edit or save documents just renew your subscription and full functionality will be restored"
|
57.3% |
renewed the subscription"it renewed the subscription and now says your subscription has been extended to 10 july 2018"
|
57.3% |
| ... | |
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Cons [130]
|
Strength |
|---|---|
complete waste"don't waste your money will not install over my old office 2013 no refunds available complete waste of money"
|
99.9% |
total waste"total waste of time"
|
99.8% |
total mess"total mess so annoyed"
|
99.7% |
really disappointed"it appears to be a single user package really disappointed this time with the product and amazon for selling it as a multi user package"
|
99.3% |
horribly expensive"don't really like the idea of paying a subscription but with 4 of us now using office buying a full copy for everyone would be horribly expensive and this way you always get the latest version"
|
99.3% |
takes forever"the program crashes it fails to load takes forever to load freezes randomly"
|
98.8% |
crap piece"added the correct email account to activate the account but it will not allow us to enter the password against the account hence cannot do vital work due to this crap piece of service"
|
89.9% |
dated dropbox"sadly one must adapt in this day and age so i purchased a licence which gave me the 1tb onedrive storage space at the same time as i was moving away from dated dropbox"
|
87.7% |
little frustrating"find it a little frustrating getting used to"
|
87.5% |
beware even"beware even if you are running windows 64 bit you should install the 32 bit version as the 64 bit version keeps uninstalling itself"
|
74.9% |
error page"do not try to redeem the code from your microsoft account dashboard because if you click 'redeem code or voucher' from your microsoft account this will appear to be doing the correct thing as it will ask you to input the code but will say it's taking you to x box to redeem the code and then automatically take you to an error page in x box!"
|
74.9% |
activation issue"in total i have spent in the region of 6+ hrs on calls with ms trying to get this issue resolved and still nothing which considering it's purely an activation issue is concerning"
|
74.9% |
very messy"i am only giving this 3 stars at the moment as install was very messy"
|
74.9% |
hardware issues"not had the unlucky experience some have had with the product though which appears to be hardware issues causing incompatibility"
|
74.9% |
causing incompatibility"not had the unlucky experience some have had with the product though which appears to be hardware issues causing incompatibility"
|
74.9% |
major issue"i was a bit gutted that i could not selectively install components though as i only really required word excel and outlook for the most part but i was fine for hd space so it wasn't a major issue"
|
74.8% |
more expensive"buy here instead of the more expensive automatic renewal"
|
74.8% |
were wasted"so all ended ok but some time and worry were wasted"
|
74.8% |
spent money"having spent money on office products each year this time was nothing surprising the office suite still works well and even better after many years"
|
74.8% |
somewhat flaky"so the dependency on the internet to check the licensing seems to be somewhat flaky"
|
74.7% |
error message"then the error message comes up saying "sorry we can't set up your account right now"
|
74.6% |
main issue"it is a great product but the main issue is that it constantly requires me to log in without any apparent reason"
|
74.6% |
matters worse"ms support were no help they didn't understand the problem and their advice only made matters worse"
|
74.6% |
spent hundreds"from ms works in the early and mid 1990s i switched to ms office in 1997 i spent hundreds on it!"
|
74.5% |
only problem"the only problem i had was when sharing with one who had 2 ms user accounts with the same email address the invitation email arrived blank"
|
74.5% |
payment & billing"logged into my microsoft account selected "services & subscriptions" clicked the "payment & billing" link under office365 then select the "redeem a card or code" link copy & paste the code from amazon"
|
74.3% |
freezes randomly"the program crashes it fails to load takes forever to load freezes randomly"
|
74.3% |
becomes expensive"i was not happy when microsoft moved to subscription pricing as over the 5 year life of a typical pc it becomes expensive"
|
74.2% |
kept failing"it just kept failing"
|
74.1% |
forgotten account"there are numerous problems with setting up an account as there is a long forgotten account using my email address"
|
74.1% |
numerous problems"there are numerous problems with setting up an account as there is a long forgotten account using my email address"
|
73.6% |
spent hours"i have spent hours on what should be an easy download and installation"
|
72.6% |
money wasted"unimpressed by the response from microsoft so money wasted"
|
72.5% |
legal deniability"i have lived through the horrors of the paperclip of harassment and have even learned to love the ribbon but until office 365 came along 'i had never once paid for a microsoft product' apostrophes added for legal deniability"
|
71.9% |
activation process"having gone through the activation process as documented by ms this failed"
|
71.7% |
little button"but after adding my region and language from the dropdown boxes a seemingly nice message appears whilst the time wheel is spinning informing me i have been given a free month by having the little button beside it allowing automatic subscription renewal in the "on" position"
|
71.6% |
unlucky experience"not had the unlucky experience some have had with the product though which appears to be hardware issues causing incompatibility"
|
71.4% |
virtual kiss"its a shame that publisher insists on changing the font from times new roman in my older documents to calibri a total pain in the harris and if anyone can suggest a way to stop this happening i 'll send you a virtual kiss!"
|
70.0% |
licensing issue"this is not amazon a problem but microsoft licensing issue"
|
70.0% |
does not work"shocking product key does not work"
|
69.1% |
least expensive"does everything you want to do in office for 5 pc's and phones and is the least expensive offering i would trust"
|
68.3% |
waste your money"don't waste your money will not install over my old office 2013 no refunds available complete waste of money"
|
68.1% |
stopped working"i regret that it is inevitable that i had to buy this product as microsoft has withdrawn its support for previous versions and some features stopped working"
|
67.8% |
wrong like"if you get it wrong like i did you can delete an installation and then re register it easily on the office website"
|
67.1% |
lacking without"i bought this as my surface pro 3 was a bit lacking without it"
|
67.1% |
expires in november 2017"my office expires in november 2017 and i've just added an extra year on for £42"
|
67.0% |
offered a refund"i was not offered a refund for this product though"
|
67.0% |
been one problem"trying to set this up has been one problem after another and technical support is more or less non existent"
|
66.8% |
multiple licences"hi this product does not provide you with multiple licences across users"
|
66.3% |
completely false"the phrase in a few days is completely false"
|
66.2% |
whole load"everything should be kept up to date automatically and you get a whole load of online storage i feel quite smug really"
|
66.0% |
warning note"amazon uk i highly recommend you add a warning note just so buyers are aware"
|
65.6% |
forget registration"it seems to forget registration every so often"
|
65.5% |
difficult to get a refund"code does not work and very difficult to get a refund"
|
65.2% |
your subscription expires"it can be added when your subscription expires"
|
65.2% |
entered the code"i opened microsoft word entered the code then it took me to a browser page where i had to login using my microsoft account and then it worked immediately"
|
65.2% |
necessary evil"if you do any word processing or spreadsheet docs or have to give presentations then this is a necessary evil!"
|
64.9% |
returned it with a refund"the laptop would not boot up and i returned it with a refund"
|
64.7% |
unsure of at first"this method of having office i was unsure of at first"
|
64.7% |
very nervous"i was very nervous buying this but should not have been"
|
64.3% |
regret buying"i regret buying this may be better just using a cheaper option or something else"
|
64.1% |
total pain"its a shame that publisher insists on changing the font from times new roman in my older documents to calibri a total pain in the harris and if anyone can suggest a way to stop this happening i 'll send you a virtual kiss!"
|
63.7% |
annual charge"the annual charge seems acceptable bearing in mind the number of applications that you have access to!"
|
63.6% |
junk email"outlook does not now deal with junk email at all efficiently and has reduced options!"
|
63.2% |
nothing surprising"having spent money on office products each year this time was nothing surprising the office suite still works well and even better after many years"
|
63.1% |
line support"the issue being escalated from 1st to 2nd line support"
|
62.1% |
under office365"logged into my microsoft account selected "services & subscriptions" clicked the "payment & billing" link under office365 then select the "redeem a card or code" link copy & paste the code from amazon"
|
61.7% |
blow my budget"i find it more helpful to have it on license rather than be faced with a big upfront cost that would blow my budget"
|
61.1% |
user product"it is a one user product not a 6 user as claimed"
|
61.1% |
program crashes"the program crashes it fails to load takes forever to load freezes randomly"
|
60.6% |
massive disappointment"all in a piece the usual massive disappointment"
|
60.5% |
problem and their advice"ms support were no help they didn't understand the problem and their advice only made matters worse"
|
60.4% |
explained the error"they explained the error and refunded the renewal amount back into my account"
|
59.9% |
user accounts"come christmas we will be a family of 5 with 4 computers: office home will allow you to set up 5 user accounts on 4 computers but decide who is the 'lead' user for each computer and then everyone else registers office with their details only needs setting up at the beginning "
|
59.7% |
worst happen"like many i have multiple devices and because of that i have been using the cloud for some time all backed up at home in case the worst happen but this has made it really easy to access any document from any of my devices and know that its always up to date"
|
59.5% |
very confused"i am very confused and would like a refund but that does not appear to be available"
|
58.8% |
increasingly frenetic"an increasingly frenetic series of emails from ms whose sales system appears not to have noticed that renewal?"
|
58.2% |
paperclip of harassment"i have lived through the horrors of the paperclip of harassment and have even learned to love the ribbon but until office 365 came along 'i had never once paid for a microsoft product' apostrophes added for legal deniability"
|
58.0% |
quite smug"everything should be kept up to date automatically and you get a whole load of online storage i feel quite smug really"
|
57.6% |
low cost tier"i've been a dropbox fan for many years but dropbox refuse to introduce a low cost tier and i user for dropbox costs the same as 5 users on office"
|
57.5% |
bang up to date"add to the above that its bang up to date and will always be so it lessens the pain"
|
57.4% |
which is not available"also i only really needed the publisher component to product a community newsletter which is not available separately"
|
57.1% |
without going online"once this has been done you can log off your account and use the apps without going online"
|
57.1% |
wrong location"was very nervous purchasing this as there were a few reviews which said the code they had was not correct or from the wrong location etc"
|
57.0% |
almost impossible"download from amazon ms was long but installing was almost impossible i deleted reinstalled?"
|
56.6% |
purchase the software"it's got a word processor a spreadsheet and various other gubbins which if i have to explain to you then it's probably best you don't purchase the software"
|
55.8% |
it's a no brainier"it's a no brainier"
|
55.7% |
problem but this"for most people not a problem but this is not made clear in the product description"
|
55.6% |
product 1 star"i am now waiting to be contacted by another ms team to see if they can resolve the issue until then i'm only giving the product 1 star due to the amount of personal time being spent trying to activate it"
|
55.2% |
update a common problem"bought it because my outlook 2010 stopped working after a windows 10 update a common problem"
|
54.9% |
there is a problem"ms tech support said the code had 'invalid tracking info' and couldn't fix it amazon did refund me immediately which makes me suspect they know there is a problem"
|
54.9% |
what's not to like"what's not to like!"
|
54.8% |
there is no catch"there is no catch"
|
54.8% |
does not appear to work"i set up an account using an alternative email address but the installation does not appear to work"
|
54.7% |
could not selectively"i was a bit gutted that i could not selectively install components though as i only really required word excel and outlook for the most part but i was fine for hd space so it wasn't a major issue"
|
54.7% |
wrong for the price"5 users for a year can't really go wrong for the price"
|
54.7% |
n't work well"using libre office and the like is ok but they don't seem to have mastered for example powerpoint so when others send me their presentations they don't work well"
|
54.7% |
will not help"if you call microsoft they will not help you"
|
54.7% |
no way of doing this"i went into my account to try to toggle turning off auto subscription as a few forums suggested this but as i didn't have a live subscription previous 365 expired the day before and no way was i auto renewing at that price there was no way of doing this"
|
54.6% |
should not have been"i was very nervous buying this but should not have been"
|
54.6% |
very disappointing"the up graded outlook and word are very disappointing compared to the previous versions"
|
54.5% |
still far away"microsoft are still far away from producing an experience that justifies this yearly price"
|
54.4% |
onedrive extra storage"like the fact that this is constantly being updated the onedrive extra storage now at 1tb !"
|
54.3% |
apparently identical"through amazon the apparently identical product is advertised at £59"
|
54.3% |
dirty '' letter"and in some cases better the google spreadsheet is better than excel sheet at least for some tasks and definitely the google document is better than the word web app for a "quick & dirty" letter or memo"
|
54.0% |
makes me suspect"ms tech support said the code had 'invalid tracking info' and couldn't fix it amazon did refund me immediately which makes me suspect they know there is a problem"
|
53.9% |
still has no equal"the office suit still has no equal"
|
53.7% |
purchasers to miss"so please amazon put the following info where it's impossible for purchasers to miss i"
|
53.7% |
more of a challenge"no problem to install the first version but getting the 2nd copy installed was more of a challenge"
|
53.7% |
spell checker"word is better but for some reason the spell checker does not work and i have not been able to sort the problem out"
|
53.7% |
unavailable at the moment"since purchasing o365 i am still unable to activate the product on the 1st mac device 2nd one is unavailable at the moment "
|
53.3% |
arrived blank"the only problem i had was when sharing with one who had 2 ms user accounts with the same email address the invitation email arrived blank"
|
53.2% |
what is not to like"what is not to like"
|
53.2% |
expired the day before"i went into my account to try to toggle turning off auto subscription as a few forums suggested this but as i didn't have a live subscription previous 365 expired the day before and no way was i auto renewing at that price there was no way of doing this"
|
53.2% |
gets 1tb terra"more impressivley it can be shared with 4 other people so long as it is only installed on a maximum of five machines total so my wife and father have it and each person gets 1tb terra!"
|
53.2% |
could get my money back"i wish i could get my money back"
|
52.9% |
not amazon a problem"this is not amazon a problem but microsoft licensing issue"
|
52.7% |
waste of money"however if you just write a few letters occasionally then office is a waste of money"
|
52.2% |
reactivate button"i clicked the reactivate button and entered the 25 digit product key that came with the download only to be told that the key had already been used"
|
52.0% |
drop box account"the included 1 drive cloud space alone pays for the cost of the subscription as i now no longer need to pay for pro drop box account"
|
51.8% |
have the problem"if you have the problem create a new email address and use it to open a new ms account on the supect machine then share"
|
51.8% |
rectified the problem"thankfully a call back from ms tech support rectified the problem"
|
51.8% |
fails to load"the program crashes it fails to load takes forever to load freezes randomly"
|
51.6% |
suffered daily because of"i bought this november last year and between then and now almost october i have suffered daily because of it!"
|
51.5% |
just a slowly"the 2016 is working or not just a slowly"
|
51.4% |
still poor"good but outlook is still poor and chases all the time all all types of devices it's loaded on"
|
51.3% |
not tech savvy"i'm not tech savvy at all"
|
51.1% |
no reflection on amazon"the one star is no reflection on amazon uk"
|
50.6% |
would no stars but system"would no stars but system won’t let me"
|
50.5% |
worked straight away"after a chat with microsoft support they sent me to their main redeem page on their website and it worked straight away"
|
50.3% |
| ... | |
Top positive statements
| Statement | Strength** |
|---|---|
| "Brilliant always loved Microsoft software." | 93.3% |
| "Great product highly recommended much cheaper than buying direct download very easy and quick recommended" | 93.1% |
| "Renewed my license for my computers easily and quickly without any fuss." | 93.1% |
| "The best way to move to office 365 and get all the benefits of latest software and cloud storage." | 93.0% |
| "I use a mixture of Mac and PCs having the freedom to install on upto 5 machines is a real bonus coupled with the 1TB of Onedrive storage and Skype minutes this is excellent value for money." | 93.0% |
| "Great software and add one." | 93.0% |
| "Seamless stuff and great value for what this product gives you!" | 92.5% |
| "Excellent product considerably cheaper than renewing automatically with Microsoft." | 92.1% |
Top negative statements
| Statement | Strength |
|---|---|
| "Total mess so annoyed" | 90.1% |
| "The program crashes it fails to load takes forever to load freezes randomly." | 89.1% |
Top rated in this category
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Positive mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft |
"when i realised i spoke to Microsoft’s online chat service and they were great"
"much cheaper to buy annually from amazon than to pay Microsoft's annual subscription"
"cheaper than Microsoft's own site or what i could get elsewhere"
|
74.9% | |
| Microsoft Account |
"buy the product click a few links and your Microsoft Account is updated"
"and it’s much cheaper to renew like this than turning on auto renew on your Microsoft Account"
|
73.4% | |
| Microsoft Store |
"cheaper than the Microsoft Store renewal price for the same thing"
|
69.2% |
Negative mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 |
"my office expires in November 2017 and i've just added an extra year on for £42"
|
67.0% | |
| Junk Email |
"outlook does not now deal with Junk Email at all efficiently and has reduced options!"
|
63.2% | |
| Microsoft |
"this is not amazon a problem but Microsoft licensing issue"
|
53.7% | |
| Amazon |
"this is not Amazon a problem but microsoft licensing issue"
|
52.7% |
Emotion analysis
Positive tone |
Neutral tone |
Negative tone |
| 21.3% | 57.9% | 20.9% |
neutral 55.9%
worry 15.7%
happiness 11.4%
relief 5.1%
sadness 2.8%
surprise 2.4%
empty 2.0%
hate 1.6%
love 1.6%
anger 0.8%
fun 0.8%
* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
prices and sales statistics are updated daily
last analysis update 2024-12-14
