You can still buy Microsoft Office without a subscription, and it’s $27.97

TL;DR: Get a Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows lifetime license for $27.97 (reg. $219.99) and skip the yearly Microsoft 365 bill.

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Microsoft pushes almost everyone toward Microsoft 365, and the Personal plan now costs $99.99 a year. A lot of people don’t realize they can still buy Office outright. A Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows lifetime license is on sale for $27.97 (reg. $219.99), and you pay for it once.

You get the full Professional suite, with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access, plus Publisher and the free version of Teams. Access is the database app that Office Home editions leave out, so this version suits anyone who tracks clients, inventory, or invoices. Microsoft ends support for Publisher in October 2026.

Your license installs on one PC running Windows 10 or 11, for home or work. It ties to that computer instead of a Microsoft account, and a Microsoft-verified partner sells it. Because this is Office 2021 and not Microsoft 365, there are no monthly or annual fees.

Your redemption code arrives via email immediately after purchase, and you have 7 days to redeem it. This version doesn’t run in Parallels or other virtual machines, so install it directly on a Windows PC.

Stop paying every year for the apps you already use. Get Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows on sale for $27.97 (reg. $219.99) through Nov. 1 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

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