Daily Archives: Thursday, December 18, 2025

  • Time to ditch Microsoft 365

    Microsoft has recently announced it is raising the price of its Microsoft 365 offering from July 2026.

    The new pricing for using Microsoft 365 will be applicable worldwide and as follows.

    Microsoft's pricing for the various MS 365 products from 1st July 2026
    Image courtesy of Microsoft

    Many people will no doubt be considering alternatives to this Microsoft subscription services to help keep business costs in check.

    Fortunately, many free and open source alternatives to the services provided by Microsoft 365 are available, work just as well and won’t cost users a penny. Email provider Tuta.com (recommended! Ed.) has kindly provided a useful summary under the deMicrosoft your life banner which is shown below should you consider ditching Redmond’s overpriced office offering and its other software.

    Free and open source alternatives to Microsoft products
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