specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Microsoft Excel
providerId: microsoft-excel
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Spreadsheets
  - Productivity
  - Office
  - Microsoft 365
  - Microsoft Graph
  - Microsoft
description: The Microsoft Excel REST API is delivered through Microsoft Graph (workbook endpoints) and
  via the Office JavaScript / Office Add-ins SDK. There is no per-call list price. Access requires a Microsoft
  365 / Office 365 subscription (Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, Apps for Business,
  E3, E5) or a free Microsoft account on Excel for the web. Free desktop trial via Microsoft 365 30-day
  trial.
sources:
  - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/compare-all-plans
  - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/microsoft365-plans-and-pricing
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/excel
plans:
  - id: microsoft-excel-web-free
    name: Excel for the Web (Free)
    type: freemium
    description: Browser-based Excel with a free Microsoft account. Limited to web client; no install.
    entries:
      - label: Free with a Microsoft account
        name: excel_web_free
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Excel for the Web
      - name: 5 GB OneDrive
      - name: Office Scripts
  - id: microsoft-excel-business-basic
    name: Microsoft 365 Business Basic
    type: subscription
    description: Web + mobile Office apps including Excel for the Web. $6.00/user/month, paid yearly (with
      Teams) or $4.40 without Teams.
    entries:
      - label: Per user, paid yearly (with Teams)
        name: m365_business_basic
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '6.00'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Excel for the Web and mobile
      - name: 1 TB OneDrive
      - name: Exchange / Teams / SharePoint
  - id: microsoft-excel-business-standard
    name: Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    type: subscription
    description: Adds desktop Excel + Office apps. $12.50/user/month, paid yearly (with Teams).
    entries:
      - label: Per user, paid yearly
        name: m365_business_standard
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '12.50'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Desktop Excel + Office apps
      - name: 1 TB OneDrive
      - name: Webinars and bookings
  - id: microsoft-excel-e3
    name: Microsoft 365 E3
    type: subscription
    description: Enterprise plan including desktop Excel, Power BI, advanced compliance. $36.00/user/month,
      paid yearly.
    entries:
      - label: Per user, paid yearly
        name: m365_e3
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '36.00'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Excel desktop and web
      - name: Entra ID P1
      - name: Information Protection
  - id: microsoft-excel-e5
    name: Microsoft 365 E5
    type: subscription
    description: Top enterprise tier; adds Power BI Pro, advanced security, voice. $57.00/user/month,
      paid yearly.
    entries:
      - label: Per user, paid yearly
        name: m365_e5
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '57.00'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Excel desktop and web
      - name: Power BI Pro
      - name: Defender for Office 365 P2
      - name: Entra ID P2
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - seat
  - subscription
  units:
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Excel for the Web (Free)
    access: freemium
    model: seat
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Microsoft 365 Business Basic
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Microsoft 365 E3
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Microsoft 365 E5
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month