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 Project
providerId: microsoft-project
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:
  - Project Management
  - Portfolio Management
  - Microsoft
  - Scheduling
  - Resource Management
description: Microsoft Project (under the new Microsoft Planner brand) is sold as per-user/month
  subscriptions across three cloud tiers (Planner included with M365, Planner Plan 1 at $10/user/month,
  and Planner and Project Plan 3 at $30/user/month) plus one-time on-prem licenses (Project Standard
  2024 and Project Professional 2024). Project Plan 5 reaches End of Sale on 2026-05-01. API access (REST,
  CSOM, OData reporting, JavaScript) ships with Project Online / Plan 3 entitlements; Power Platform
  request limits apply via the Microsoft 365 license category (typically 6,000 requests / 24hr per user).
sources:
  - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/compare-microsoft-project-management-software
  - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/api-request-limits-allocations
plans:
  - id: microsoft-project-planner-included
    name: Microsoft Planner (included with Microsoft 365)
    type: freemium
    description: Basic Planner experience bundled with eligible Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user license
        name: planner_seat
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Power Platform requests
        name: ppr
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 6000
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Real-time collaboration
      - name: Task management
      - name: Basic templates
      - name: Grid / Board / Schedule / Charts views
      - name: Task dependencies
      - name: Security and compliance
  - id: microsoft-project-planner-plan-1
    name: Planner Plan 1
    type: subscription
    description: Per-user Planner Plan 1 subscription.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user license
        name: plan1_seat
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '10.00'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Power Platform requests
        name: ppr
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 6000
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Files, checklists and labels on tasks
      - name: Project goals
      - name: Backlogs and sprints
      - name: Premium templates
      - name: Reporting and dashboards
      - name: Timeline (Gantt) view
      - name: Customization and integration
  - id: microsoft-project-plan-3
    name: Planner and Project Plan 3
    type: subscription
    description: Per-user Project Plan 3 subscription. Includes Project desktop app and Project Online,
      plus all REST / CSOM / OData / JavaScript API surfaces.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user license
        name: plan3_seat
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '30.00'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Power Platform requests
        name: ppr
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 6000
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Everything in Plan 1
      - name: Task history
      - name: Roadmaps
      - name: Baselines and critical path
      - name: Resource request capabilities
      - name: Program management
      - name: Project financials and budgeting
      - name: Advanced dependencies (lead / lag)
      - name: Project desktop app
      - name: Project Online
      - name: Microsoft Project Online REST API
      - name: Microsoft Project Online CSOM API
      - name: Microsoft Project OData Reporting API
      - name: Microsoft Project JavaScript API
  - id: microsoft-project-standard-2024
    name: Project Standard 2024 (one-time)
    type: subscription
    description: One-time-purchase on-premises desktop license for users who do not need collaboration
      or cloud features.
    entries:
      - label: One-time license
        name: standard_license
        type: flat
        metric: license
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '679.99'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: On-premises project management
      - name: No collaboration / advanced features
  - id: microsoft-project-professional-2024
    name: Project Professional 2024 (one-time)
    type: subscription
    description: One-time-purchase on-premises desktop license; comprehensive PM features.
    entries:
      - label: One-time license
        name: professional_license
        type: flat
        metric: license
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '1129.99'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: On-premises project management
      - name: Comprehensive feature set
  - id: microsoft-project-plan-5-eos
    name: Project Plan 5 (End of Sale)
    type: enterprise
    description: Enterprise Plan 5 reaches End of Sale on 2026-05-01; existing customers may continue
      under contract terms. Pricing not currently published on the comparison page.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user license
        name: plan5_seat
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact sales
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Portfolio analysis
      - name: Demand management
      - name: Enterprise resource planning
      - name: End of Sale on 2026-05-01
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:
  - request
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Microsoft Planner (included with Microsoft 365)
    access: freemium
    model: seat
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - request
    - seat
    periods:
    - day
    - month
  - name: Planner Plan 1
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - request
    - seat
    periods:
    - day
    - month
  - name: Planner and Project Plan 3
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - request
    - seat
    periods:
    - day
    - month
  - name: Project Standard 2024 (one-time)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - year
  - name: Project Professional 2024 (one-time)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - year
  - name: Project Plan 5 (End of Sale)
    access: enterprise
    model: seat
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month