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 Word
providerId: microsoft-word
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:
  - Productivity
  - Documents
  - Office
  - Microsoft
description: Microsoft Word is sold as a component of Microsoft 365 subscriptions rather than as a
  standalone metered API. A free web tier is available; consumer plans (Personal $99.99/year, Family
  $129.99/year, Premium $199.99/year) and commercial plans (Apps for Business $8.25, Business Standard
  $12.50, Business Premium $22.00 per user/month with annual billing) bundle the desktop Word app and
  1 TB OneDrive. The Word JavaScript API (Office Add-ins) and Microsoft Graph Word endpoints have no
  separate per-call pricing — they ride on the user's M365 entitlement.
sources:
  - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word
plans:
  - id: microsoft-word-free-web
    name: Microsoft Word (Free Web)
    type: freemium
    description: Free web-based Word with basic editing and 5 GB OneDrive storage.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user
        name: free_user
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: OneDrive storage
        name: storage_free
        type: quota
        metric: GB
        limit: 5
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: included
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Web-based editing
      - name: Real-time collaboration
      - name: Basic spelling and grammar
  - id: microsoft-word-365-personal
    name: Microsoft 365 Personal
    type: subscription
    description: Single-user consumer plan; desktop apps + 1 TB OneDrive + Copilot.
    entries:
      - label: Annual
        name: personal_annual
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '99.99'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Monthly
        name: personal_monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '9.99'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Desktop Word, Excel, PowerPoint
      - name: 1 TB OneDrive
      - name: Copilot access
  - id: microsoft-word-365-family
    name: Microsoft 365 Family
    type: subscription
    description: Up to 6 users; 6 TB total OneDrive (1 TB per person).
    entries:
      - label: Annual
        name: family_annual
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: 6
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '129.99'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly
        name: family_monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: 6
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '12.99'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 1-6 people
      - name: 6 TB total storage
      - name: Desktop apps
  - id: microsoft-word-365-premium
    name: Microsoft 365 Premium
    type: subscription
    description: Premium consumer plan with extensive Copilot usage.
    entries:
      - label: Annual
        name: premium_annual
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '199.99'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Monthly
        name: premium_monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '19.99'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Extensive Copilot usage
      - name: Premium features
  - id: microsoft-word-365-apps-business
    name: Microsoft 365 Apps for Business
    type: subscription
    description: Per-user commercial plan; desktop Office apps without Teams / Exchange.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user license (annual commit)
        name: apps_business
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '8.25'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Desktop Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
      - name: 1 TB OneDrive
      - name: Up to 300 users
  - id: microsoft-word-365-business-standard
    name: Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    type: subscription
    description: Per-user commercial plan with Teams included.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user license (annual commit, with Teams)
        name: business_standard
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '12.50'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Per-user license (annual commit, no Teams)
        name: business_standard_no_teams
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '9.29'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Microsoft 365 desktop apps
      - name: Teams (optional)
      - name: Custom business email
      - name: Up to 300 users
  - id: microsoft-word-365-business-premium
    name: Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    type: subscription
    description: Per-user commercial plan with advanced security and device management.
    entries:
      - label: Per-user license (annual commit, with Teams)
        name: business_premium
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '22.00'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Per-user license (annual commit, no Teams)
        name: business_premium_no_teams
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '18.79'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Advanced security
      - name: Intune device management
      - name: Microsoft Defender for Business
      - name: Up to 300 users
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:
  - data
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Microsoft Word (Free Web)
    access: freemium
    model: seat
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - data
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Microsoft 365 Personal
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
    - year
  - name: Microsoft 365 Family
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
    - year
  - name: Microsoft 365 Premium
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month
    - year
  - name: Microsoft 365 Apps for Business
    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 Business Premium
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month