Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

Name: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 4.5 (38905 reviews)

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise is Microsoft’s enterprise subscription that delivers regularly updated desktop, web, and mobile Office applications with per-user multi-device licensing and IT controls for deployment, update channels, and policy management at scale.

Est 1975|Valuation $2888.5B|Raised $72.9B

LinkedIn 29.0M|Website|Web traffic 1233.4M|FTEs 232,851|HQ Redmond, Washington, US

MarketsEndpoint Management (UEM)Productivity & Collaboration Suite

Platform CoversManagement Reporting Presentation Software

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01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

**Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise vs Google Workspace** - Google Workspace pricing is clearly posted and simple to compare across tiers on Google’s pricing page. - Microsoft’s enterprise packaging often requires sales engagement and can be harder to map precisely to requirements (especially when Teams, Copilot, security, and compliance are in play). **Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise vs LibreOffice** - LibreOffice is attractive for organizations that can accept: - less-than-perfect fidelity on complex documents, - weaker macro compatibility, - fewer enterprise integrations. - Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise is difficult to replace in industries where Excel complexity, PowerPoint production, and DOCX round-tripping with external parties are core requirements. **Adoption trends (directional)** - Third-party reporting has historically characterized Office 365 as among the most-used enterprise apps (for example, widely cited industry vendor reports). Treat third-party summaries as directional unless the primary report is available.

	Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	Google Workspace (Business)	LibreOffice (desktop)
Starting Price	Often sold via enterprise agreements; Microsoft’s public pages emphasize bundles and SMB “Apps for business” with published small-business per-user pricing rather than this SKU’s standalone enterprise price	Public pricing page shows tiered per-user pricing (Business Starter/Standard/Plus; enterprise via sales)	Free download from The Document Foundation website; Mac App Store version has been listed at a nominal one-time App Store price
Well-suited for	Enterprises needing Office desktop apps, controls for updates/policies, and Microsoft ecosystem integration	Organizations prioritizing web-first collaboration, Gmail/Drive, simpler admin for some teams	Cost-sensitive organizations, offline-first needs, open-source alignment, basic-to-moderate document needs
Key Strength	Office file format fidelity + enterprise deployment/update channels + established admin tooling	Collaboration simplicity, browser-native workflows, strong Gmail/Drive integration	Zero license cost (typically), strong basic office features, avoids Microsoft subscriptions
Key Weakness	Licensing complexity, change management overhead, occasional stability issues, ecosystem sprawl	Advanced Excel/PowerPoint parity gaps for power users; Office format fidelity issues in edge cases	Imperfect compatibility with complex Office documents/macros; fewer enterprise cloud-native features

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise vs Google Workspace

Google Workspace pricing is clearly posted and simple to compare across tiers on Google’s pricing page.
Microsoft’s enterprise packaging often requires sales engagement and can be harder to map precisely to requirements (especially when Teams, Copilot, security, and compliance are in play).

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise vs LibreOffice

LibreOffice is attractive for organizations that can accept:
- less-than-perfect fidelity on complex documents,
- weaker macro compatibility,
- fewer enterprise integrations.
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise is difficult to replace in industries where Excel complexity, PowerPoint production, and DOCX round-tripping with external parties are core requirements.

Adoption trends (directional)

Third-party reporting has historically characterized Office 365 as among the most-used enterprise apps (for example, widely cited industry vendor reports). Treat third-party summaries as directional unless the primary report is available.

	Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	Google Workspace (Business)	LibreOffice (desktop)
Starting Price	Often sold via enterprise agreements; Microsoft’s public pages emphasize bundles and SMB “Apps for business” with published small-business per-user pricing rather than this SKU’s standalone enterprise price	Public pricing page shows tiered per-user pricing (Business Starter/Standard/Plus; enterprise via sales)	Free download from The Document Foundation website; Mac App Store version has been listed at a nominal one-time App Store price
Well-suited for	Enterprises needing Office desktop apps, controls for updates/policies, and Microsoft ecosystem integration	Organizations prioritizing web-first collaboration, Gmail/Drive, simpler admin for some teams	Cost-sensitive organizations, offline-first needs, open-source alignment, basic-to-moderate document needs
Key Strength	Office file format fidelity + enterprise deployment/update channels + established admin tooling	Collaboration simplicity, browser-native workflows, strong Gmail/Drive integration	Zero license cost (typically), strong basic office features, avoids Microsoft subscriptions
Key Weakness	Licensing complexity, change management overhead, occasional stability issues, ecosystem sprawl	Advanced Excel/PowerPoint parity gaps for power users; Office format fidelity issues in edge cases	Imperfect compatibility with complex Office documents/macros; fewer enterprise cloud-native features