The Microsoft 365 Price Increase, and What to Do About It
From 1 July 2026 Microsoft raised Business Basic from about $6 to $7 and Business Standard from about $12.50 to $14 per user per month, with Business Premium staying at about $22; new subscriptions pay the new price at once and existing ones at their next annual renewal. The no-Teams variants sold in Europe moved too. For a 20-person company on Business Standard that is $360 more a year. This page shows the arithmetic and the alternative: MassiveGRID's Nextcloud Hub at $5.90, $12.90 and $19.90 with the data in the region you choose.
What changed
| Microsoft 365 plan | Before | From 1 July 2026 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Basic | About $6 | About $7 | Web and mobile apps, 1 TB OneDrive, Exchange; about 16% more |
| Business Standard | About $12.50 | About $14 | Adds desktop apps; about 12% more |
| Business Premium | About $22 | About $22 | Unchanged; the gap to Standard narrowed from $9.50 to $8 |
| No-Teams variants (EEA) | Basic about $5.40, Standard about $10.79, Premium about $18.79 | Per the same update; check Microsoft's EEA price list | |
| Existing subscriptions | Current price | New price at next annual renewal | Renewal date matters more than July |
Figures are Microsoft's published U.S. list prices per user per month on annual commitment at the time of writing, as reported around the July 2026 change; they differ by region, currency and reseller. Microsoft also added mailbox storage and Copilot Chat features with the change.
What it means for a 20-person company
| Microsoft 365 after July 2026 | Nextcloud Hub (monthly) | Nextcloud Hub (annual, 20% off) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 users on Business Basic, per year | About $1,680 | Starter, $1,416 | $1,132.80 |
| 20 users on Business Standard, per year | About $3,360 | Business, $3,096 | $2,476.80 |
| 20 users on Business Premium, per year | About $5,280 | Enterprise, $4,776 | $3,820.80 |
| Three years, Business Standard | About $10,080 | $9,288 | $7,430.40 |
The switch cost calculator runs the comparison for your own seat count, plan, add-ons and term.
Three responses
Right-size before renewal
Audit who needs desktop Office (Standard) and who only needs mail and files (Basic), remove departed users, and decide on Premium's security bundle deliberately rather than by the narrowed price gap.
Move mail or files first
Exchange is the usual anchor. Nextcloud Hub includes a mailbox per user, so a company can move mail and files and keep a few Standard seats for the Excel users.
Move the suite
Nextcloud Hub does Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and Office's jobs at $5.90, $12.90 and $19.90, with the data in the region you choose and no add-on catalogue. Four weeks for most companies.
The part that is not about price
Microsoft paired the increase with Copilot Chat features and more mailbox storage, and the EEA unbundling means European companies choose between with-Teams and without-Teams SKUs at renewal. Both are reasons to ask what the tenant is for. Our Copilot page covers what Copilot sees and how to limit it, the Teams alternative page covers chat and calls, and the plan-by-plan comparison says where Microsoft still wins, which it does on desktop Excel and the security bundle.
Nextcloud Hub Pricing
Per-user plans on MassiveGRID's Nextcloud Enterprise platform: files, office, email, chat and video calls, calendar and contacts, in the U.S., E.U., U.K. or Asia. Pick the region and team size to see what your team would pay.
First month for $1 on monthly billing with coupon code NEXTCLOUD, applied by the Order buttons.
- Files, Photos, Calendar and Contacts
- Nextcloud Office: documents, spreadsheets and presentations
- Talk: chat, audio and video calls, screen sharing
- Standard Email
- 100 GB storage per user
- Desktop and mobile sync clients, public share links
- Nextcloud Enterprise platform with managed updates and daily backups
- Ticket support
- Files, Photos, Calendar and Contacts
- Nextcloud Office and Talk: documents, chat, audio and video calls
- Notes, Tables, Deck and Tasks
- Standard Email
- 1 TB storage per user, ten times Starter
- Desktop and mobile sync clients, public share links
- Nextcloud Enterprise platform with managed updates and daily backups
- Priority support: faster response and escalation
- Files, Photos, Office, Talk, Calendar and Contacts
- Notes, Tables, Deck and Tasks
- Enterprise Email with delegation and other enterprise mail features
- 1 TB storage per user
- Desktop and mobile sync clients, public share links
- Nextcloud Enterprise platform with managed updates and daily backups
- 24x7 support
- Upgrade path to a dedicated instance with your own domain and branding
USD per user per month before taxes; the billing-cycle discount applies to every plan. Order 1 to 50 users online. Need your own domain, a compliance boundary of your own or more than 50 users? See the dedicated instances below or contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Same suite, your region, from $5.90 per user
Order a Nextcloud Hub plan and the first month is $1 with coupon code NEXTCLOUD. Move one team, run a month of real work, then decide.