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title: "Microsoft 365 Business Plans, Pricing & Renewal Costs (2026) | Digital Hosting"
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Fig. 01 · Provider Brief

# Microsoft 365 Business

Teams that live in Outlook, Word, and Excel

Rated 4.5 / 5

See current pricing (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business/compare-all-microsoft-365-business-products)Non-affiliate recommendation

Prices verified: September 2026 · Researched by W. Miller (https://digitalhosting.com/about#authors) and the Digital Hosting editorial team — how we review providers (https://digitalhosting.com/how-we-test)

Disclosure: No link on this page earns us a commission. Where we do have a paid link elsewhere on the site, the page says so.

Our take

If your team is already on Outlook and Office, Microsoft 365 Business is the path of least resistance for hosted email.

Best for

Outlook-centric businesses

Starting price

from $7/user/mo Business Basic, paid yearly Verified September 2026 A 'without Teams' variant is $5.40/user/mo paid yearly. Microsoft raised list prices July 1, 2026 (Basic $6→$7); existing customers move to the new rate at their next renewal.

Ease of use

Ease of use: 4 of 5

Performance

Performance: 5 of 5

Support

Support: 4 of 5

Free migration

Included

Email included

Included

Domain included

Not included

## Pros

- Hosted Exchange with desktop Outlook
- Office apps included on most tiers
- Strong calendar, contacts, and Teams integration

## Cons

- Admin center is sprawling
- Per-user pricing scales like Google's

Testing status: we haven't load-tested Microsoft 365 Business ourselves yet. This profile is built from vendor documentation, published plan specs and SLAs, and long-running community reports — and the pricing above is verified on the vendor's site, not copied from marketing. See how we test (https://digitalhosting.com/how-we-test) for exactly what that means.

## If Microsoft 365 Business isn't right

### Alternatives to consider

- NetArt (https://digitalhosting.com/providers/netart) — loaded plans with a published sla
- IONOS (https://digitalhosting.com/providers/ionos) — lowest first-year cost — if you plan the exit

### Deeper comparisons

- Best Email Hosting for Small Business: https://digitalhosting.com/articles/best-email-hosting-small-business

## Where Microsoft 365 Business fits

Compare Microsoft 365 Business alongside other picks in the categories it competes in:

- Email Hosting →: https://digitalhosting.com/best-email-hosting

Ready to try Microsoft 365 Business?

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