What’s the difference between monthly, annual, and annual commitment payments?
- To provide you with the greatest amount of flexibility, different payment options are available.
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Apps for Business, Business Standard, and Business Premium plans are available for monthly commitment payment or annual commitment payment.
- Monthly commitment payment: Pay month by month and cancel at any time.
- Annual commitment payment: Sign up for a one-year subscription and benefit from a discount for using this payment option. By default, your billing plan will be set to monthly billing. After your purchase, you can change your billing plan to annual billing within the Admin Portal.
- The Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Office 365 Enterprise plans (including standalone plans such as Exchange Online) and Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise are available for annual commitment payment.
- Annual commitment payment: Sign up for a one-year subscription and choose to pay monthly or for the entire year at the time you sign up.