Microsoft may have just made Office 365 an even more attractive option pc was previously mainly because of Office 2019's higher prices.

Microsoft presented its on-premise Office 2019 suite for Windows and Mac in September. But rather than highlight major extra features included in a perpetual license for Office 2019, the corporate stressed it was inferior to Office 365 ProPlus, which about in its view is "the most productive and most secure" with all the "lowest total cost of ownership for deployment and management".

Office 2019, it said, was for purchasers who in 2018 "aren't ready to make the cloud". The software merely contained a subset of features included in the subscription-based alternative.

Microsoft obviously hasn't killed the perpetual license for Office, nevertheless newly updated Office 2019 price list for home and small business users provides for a good indication in the it wants people to buy.

As Computerworld's Greg Keizer reports, the cost of Office 2019 Home & Student remains the same in principle as the Office 2016's of $149.99. The license is fixed for home usage and can't be used for commercial purposes.

Office 2019 Home & Business however now costs $249.99, up 9 % from the $229 Microsoft required Office 2016 Home and Business.

Office 2019 Professional now costs $439.99, up 10 percent from the $399 that Office 2016 Professional costed. Numerous can be used in commercial contexts.

Microsoft increased prices on the release of Office 2013, after which you'll bumped up on-premise prices slightly again with Office 2016.

The steady and gradual price rises, together with more feature updates for Office 365, should've the effect of brewing an Office 365 subscription that much more attractive, especially to Microsoft's business customers.

Microsoft explained the motivation due to the price rises in a July blog reported by Softwareonlinedeal that outlined Office 2019 commercial prices goes up 10 percent over existing on-premise prices.

Consequently Microsoft has also published an FAQ for partners and resellers explaining the growth.

"Pricing for Office 2019 (on-premises) client licensing for commercial customers as well as for academic agreements for small, and midsize customers (doesn't add Enrollment for Education Solutions) is increasing by 10% in control of since 2010 to represent the numerous value added for the product over the years and to better reflect costs and customer demand and align with cloud pricing," Microsoft says in a more recent FAQ in price changes.