Office 365 - comparing P, M and E plans

 

The new Office 365 Service Descriptions can be easily accessed in your favorite browser; just type office365sd.com in the address box, and you'll get a full list of service descriptions.

 

Each service description will give you tables comparing features across plans, making it easier to pick the plan that suits your needs the best. To provide an easy, visual overview I've compiled the below table comparing Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online across the P, M, and E plans.

In the table I'm using these abbriviations for the plans

• P1 = Office 365 Small Business
• P2 = Office 365 Small Business Premium
  (Designed for 1-10 users, maximum of 25 users)
  x
• M = Office 365 Midsize Business
  (Designed for 11-250 users, maximum of 300 users)
  x
• E1 = Office 365 Enterprise E1
• E3 = Office 365 Enterprise E3
• E4 = Office 365 Enterprise E4
• K = Office 365 Enterprise K1 (aka Kiosk)
  (Designed for 250+ users, no limit to number of users)
  x
• You can read more about the above plans here

 ...and this Color coding visualizing whether a feature is included in the plan or not

• Green = Yes
• Red = No
  x
• NOTE: always consult the appropriate service description for an authoritative answer as to whether a feature is included (comments can apply, but wont be listed here)

 

Table: Comparing Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync Online across the P, M, and E (and K) plans

 (click here to get the source Excel file if you need to do filtering or other tasks)

 

Note

In the E-plan you can opt to subscibe to various available add-ons, e.g.

• Visio Pro subscription
• Project Pro subscription
• Project Online
• CRM Online (click here to learn more about the dynamic duo in the cloud; Office 365 and CRM Online)
  x
  

See also

• Exchange Online Comparison - link
• SharePoint Online Comparison - link
• Lync Online Comparison - link
• What exactly do you get in an Office 365 plan? -. link

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  @dheerajj sangyam   Recipients (# in recipient fields for one mail), Recipient Rate (# mails sent). Please see technet.microsoft.com/.../jj819296.aspx for more.

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  thanks

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Thank you Jesper for putting this together - very helpful for a quick review!

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  This blog post is two years old. Obviously lots have changed since then. The authoritative and updated source - as always - is the Service Descriptions.

• Anonymous
  April 02, 2013
  @jesper: thank you & congratulations on the "super" effort above... may I request you to share the excel file for the above comparison pls? thank you.

• Anonymous
  April 02, 2013
  hello again! can you pls clarify the difference between, "recipient limit" & "recipient rate limit" in o365 - exchange plans thnx

• Anonymous
  April 04, 2013
  The comment has been removed

• Anonymous
  April 06, 2013
  Many thanks Jesper for this great comparison chart ! Ruud Jeursen Deltabase Support The Netherlands

• Anonymous
  April 08, 2013
  Hi Jesper, Thanks a lot for the painstaking task of pulling this information together. Awesome job. Mario

• Anonymous
  August 19, 2013
  Hi! Jesper, I found the SkyDrive Pro has included in K Plan, please help to see in your excel sheet above. But it's shown Yes1 >> What's the meaning. Thank you

• Anonymous
  December 15, 2014
  This table is outdated please refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/exchange-online-planning-and-deployment.aspx

• Anonymous
  April 02, 2015
  Hi Jesper, There is some inaccuracy on the table vs the service description on the hybrid mailflow. Appreciate if you can update the table to ensure customer is not confused with the information you provided.

• Anonymous
  September 12, 2015
  I like the detailed comparison you provided, but that was in 2013. Do have have a detail comparison that is more recent.

• Anonymous
  December 08, 2015
  Hi Jesper!!! Can you send a comparison more recent?

• Anonymous
  February 20, 2016
  Nowadays you can find comparisons here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/lystavlen/archive/2016/02/19/compare-the-features-in-office-365-across-services.aspx

• Anonymous
  February 20, 2016
  Not that I'm counting but I just realized one of my blog posts actually is closing in on 100k views

• Anonymous
  July 29, 2016
  Where does "Office 365 Business Essentials" fit into this?