Excel 2024, Excel 2021 and Excel 2019 in comparison
If you purchasea licence for Microsoft Excel 2019 , you not only benefit from a longer support period than with Excel 2016, but can also use a variety of practical new features. Microsoft has integrated numerous new functions and charts, as well as scalable vector graphics and freehand improvements. The pivot functions have also been expanded and the accessibility functions improved. With a pre-owned Excel 2019 licence, all new features are available to you permanently and at no monthly cost. You are also entitled to extended support from Microsoft, so that your investment is secure in the long term.
Do you want to buy a Microsoft Excel licence that can be used for as long as possible? Then go for the latest version Excel 2024 LTSC. This is a perpetual licence with no monthly costs; it also gives you access to numerous new functions, e.g. dynamic arrays, extended matrix functions and extensive media content from the Office Premium Creative Content Collection. In addition, the performance of the programme has been improved so that you get faster results even with large amounts of data.
By the way: If you buy a newer version of Microsoft Excel, the new features introduced in earlier versions will of course also be available to you. So if you value as many functions as possible or need certain Excel 2024 functions, you should buy the latest Excel licence, which you can then use permanently.
What is the difference between a used Microsoft Excel licence and buying a new licence?
You can purchase a licence for the desktop version of Excel that entitles you to use the program for an unlimited period of time. You can either buy this licence directly from the manufacturer - i.e. from Microsoft - or as a used licence at a significantly lower price. As it is software, there is no difference between a new or a used licence for Excel, only the costs differ considerably. As the manufacturer or licensor, Microsoft naturally has an understandable economic interest in selling the licences as expensively as possible. However, as a customer or user of the software, you are not obliged to bear these costs in order to use Excel. You can just as easily fall back on used licences from Soft & Cloud, with which you can save up to 70 % compared to the regular list price.
Because software does not wear out or wear out, you have no disadvantages when you buy a used Excel licence at a low price. On the contrary: If you buy a licence for the current version of Excel 2021 LTSC, you will receive the same service and support from Microsoft as if you had purchased a new licence.
In summary, the only difference between a used licence and a new one is the price. So why should you pay more than necessary when you buy Microsoft Office or Excel?
Buy used Microsoft Excel, save money and use it legally
Back in 2012, the European Court of Justice ruled in a fundamental decision that the sale and purchase of used software is legally permissible, i.e. legal. Anyone who buys a licence for software from the manufacturer may resell it later (similar to material goods). In this case, all rights to the software are transferred to the buyer, e.g. for updates or downgrades. You can therefore legally purchase an Excel licence from Soft & Cloud at a price that is significantly lower than that of Microsoft. This means that there are no restrictions or other disadvantages for you.
Soft & Cloud buys used licences from companies that are giving up or giving up their licences for various reasons. Examples include over-licensing, insolvency, personnel restructuring or changes in the company's IT landscape. These are exclusively original licences that were regularly purchased from Microsoft and later legally sold as used licences. For you as a buyer, this means that you can purchase a used Excel licence for Mac or Windows completely legally with a one-off payment and then use it without restriction. Of course, you can and may also resell your licence yourself at a later date, e.g. when you switch to a newer version of Excel.
Using Microsoft Excel on-premise or in the cloud - these are the key differences
Like other programmes in the Office range, Excel is also offered by Microsoft both as an Office 365 subscription and as a desktop version (on-premise) for Windows and macOS. The subscription model is primarily aimed at private end users, but is also open to commercial customers. The on-premise versions, which are installed locally, are primarily aimed at commercial customers.
Used licences are only available for the desktop versions, while with a subscription for Microsoft Excel you pay for the software in monthly instalments as a usage fee. In return, the programmes you book are available to you in the cloud. This means you do not have to install them locally, but can access and use them in the browser on any internet-enabled device.
