What Microsoft 365 business plans have cost in Australia since 2020
Business Basic has gone from $6.90 to $10.50 a user a month since 2020. Microsoft’s own Australian price pages track each rise, and what’s next.
If your business runs on Microsoft 365, the cheapest business plan now costs about half as much again as it did in 2020.
Microsoft’s own Australian price pages, saved by the Internet Archive over six years, show Business Basic rising from $6.90 to $10.50 a user a month. Every price here is Microsoft’s annual-plan price, paid yearly, and excludes GST, as its pages show it.
For what each plan includes today, see our comparison of Business Basic, Standard and Premium.
Six years of prices in one table
| Archive capture | Basic | Standard | Premium | Apps for business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | $6.90 | $17.20 | $27.50 | $12.00 |
| 30 November 2021 | $6.90 | $17.20 | $27.50 | $12.00 |
| 28 March 2022 | $8.20 | $17.20 | $30.20 | $12.00 |
| 25 August 2023 | $8.20 | $17.20 | $30.20 | $12.00 |
| 28 September 2023 | $9.00 | $18.70 | $32.90 | $13.00 |
| 24 May 2025 | $9.00 | $18.70 | $32.90 | $13.00 |
| 6 June 2026 | $9.00 | $18.70 | $32.90 | Not shown |
| September to October 2026 | $10.50 | $21.00 | $32.90 | $15.80 |
The September to October 2026 row comes from captures of the Business Basic page, the Business Premium with Copilot page and the main plans page. The 6 June 2026 capture of the plans page didn’t list Apps for business.
Three rises, three different reasons
March 2022: a global price rise. Microsoft announced in August 2021 that commercial prices would rise in six months. Business Basic went up from US$5 to US$6 and Premium from US$20 to US$22. In Australia, Basic went from $6.90 to $8.20 and Premium from $27.50 to $30.20. Standard and Apps for business didn’t change.
September 2023: an Australian dollar adjustment. This time all four plans rose together. Basic went to $9.00, Standard to $18.70, Premium to $32.90 and Apps to $13.00. The change shows up between the 25 August and 28 September 2023 captures. We couldn’t find a Microsoft page announcing it, so we can’t give an exact date.
July 2026: another global rise. Microsoft announced in December 2025 that list prices would change on 1 July 2026. Its partner notice says existing subscribers pay the new price at their next renewal. In Australia, Basic was $10.50 by the 28 July 2026 capture, and Standard was $21.00 by September. Apps for business was $15.80 by late July too. Premium stayed at $32.90.
Basic rose most, Premium least
Over six years, Business Basic is up about 52%. Apps for business is up about 32%, Standard about 22% and Premium about 20%.
That narrows the gap between plans. In 2020, Premium cost four times as much as Basic. Now it costs a little over three times as much.
So if you picked Basic years ago to keep costs down, the step up to Standard is smaller in proportion than it was. Our plan comparison shows what that extra money buys.
Paying monthly costs more
The table shows paid-yearly prices. Microsoft also sells month-to-month subscriptions, which cost more. In September 2026, Business Basic was $12.60 a month on a monthly subscription, against $10.50 paid yearly.
There’s a third option: an annual plan billed monthly. Since 1 April 2025, Microsoft has charged 5% more for that than for paying the year upfront, for new and renewing subscriptions. Its archived pages don’t show those prices, so they aren’t in our table.
Without Teams, and with Copilot
Microsoft also sells business plans without Teams. In September and October 2026, the no-Teams prices were $8.10 for Basic, $16.10 for Standard and $28.10 for Premium.
Microsoft now also sells “with Copilot” versions of Standard and Premium. In October 2026 they were $35.20 and $47.90 a user a month on the main plans page.
What to watch next
Microsoft’s partner notices say local-currency price updates will now happen once a year, in January. The next is due on 1 January 2027, with guidance for partners due this month. Whether Australian prices move then isn’t known yet.
Where these numbers come from
Each price comes from a Microsoft Australia page saved by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, with its capture date. Captures are snapshots, so a change happened at some point between two captures, not necessarily on the capture date. Where a figure wasn’t on the saved page, we’ve said so rather than estimate it.
