Microsoft Office/MS365 Plans

jeepinmatt · Wednesday at 9:53 PM

I need it for the business. Desktop version of Excel is really on the only thing I need, and I'm not opposed to paying $14/month if I have to, but if I can find it cheaper that would be great too. I'd love to find something that has the full version of Adobe Acrobat, Excel, and Outlook, for about $100 a year, but I haven't found it yet. Anybody got a line on something good?

Ron · Wednesday at 10:39 PM

Forget Adobe and get revu/bluebeam.
That’ll run 159/yr ish by itself but for the busienss it has benefits

And nope outlook 365 costs what it costs… you can fuck around and buy new laptops yearly with trials and sell em on eBay and ..:you’d make 6x going and pushing dirt on the time you waste

DSM Turbos · 2026-08-20T06:31:52-0400

Why not use gsuite?

braxton357 · 2026-08-20T07:34:20-0400

Google sheets. Adobe you're just going to have to pay the $15 a month if you want any useful version of acrobat, none of the free pdf readers are worth a shit other than just viewing PDFs.

dgoodwin10 · 2026-08-20T07:55:18-0400

Ron said:
Forget Adobe and get revu/bluebeam.
That’ll run 159/yr ish by itself but for the busienss it has benefits

And nope outlook 365 costs what it costs… you can fuck around and buy new laptops yearly with trials and sell em on eBay and ..:you’d make 6x going and pushing dirt on the time you waste

I'll second using revu / bluebeam. I've come close to buying it for personal use if that speaks to the value.

I have O365 and really like being able to access my stuff from anywhere. What are you needing the full version of excel and outlook to do that O365 won't?

No fries · 2026-08-20T10:11:41-0400

What do you want to do with PDFs? Company I work for only uses reader. Type up the proposals and print to PDF. However we sign other peoples contracts with docusign we typically don't write them. Reader allows you to add notes, redline, and highlight. Only thing I want Adobe for is splitting up or combining sheets for our drawing sets, and there are free versions on the web that do a good job.

RatLabGuy · 2026-08-20T10:36:20-0400

dgoodwin10 said:
I have O365 and really like being able to access my stuff from anywhere. What are you needing the full version of excel and outlook to do that O365 won't?

See also GSuite...

RatLabGuy · 2026-08-20T10:40:22-0400

Office 2024 still exists as a standalone application. You can still buy licenses. But MS will stop supporting it at some point.... Wtfever that means.

orange150 · 2026-08-20T15:33:56-0400

Love me some bluebeam.

Ummmmm Pirate Bay??

Ron · 2026-08-20T16:53:29-0400

orange150 said:
Love me some bluebeam.

Ummmmm Pirate Bay??

Is that still a thing?
I mean we are post napster, into limewire territory there as I recall.

shawn · 2026-08-20T19:40:11-0400

Bluebeam for PDFs and office subscription for everything else. Get the family plan for a few bucks more. Worth it to be able to pull up a file on your phone from anywhere.

If you already have a Google One subscription, then maybe stick with that, but docs/sheets isn't for everyone.

orange150 · 2026-08-20T20:29:43-0400

Ron said:
Is that still a thing?
I mean we are post napster, into limewire territory there as I recall.

No clue. I know people have started pirating again because streaming has gotten expensive and now has commercials but I’m not sure how they do it.

jeepinmatt · 2026-08-20T21:58:08-0400

dgoodwin10 said:
What are you needing the full version of excel and outlook to do that O365 won't?

Desktop version of Excel has a lot more features and it's what I'm used to and I don't want to change haha. Same with outlook, but id say the differences are minimal between web and desktop version on outlook.

jeepinmatt · 2026-08-20T22:01:34-0400

shawn said:
docs/sheets isn't for everyone.

This. If I think web Excel is a compromise, imagine hearing me complain about Google Sheets! It does have its place, and I love that you can build a spreadsheet and then just share a link with almost anyone, but the ease and features of desktop Excel are worth $14/month to me.

jeepinmatt · 2026-08-20T22:04:00-0400

No fries said:
What do you want to do with PDFs?

Edit and modify PDFs. Remove or add logos, change title blocks in drawings I only have the PDF versions of, etc.

shawn · 2026-08-20T23:29:42-0400

jeepinmatt said:
web Excel is a compromise

Web Excel is hot garbage

shawn · 2026-08-20T23:30:04-0400

jeepinmatt said:
Edit and modify PDFs. Remove or add logos, change title blocks in drawings I only have the PDF versions of, etc.

Bluebeam.

jeepinmatt · 2026-08-21T06:43:46-0400

Ron said:
Forget Adobe and get revu/bluebeam.
That’ll run 159/yr ish by itself but for the busienss it has benefits

orange150 said:
Love me some bluebeam.

shawn said:
Bluebeam.

Looks like $260/year vs $180-$203 for Adobe. What is the advantage? I'm

benXJ · 2026-08-21T08:02:50-0400

I use WPS for 'excel' and 'word'

tis free

but yea, bluebeam for PDFs

orange150 · 2026-08-21T08:10:35-0400

browser based excel is extremely frustrating to use. Do not recommend.

jeepinmatt said:
Looks like $260/year vs $180-$203 for Adobe. What is the advantage? I'm

Bruh. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bluebeam+revu

I apologize for the bruh comment, I spend too much time around 10 year olds now. not deleting it though

Ron · 2026-08-21T08:48:51-0400

jeepinmatt said:
Looks like $260/year vs $180-$203 for Adobe. What is the advantage? I'm

There really isn't a comparison.

Bluebeam is...Ill say autocad light adobe is windows 95 paint.

Full suite of measurement, take off counts, drawing scaling, table integration. Full pdf modification. Drawing mark up with native symbol for every trade imaginable.

That said - there is a learning curve. There are a few things that were easier in adobe than Revu...but once you get it sorted you will kick yourself for not jumping sooner.

Plus you are a big business owner now. This is one of those tax deductions that evil rich people exploit to build basements full of gold coins and swim in the scrooge mcduck style. Just ask @Jody Treadway

benXJ · 2026-08-21T08:54:53-0400

WHY WON'T THE RICH PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE?!

/s

Jody Treadway · 2026-08-21T09:11:34-0400

Ron said:
There really isn't a comparison.

Bluebeam is...Ill say autocad light adobe is windows 95 paint.

Full suite of measurement, take off counts, drawing scaling, table integration. Full pdf modification. Drawing mark up with native symbol for every trade imaginable.

That said - there is a learning curve. There are a few things that were easier in adobe than Revu...but once you get it sorted you will kick yourself for not jumping sooner.

Plus you are a big business owner now. This is one of those tax deductions that evil rich people exploit to build basements full of gold coins and swim in the scrooge mcduck style. Just ask @Jody Treadway

I don't have a basement. But if I did, I'd definitely put on a speedo and swim in it

Jody Treadway · 2026-08-21T09:12:29-0400

benXJ said:
WHY WON'T THE RICH PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE?!

/s

What would be their fair share? Define rich.
For conversation sake.

gslander · 2026-08-21T09:48:56-0400

shawn said:
Web Excel is hot garbage

So much this, makes me want to stab my eyeballs out.

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