How much does Microsoft 365 Basic cost in Italy?

Microsoft 365 Basic costs EUR 2.00 a month in Italy. Kept active for twelve months, the real subscription cost is EUR 24.

Verifiable answer

Microsoft 365 Basic costs EUR 2.00 a month in Italy. Kept active for twelve months, the real subscription cost is EUR 24.

Question: How much does Microsoft 365 Basic cost in Italy?
Average cost: €2 / month
Price range: €2
Area: Italy
Last verified: 23 July 2026
Confidence: Confidence: High
What is included: 100 GB of cloud storage for one person; OneDrive with ransomware protection and file restore; Ad-free Outlook on supported accounts; Automatic monthly renewal managed from the Microsoft account
What is not included: Full desktop Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps; Microsoft 365 Personal, Family or Business plans; Cloud storage above 100 GB; Devices, Windows licences or separate Office purchases
What the price depends on: Actual storage used across OneDrive and Outlook; Whether desktop Office apps are needed; Personal, school or business use of the account; Other cloud plans already active; How long automatic renewal is left running
Sources and methodology: 1 source

Official price versus real cost

Official price

€2

/ month

Difference+€0 (+0%)

Real cost

€2

The official EUR 2.00 price is also the real monthly cost if you use exactly Microsoft 365 Basic. The practical difference appears over a year: left active, it costs EUR 24 and does not include the full desktop apps. For someone who only needed cloud storage it is small and predictable; for someone looking for full Office it is an insufficient purchase, not a saving.

Short answer

Microsoft 365 Basic is Microsoft's smallest personal plan: EUR 2 a month mainly for 100 GB of OneDrive and ad-free Outlook, not the full desktop Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps.

Microsoft 365 Basic is easy to misunderstand because it carries the Microsoft 365 name but does not replace a Personal or Family subscription. Microsoft's published Italian price is EUR 2.00 a month: a low figure, but tied to a precise scope. The plan is for one person and includes 100 GB of cloud storage, ransomware protection for photos and files in OneDrive, ad-free Outlook and support, while the full desktop apps remain outside the plan. In practice it is closer to a personal cloud plan than to an Office suite. That makes it interesting for someone already using a Microsoft account, storing attachments and documents in OneDrive, and wanting to move beyond the free allowance without paying for a larger plan. The useful real cost is not the single EUR 2 renewal, but the EUR 24 a year of a subscription that renews automatically until cancelled in the Microsoft account.

What is included

100 GB of cloud storage for one person
OneDrive with ransomware protection and file restore
Ad-free Outlook on supported accounts
Automatic monthly renewal managed from the Microsoft account

What is not included

Full desktop Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps
Microsoft 365 Personal, Family or Business plans
Cloud storage above 100 GB
Devices, Windows licences or separate Office purchases

How the price breaks down

How the price breaks down: Microsoft 365 Basic in Italy
Item	Type	Frequency	Typical
Microsoft 365 Basic subscriptionOne-person subscription with 100 GB of cloud storage, OneDrive, ad-free Outlook and ransomware protection for files.	Compulsory	per month	€2

What the price depends on

Actual storage used across OneDrive and Outlook
Whether desktop Office apps are needed
Personal, school or business use of the account
Other cloud plans already active
How long automatic renewal is left running

Hidden costs

Automatic renewal continues even if you barely use OneDrive or fall back under the free 5 GB allowance.
Anyone looking for desktop Office apps can buy Basic by mistake and then need to move to a more expensive plan.
The 100 GB covers Microsoft account files, photos and attachments: if Outlook and OneDrive grow together, the space runs out sooner.
A work or school account may need a different plan, so the personal price does not always solve the real need.

Three realistic scenarios

One month

€2

You activate Microsoft 365 Basic to clear space or try OneDrive beyond the free allowance, then cancel before the next renewal.

Stable use

€2

You keep the plan active each month for 100 GB of cloud and ad-free Outlook: renewal is EUR 2 and the annual total reaches EUR 24.

Wrong plan

€2

You pay for Basic expecting desktop Office, then discover you need Personal or Family. The month remains cheap, but it does not solve the need.

How to spend less

Check OneDrive and Outlook storage first: if you are still below the free allowance, the paid plan can wait.
Do not choose Basic if you need desktop Word, Excel and PowerPoint: in that case compare Microsoft 365 Personal instead.
Clear large attachments and unused backups before paying for extra storage: 100 GB lasts longer when archives and temporary copies are separated.
If you also pay for Google One or iCloud+, decide which cloud is primary rather than keeping small plans running in parallel.
Mark the renewal date in your Microsoft account: the price is low precisely because it is easy to forget for many months.

Frequently asked questions

Does Microsoft 365 Basic include Word and Excel?

Not in the way many people mean. Microsoft 365 Basic is centred on 100 GB of cloud storage, OneDrive, ad-free Outlook and file protection. It is not the plan to choose if you need the full desktop Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps installed on your computer. For that, compare Microsoft 365 Personal or Family.

How much does Microsoft 365 Basic cost per year?

If it remains active for twelve monthly renewals, Microsoft 365 Basic costs EUR 24 a year. The official price read from the Italian Microsoft Store is EUR 2.00 a month. This guide does not cover a separate annual plan: the annual figure simply shows the real cost of a small recurring subscription.

Is Microsoft 365 Basic better value than Google One?

It depends on the ecosystem. The monthly prices are almost identical: Microsoft 365 Basic costs EUR 2.00 and Google One 100 GB costs EUR 1.99. The choice should depend on where you already keep files, photos and attachments: OneDrive and Outlook on one side, Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos on the other. Paying for both makes sense only if you genuinely separate the two archives.

Does the 100 GB also apply to Outlook?

Microsoft describes account cloud storage and lists ad-free Outlook among the plan benefits. In practice it is best to think of the space as part of the personal Microsoft ecosystem: files, photos and attachments can grow together. If the main problem is a large photo archive, also compare services with larger storage tiers.

Can I cancel automatic renewal?

Yes. Microsoft states that the subscription renews automatically at the selected price and date unless cancelled in the Microsoft account. That matters because the fee is low: subscriptions costing only a few euros are exactly the ones people leave running after they stop being useful.

Sources and methodology

How we worked it out

The EUR 2.00 monthly price was read on 23 July 2026 from the Italian Microsoft Store page for Microsoft 365 Basic. The guide treats that figure as fixed because the page publishes a single monthly fee for the personal 100 GB plan. Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, Business Basic, business plans, hardware, one-off Office purchases and temporary promotions are excluded. The EUR 24 annual figure is simply the monthly fee multiplied by twelve full renewals; it is not presented as a separate annual plan.

Why this confidence level

Confidence is High because the price, scope and included storage are published by Microsoft Store Italy, the official provider. The guide still has a three-month review window because digital plans change often and Microsoft has many similarly named products: the main risk is not that the EUR 2 figure is estimated, but that a reader mistakes Basic for a fuller Office plan.

Official Microsoft Store Italy price: Microsoft 365 Basic at EUR 2.00 per month with 100 GB of cloud storage
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Microsoft · Official tariff · Verified on 23 July 2026
Italian Microsoft Store page accessed on 23 July 2026. Used to verify the monthly price, automatic renewal, personal use and included cloud storage.
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