Microsoft's equivalent of home base is the recently released Office 365 Home Premium, a subscription cloud service that allows anytime-anywhere access to your documents, across multiple devices.

TL;DR: Replace Microsoft 365 with a Microsoft Office lifetime license, now available for a one-time payment of $129.97. Software subscriptions can seem harmless at first, but over time, they add up.

Microsoft is encouraging users to subscribe to its new Office, rather than buy it outright. But what happens once users' subscriptions expire?

Review: Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium Edition hopes to be at your service New suite arrives today; will users forego permanent license for "Office" lifestyle?