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Microsoft 365 Business Basic vs Standard vs Premium
The three Business plans for up to 300 users: what each one adds, with Swiss list prices.
The options
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALSIncludes
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
O365_BUSINESS_PREMIUMIncludes
Limits
- Max 300 users1
Key differences
- Basic = web/mobile apps only; Standard adds desktop Office apps; Premium adds security & device management (Entra ID P1, Intune P1, Defender for Business, MDO P1, Purview IP)1
- Monthly billing prices: Basic CHF 6.80, Standard CHF 13.61, Premium CHF 21.381
- No-Teams (EWR) annual: Basic CHF 4.37, Standard CHF 8.73, Premium CHF 15.213
- 300-licence cap applies across the whole Business family per tenant2
Who it’s for
- Basic: frontline-like/light users who only need web apps, mail and Teams
- Standard: SMB knowledge workers needing desktop Office without managed security
- Premium: SMBs needing managed devices, conditional access and endpoint protection
ClearSource’s reading of Microsoft’s documentation — not a recommendation for your situation.
What changed recently
Where Microsoft’s own pages disagree
- Microsoft 365 E7: the Swiss comparison table doesn’t show clearly which Intune Suite items (Remote Help, Enterprise App Management, Endpoint Privilege Management, Advanced Analytics, Cloud PKI, Plan 2) are included; Microsoft’s pricing update says the E5 packaging changes apply to E7 too.54
- Naming: Microsoft Learn (17 September 2026) calls the products “Microsoft Copilot” and “Microsoft Copilot Business”, while the Swiss and US pricing pages still say “Microsoft 365 Copilot” and Microsoft’s licensing list still says “Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365” (Microsoft_365_Copilot).678
Sources
Official Microsoft pages (and, for print services, the vendors’ price pages), read on or before 24 September 2026.