Everything you need from Microsoft Office without the subscription for $54.99
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Perpetual licenses at $54.99 are a reminder that not every workflow needs to be locked into recurring SaaS. If you're modeling AI-era software margins, assume a non-trivial slice of users will arbitrage back to one-time licenses for stable, non-collaborative tools.
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