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Microsoft Defender for Business vs Microsoft Defender Suite vs E5

Endpoint and email security for small and large organisations: what each option requires first, and what it costs.

Microsoft’s list price per user and month

  • Defender for Business USD 3,00
  • Defender Suite (BP) USD 10,00
  • Defender Suite no list price for South Africa
  • Microsoft 365 E5 USD 60,00

From Defender Suite to Microsoft 365 E5: Adds 107 capabilities, loses nothing

Counts rows in Microsoft’s plan comparison; one row can hold several features.

Annual commitment, excl. VAT, Microsoft’s list price for South Africa (in US dollars) as of 15 October 2026. Add or remove plans in the table below. All plans side by side

133 capabilities differ of 204 · · drag a plan to move it, or an add-on onto a plan to merge them

Defender for BusinessUSD 3,00Microsoft product page ↗Licence details
Defender Suite (BP)USD 10,00Microsoft product page ↗
Defender SuiteNo South African price on fileMicrosoft product page ↗Licence details

ClearSource restates Microsoft’s published facts in its own layout; for the full details open Microsoft’s documents. Prices are Microsoft’s South African list prices in US dollars. Microsoft 365 User Subscription Suites for Small and Medium-sized Businesses · Microsoft 365, Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Windows 11 Subscriptions