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Microsoft 365 vs Samsung Food

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Microsoft 365

Productivity

Subscription bundle of the Office applications with mail, storage, meetings and organisational identity

From
$7/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Samsung Food

Productivity

Recipe and grocery list app, formerly Whisk, rebranded after Samsung acquisition and integrated with Samsung appliances

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Samsung Food has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Microsoft 365 business plans are capped at 300 seats, so an organisation that grows past that must move to Enterprise plans, which changes both the price per user and the feature mix at the moment it can least afford a migration project.; Samsung Food the appliance integration, its most distinctive feature, is only useful to someone who owns compatible Samsung kitchen hardware.
  • They diverge on capability: Microsoft 365 covers Office applications, Samsung Food covers Recipe import.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Microsoft 365 and Samsung Food actually diverge.

Attributes where Microsoft 365 and Samsung Food differ
AttributeMicrosoft 365Samsung Food
Starting price$7/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionFree, no subscription
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebiOS, Android, Web

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Productivity).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Microsoft 365

  • Office applications
  • Hosted services
  • Teams
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • OneDrive storage
  • Device management and endpoint protection
  • Purview compliance
  • Copilot

Only in Samsung Food

  • Recipe import
  • Automatic grocery list generation
  • AI meal suggestions
  • Samsung appliance integration
  • Nutrition information
  • Shared lists

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Microsoft 365

  • Any organisation that wants mail, documents, meetings and identity from one supplier on one bill.not Samsung Food
  • A company standardising on single sign-on, where Entra ID becomes the account other services authenticate against.not Samsung Food
  • Regulated work that needs retention, legal hold and eDiscovery across mail and documents, provided the tier that includes them is actually bought.not Samsung Food
  • A household that needs installed Office applications on several machines rather than browser-only editing.not Samsung Food

Samsung Food

  • Someone who owns Samsung kitchen appliances and wants recipes to send settings directly to the ovennot Microsoft 365
  • A household wanting a shared grocery list that builds itself from saved recipesnot Microsoft 365
  • A home cook who saves recipes from social media and wants ingredients turned into a shopping list automaticallynot Microsoft 365
  • Someone who previously used Whisk and needs to know it is the same product under a new namenot Microsoft 365

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Microsoft 365

  • Business plans are capped at 300 seats, so an organisation that grows past that must move to Enterprise plans, which changes both the price per user and the feature mix at the moment it can least afford a migration project.
  • The compliance capabilities most organisations eventually need, including retention, data loss prevention, advanced eDiscovery and insider risk, sit at the top tier or in add-ons, so the real cost surfaces after an audit or a customer questionnaire rather than at purchase.
  • Annual term subscriptions commit you for the year and month-to-month terms cost measurably more per seat, so the flexibility to reduce seats during a quiet period is bought at a permanently higher rate.
  • Entra ID becomes the identity for everything else the organisation uses, which is the hardest kind of lock-in to put a number on, because leaving means re-federating every connected application rather than simply replacing a word processor.
  • The licensing model is complicated enough that most organisations are either over-licensed or quietly non-compliant, and reconciling it usually requires a partner or a specialist, which is a recurring cost that never appears in the advertised per-user figure.

Samsung Food

  • The appliance integration, its most distinctive feature, is only useful to someone who owns compatible Samsung kitchen hardware.
  • The rebrand from Whisk to Samsung Food in 2023 means older references, saved links or bookmarks under the Whisk name can confuse returning users.
  • As a Samsung ecosystem product, its long-term roadmap is tied to Samsung hardware strategy rather than to the grocery list feature on its own.
  • Recipe import from arbitrary websites and social media can be inconsistent depending on how a source page is structured.
  • It lacks some of the granular list customisation, such as manual sorting by store aisle, that dedicated list apps like AnyList and Bring focus on.

Pricing, plan by plan

Microsoft 365

$7/month
  • Microsoft 365 Business Basic$7/month
    • Email and calendar with 50 GB mailbox
    • Web and mobile versions of Office apps
    • Microsoft Teams included
  • Microsoft 365 Business Standard$14/month
    • Desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
    • Email and Teams
    • 1 TB cloud storage per user
  • Microsoft 365 E5$60/month
    • Comprehensive security and compliance
    • All productivity apps
    • Advanced analytics

Samsung Food

Free
  • Samsung FoodFree
    • Recipe import and saving
    • Automatic grocery lists
    • Samsung appliance integration

Which should you pick?

Choose Microsoft 365 if

  • You need office applications.
  • You also want hosted services.
Microsoft 365 review

Choose Samsung Food if

  • You need recipe import.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on iOS, Android, Web.
  • You also want automatic grocery list generation.
Samsung Food review

Questions people ask

Is Microsoft 365 or Samsung Food better?
Neither clearly leads. Microsoft 365 starts at $7/month and Samsung Food at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Microsoft 365 or Samsung Food?
Samsung Food has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $7/month for Microsoft 365 and Free for Samsung Food.
Does Microsoft 365 or Samsung Food run on more platforms?
Microsoft 365 runs on Web. Samsung Food runs on iOS, Android, Web.
Can I use Samsung Food for free?
Yes. Samsung Food has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Microsoft 365 starts at $7/month.
What is Microsoft 365 best used for?
Microsoft 365 is most often used for any organisation that wants mail, documents, meetings and identity from one supplier on one bill., a company standardising on single sign-on, where entra id becomes the account other services authenticate against., regulated work that needs retention, legal hold and ediscovery across mail and documents, provided the tier that includes them is actually bought., a household that needs installed office applications on several machines rather than browser-only editing.. Of those, any organisation that wants mail, documents, meetings and identity from one supplier on one bill. and a company standardising on single sign-on, where entra id becomes the account other services authenticate against. are not what Samsung Food is typically brought in for.
What can Microsoft 365 do that Samsung Food cannot?
Microsoft 365 covers Office applications, Hosted services, Teams, Microsoft Entra ID. Samsung Food covers Recipe import, Automatic grocery list generation, AI meal suggestions, Samsung appliance integration.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Microsoft 365: What is the difference between Microsoft 365 and Office?

Office was a one-off licence for a specific version. Microsoft 365 is a subscription covering the applications and the hosted services together, and when payment stops the applications drop to a reduced state rather than continuing as they were.

Samsung Food: Is Samsung Food the same as Whisk?

Yes, Samsung acquired Whisk in 2019 and rebranded it entirely to Samsung Food in August 2023; Whisk no longer exists as a separate app.

Microsoft 365: Is Teams included?

Not automatically for newer customers. Microsoft unbundled Teams and now sells it alongside the suite, so check what a given quotation actually covers.

Samsung Food: Is Samsung Food free?

Yes, it has no subscription or paid tier.

Microsoft 365: What happens to our files if we stop paying?

The documents remain yours and can be downloaded, but access to hosted mailboxes and sites ends after a retention window, so leaving requires a planned export rather than a cancellation.

Samsung Food: Do I need Samsung appliances to use it?

No, the core recipe and grocery list features work without them, but appliance integration only works with compatible Samsung hardware.

Microsoft 365: Is Copilot part of the subscription?

No. It is a per-user add-on on top of the base licence, generally with its own term commitment, and it is priced per seat regardless of how much any individual uses it.

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