I agree. The ONLY thing Microsoft is best at these days is Excel and then only for power users. If you really want to be able to make scary complex spreadsheets Excel is still the best, by far. But I doubt 95% of users come close to that level and the free stuff will suffice.
Maybe MS-Access? Not sure if there is a good free version of that (but I have not looked at it in a long time).
Otherwise, Word still kinda sucks. OneNote…some like it but not sure it is best. Outlook? Why bother when so many free options are available? Publisher is being discontinued in late 2026 so…why bother with that? Skype has been discontinued.
I do not see any value proposition for MS-Office anymore. Not at those prices unless you have a very specific use case.