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    Google Workspace Essentials

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle now offers Google Workspace Essentials (formerly G Suite Essentials), providing a solution for users of Outlook or Office whose teams want to use Google Meet and Google Apps without needing to involve a personal gmail account. Google Workspace Essentails includes Google Slides, Sheets, and Docs, as well as Google Meet, Google Drive, Forms, Sites, and Keep, in a bundle minus a gmail account. Basic Essentials supports (via Meet) meetings with up to 150 participants, and Google Drive with…

    $8

    per month per user

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    Google Workspace Essentials
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    We use both in concert with each other, and they work well when setting up a device for hardened security.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    Microsoft 365 has a better calendar at times, but its interface is clunky and outdated. Google offered better cloud access, more security features, and a better user experience for employees.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    Google Workspace Essentials is easier to use in general, has faster access to attached files, and is easier to organize.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    We have started to use Smokeball Legal Software as opposed to Google for many of our chat and calendar services. It's more functional, secure, and has less downtime. We had hoped for Google integration, but it does not appear that is coming, so unfrankly, we have to move on …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    - Gmail is better treated by spam filters, and it is more seldom when our messages go to the spam folder in the recipients' mailbox
    - ProtonMail did not have a dedicated meeting platform, and it was difficult to match the invites with the meeting room link
    - The layout of Gmail …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    We started with Google and integrated with those services.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    Basically, it was easier to deploy and we were having some issues with the older Microsoft version, and we thought Gsuite had a friendlier environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    Google Workspace is easier to use and access.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    It's the beast of all beasts and the only platform we really considered when building the organization. A lot of that was due to Google Workspace Essentials' price point: as a nonprofit, we're always looking at ways to cut costs, and Google is extremely affordable and prices …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    There is absolutely no comparison between Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace Essentials. As I mentioned before, almost everyone uses Google either personally or with their business. Therefore, it is so very easy to adjust to Google Workspace Essentials. Google also makes it way …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    Google Workspace Essentials allows for more features to be used and seems to break/branch things into a more organized way. Dropbox Business is decent, but the user interface isn't as friendly. We primarily rely on Google Workspace Essentials, as it seems to be more popular …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace Essentials
    Google Workspace Essentials is more robust than Dropbox with the other features that are available. Google Workspace Essentials is very comparable to Microsoft 365, and we ultimately went with Google because at the time, it was free/priced better than MS, and now we have lots …
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    Google Workspace Essentials
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)