Google Workspace Essentials vs. Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Google Workspace Essentials | Score9.1 out of 10 | N/A | Google 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 |
 Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) | Score8.5 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The 2016 is no longer available for sale from Microsoft, and support is at an end since 2020. | N/A |
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| Editions & Modules | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | ||||||||||||||
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
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| Google Workspace Essentials | Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) | |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 7.5 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 10.0 | 5.0 |
| Usability | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 8.0 |