Google Workspace for Education vs. Microsoft 365

Google Workspace for Education

37 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft 365

7,168 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Workspace for Education	Score9.5 out of 10	N/A	Google Workspace for Education includes Google products like Classroom, Meet, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides, to create an online ecosystem for learning. The Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals edition is available at no per student cost to available institutions.	$3 per month
Microsoft 365	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a Microsoft Cloud subscription service that includes Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access). The software can be installed across multiple devices and ensures that users always have the most up-to-date version of the included Office applications.	$5 Per User Per Month

Pricing

Google Workspace for Education

Microsoft 365

Google Workspace for Education Standard: $3.00
per student, per year
Teaching and Learning Upgrade: $4
per month per license
Google Workspace for Education Plus: $5.00
per student, per year

Business Basic: $5.00
Per User Per Month
Individual: $5.84
*Per Month
Business - Apps: $8.25
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - F3: $10.00
Per User Per Month
Business Standard: $12.50
Per User Per Month
Business Premium: $20.00
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - E3: $32.00
Per User Per Month
Enterprise - E5: $57.00
Per User Per Month

Pricing Offerings
Google Workspace for Education	Microsoft 365
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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*When billed annually.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Google Workspace for Education	Microsoft 365
Considered Both Products	Google Tim Griffin ICT Client Services Manager in Information Technology at Kambala (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Google Workspace for Education Google has a simpler approach to its apps. With all applications being online, things like auto-save being a default have been helpful for many staff in our organisation. Compare this to Microsoft where much of the admin has to be managed by the ICT Team, Google allows for a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Workspace for Education Ultimately, since we use Chromebooks, it did not make sense to choose Microsoft. Its price points are significantly higher, and the platform is more business-oriented than tailored to the education market. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Chernin System Software Administrator in Information Technology at WBAIS (Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees) Chose Google Workspace for Education While having more features and being overall more powerful, Microsoft's tools and services feel always more complex to use, are slower and its collaboration features are not on par with Google's. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	Google Workspace for Education	Microsoft 365
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (2 ratings)	7.8 (240 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.5 (6 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.2 (8 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (54 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)