Google Workspace vs. Microsoft Exchange

Google Workspace

1,161 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Exchange

605 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Workspace	Score9.1 out of 10	N/A	Google Workspace enables teams of all sizes to connect, create and collaborate. It includes productivity and collaboration tools for work: Gmail for custom business email, Drive for cloud storage, Docs for word processing, Meet for video and voice conferencing, Chat for team messaging, Slides for presentation building, and shared Calendars.	$6 per month per user
Microsoft Exchange	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).	N/A

Pricing

Google Workspace

Microsoft Exchange

Business Starter: $6
per user/per month
Business Standard: $12
per user/per month
Business Plus: $18
per user/per month
Enterprise: Contact sales team

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Pricing Offerings
Google Workspace	Microsoft Exchange
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Google Workspace	Microsoft Exchange
Considered Both Products	Google Verified User Chose Google Workspace Nothing beats the Gmail email service. It is more reliable, has far less down time, and everyone knows how to use it. We had a variety of issues with Microsoft Exchange, and we are extremely happy that we jumped ship years ago. It was worth the effort it took. Thankfully, the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Workspace Microsoft Exchange is a pain to manage onsite, especially if its a global company where you want responsive access globally. If you have the staff, resources and multiple data centers, then perhaps Exchange is still the way to go. Also if you need the data to stay on prem. Offi… Incentivized Helpful? Kwame H. Baptiste Systems / Network Administrator in Information Technology at P. Judge and Sons, Inc - The Judge Organization (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 201-500 employees) Chose Google Workspace interface was more stable and no end client required. Also, completely cloud-based, so no local servers needed. Google is a stable platform and has to notch security. SO spam management is automated. no granular filtering required. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Workspace When comparing G Suite to Exchange, G Suite takes the cake in almost every respect. It's easier to use, designed for the cloud (unlike Exchange Online), and you get all of the excellent other Google Services. It's a pretty insane value. Do your homework, make sure you've … Incentivized Helpful? Kristopher Kauth Systems and ISMS Manager in Information Technology at MarketLinc (Telecommunications, 51-200 employees) Chose Google Workspace When we were planning to migrate off of our old Exchange server, G Suite (Google Apps, at the time) was the only online option that had the features we needed for a reasonable cost. I had used Gmail for years before, and set up a local non-profit club with Google Apps, and … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Ramsland Attorney in Legal at Ball Eggleston PC (Law Practice, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Workspace I am very confident that G Suite stacks up well except that folks are simply too used to Word, Excel, and more particularly, Outlook and Exchange email. But for those things and the addiction of the older generation to them, we'd still be using G Suite. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Gerardo Varillas Product Manager in Information Technology at iDric Soluciones de TI y Seguridad Informática (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange 1) The cost per user is almost the same (around $3 USD more than Google Workspace) but the Office tools that Microsoft includes are the best in the market. The end-users are really adapted to them and the other tools like Google Sheets and Google Documents are really bad. 2) … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Kranz Senior System Administrator in Information Technology at Lippert Components LLC (Automotive, 501-1000 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Exchange offered far more flexibility and customization than Google Workspace. From an administration perspective, it seemed easier to work with Exchange than with Gsuite/Google Workspace. Our employees were more familiar with Microsoft and their comfort level made … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange Google Workspace has excellent spam filtering, but poor customizability without resorting to third-party software or hacks/workarounds. Microsoft 365 has its own problems. We are currently using both Microsoft Exchange and Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) to handle mailbox … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange Google Workspace has much more limited functionality compared to Exchange. I believe it is a bit cheaper on the most basic subscription tier but that's about the only reason to consider using it. It may also be worth considering if you have other workloads using Google Cloud … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange Given all businesses I have worked for used Windows OS and Microsoft applications, it makes sense to stick with Microsoft Exchange. It's a given that if you use Microsoft applications you should use Microsoft Exchange. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Exchange is used by several companies worldwide due to its versatility and competitive rates which includes Office 365 (depending on the license purchased), it stacks up against other vendors e.g., Google. MS Exchange provides shared mailboxes which are not available … Incentivized Helpful? Claire Adams System Engineer in Information Technology at SAIC (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange In comparison to Amazon SES, Microsoft Exchange was significantly more flexible and customizable. Amazon SES seems more complicated from an administrative standpoint. It became more difficult for us to consider migrating to a new platform since our workers were more comfortable … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Exchange is the go-to software if you are going with the Microsoft stack as your main infrastructure provider. It made the most sense going with Microsoft to use Outlook with Exchange, as it would provide the most seamless experience when paired with Defender or most … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange Most IT professionals understand Microsoft Exchange... getting a Linux expert or Google expert can be more challenging. Choosing Microsoft Exchange meant having access to a vast array of talent that understood the system if something went wrong, versus having to learn another … Incentivized Helpful? Jeffrey Rudacille Director of Technology in Information Technology at REX Construction Services (Construction, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange Frankly we never tried anything else so I do not have anything to enter here. The largest competitor would probably be Google/Gmail/G Suite and a lot of start up and smaller companies do use it successfully. Since it is all off premises, Gmail does have some traction for … Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Kaldenberg IT Operations Manager in Information Technology at EMS, Inc (Telecommunications, 201-500 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange We are 100% a Microsoft shop from top to bottom, so for us, Exchange is the best in the business. It wouldn't make sense to integrate another vendor. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Exchange G Suite is a far more superior solution than Microsoft Exchange. The cost is less, the reliability is better, it's easier to use, and we haven't had an issue with it thus far. We initially selected Microsoft Exchange because Microsoft is supposed to be the leader when it comes … Incentivized Helpful? Ian Hansen IT Services Director in Information Technology at Philantech3 (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange There are a few e-mail providers for business out there, but none are nearly as robust and versatile as MS Exchange. There aren't really any out there anymore that even seem to come close. Google has their G Suite, but the mail rules don't work as well, and the only other was … Incentivized Helpful? Gary Lamontagne Network and Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Coos County Family Health Services (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange We chose Microsoft Exchange, because we wanted to keep control of our emails on-site. The Google Suite in the cloud was just not something that we wanted to trust with all our valuable company emails. With Exchange, we have the peace of mind in knowing that our email is safe … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew DeLira Affiliate/Marketing Manager in Information Technology at Lunarpages Internet Solutions (Internet, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Exchange Exchange is more private than Google Apps, however, it does seem costly for Windows licensing fees and a little outdated but it does remain a strong solid program and does perform excellently when used by our corporation. Google Apps doesn't allow rules for mail like exchange … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

Google Workspace

Microsoft Exchange

Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Google Workspace and Microsoft Exchange
Feature	Google Workspace - Ratings	Microsoft Exchange 8.1 80 Ratings
Anti-malware	00 Ratings	8.163 Ratings
Customizability	00 Ratings	7.975 Ratings
Data Loss Protection	00 Ratings	8.665 Ratings
Threat Detection	00 Ratings	8.064 Ratings
Sandboxing	00 Ratings	7.444 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption	00 Ratings	8.364 Ratings
Management Tools	00 Ratings	8.477 Ratings

User Ratings
	Google Workspace	Microsoft Exchange
Likelihood to Recommend	9.6 (116 ratings)	8.8 (98 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (5 ratings)	8.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	9.5 (7 ratings)	9.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	2.2 (12 ratings)	9.9 (12 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.1 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)