Amazon WorkDocs vs Google Workspace comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.0, while Google is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.4% mindshare in CCP, compared to Google’s 8.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Google users who would recommend it.

Amazon WorkDocs

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

Google Workspace and Amazon WorkDocs are productivity and collaboration tools. Google Workspace holds an advantage with its wide feature range and integration ease, while Amazon WorkDocs excels in storage and security capabilities beneficial for data protection.

Features: Google Workspace includes Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Meet, enhancing collaboration and communication. Amazon WorkDocs is strong in secure document sharing and storage, vital for businesses focusing on data confidentiality.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Workspace offers straightforward deployment and supports easy integration with extensive support resources. Amazon WorkDocs uses a cloud-based model with comprehensive support focusing on security configurations, emphasizing customization and security.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace features flexible pricing tiers offering high ROI through operational efficiency and feature integration. Amazon WorkDocs provides a cost-effective solution in storage pricing, appealing to businesses with high data management demands.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkDocs

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

2.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Workspace

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

106

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (1st), Cloud Storage (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkDocs is 3.4%, down from 13.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 8.9%, up from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Google Workspace	8.9%
Amazon WorkDocs	3.4%
Other	87.7%

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reviewer1212129

Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

Collaboration works seamlessly and automation supports efficient file sharing

I work as a software engineer in fraud prevention projects where I function primarily as a data engineer. I work with data warehouses, which are centralized storage systems where transactions through databases occur and data from various client sources is consolidated. Amazon WorkDocs can be integrated with AWS Lambda and used with step functions. If publishing with SNS, WorkDocs can subscribe to SNS as well. The integration capabilities of WorkDocs with other AWS services are strong. For access, we use Okta with our AWS account, and we can only log in through our laptops. We authenticate and access whatever services we are authorized to use from the company. Mobile access is not allowed. On a scale of 1-10, I rate Amazon WorkDocs an 8.

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AnnaRomagnuolo

Assosiate Professor at Palazzo del Mediterraneo

Collaborative work with students has improved but storage limitations and support issues remain

We have Google Workspace, and we use it primarily for Drive to collect items. We categorize folders with topics and material either for students or for research. We use Google Doc to share documents, especially when we assign homework to be corrected for peer correction or classroom correction. With Teams and Microsoft, we use it for collective calls and exam supervision because we use video surveillance through camera with Teams. We use Teams for meetings and to share material with students. The ability to share documents with students and assign them things and correct them in real time has been beneficial. You can verify what they write, and they can contribute and cooperate to create a collective document, which is something that our society nowadays requires. The ability to cooperate, especially those who work with languages and those who work with writing, need to learn how to cooperate. There is co-editing and co-writing, all these sorts of things. I love the fact that I can easily have access to folders that I can categorize and where I can upload research material and teaching material.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"For content sharing, it provides automation features that can be customized according to needs, which are some of the best features that I appreciate."

"This solution is great for inviting and sharing documents with other users."

"Google Mail lets you link a task to a specific email and add a reminder. That's helpful for reviewing your schedule. It's based on Slack, so you don't have these folders like in Microsoft mail. Using Slack instead of folders is a bit more intuitive. It's easier to find again a specific email than using Microsoft Suite. If you misplace things, it's much easier to find them because of Google's search capability."

"Google integrates well with our system. G Suite has an open API, so you can connect any open system with Google capable of working with API. This is the main reason we use it."

"The solution is stable."

"Google Workspace enhances my productivity within my organization."

"G Suite Enterprise provides many features, such as business increased search visibility, email address, and domain. It's a large whole ecosystem that is the major benefit. You can manage your whole team and have many tools. Over seven years, the solution has gone through some drastic upgrades and improvements which are done automatically, I do not have to manual upgrade."

"The solution is very stable."

"personally prefer to use G Suite applications, such as Gmail, Slides, and Sheets, because they give you the freedom to share the document you're editing and co-work with other colleagues simultaneously."

"G Suite Enterprise is scalable."

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Cons

"The auditing features of Amazon WorkDocs have not helped meet compliance needs."

"I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app."

"There's a bit of a learning curve."

"For Google Docs, if you upload a Word document up to Google Docs, it could mess up your formatting quite a bit."

"Scalability is not as good as we would like."

"It would be nice to have additional software, such as Microsoft Teams, since our basic edition, Google Meet, cannot record video."

"The problem with the presentation is that if you upload a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and you convert it to Google presentation, the slides or pictures, their images are not editable. You can't edit the slides that you brought in. They're just images."

"There is some redundancy in the functionality between certain modules."

"What needs improvement in Google Workspace is the Google Drive app, in particular, making the process of finding the shared and most used files and folders easier. The first time you get an invite to view a file or folder in Google Drive and you view that folder or file, it's pretty easy, but the next time you try to access it again, sometimes, it's a bit difficult to find what was shared with you. An additional feature I'd like to see in Google Workspace is the option to un-send messages in Gmail. Microsoft has a message recall feature, and this isn't available in Gmail, so it's the feature I'd like to be added to Gmail."

"They could increase the number of third-party integrations on offer."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"Careful consideration should be given to the different licensing options and provisions should be made for additional applications that may be required for your particular business."

"The price per client within the business is too high."

"There are different versions of the solution available, such as premium."

"The main challenge regarding startups with identity services is you could be on a platform that works well but the services are expensive. For example, Microsoft Azure costs approximately $30 per user which is expensive. You end up choosing a different platform, such as G Suite Enterprise because it is priced reasonably and is less expensive than other solutions."

"I give the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being the most affordable."

"The overall cost is very reasonable when considering all of the security features that you are receiving. It is a bit more expensive than our local host and/or other hosting companies that are available on the market, but it is worth it."

"Pricing is something concerning. We find the solution very expensive."

"Licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

11%

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Government

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Comms Service Provider

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Midsize Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	28

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon WorkDocs?

Data encryption with Amazon WorkDocs can be improved. Security can be enhanced with more robust data encryption capabilities. File migration is another area for improvement. If an organization is n...

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What is your primary use case for Amazon WorkDocs?

We use Amazon WorkDocs for file sharing at our workplace.

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What advice do you have for others considering Amazon WorkDocs?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?

The company made the decision to migrate, so I'm not sure why specifically. The company is moving the data and the Microsoft subscription is no longer continued, so I have the choice to use Google ...

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

Before I was in a Microsoft environment, which had its own software that was not website-based. When I moved to Google Workspace, it was not seamless because I have to access it through a web view ...

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What is your primary use case for Google Workspace?

I have been using Google Workspace for file organizing, including Google Drive, Spreadsheet, Gmail, and Google Form, with most of my usage being in Spreadsheet. I do use Google Groups, which combin...

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault

Overview

Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed, secure content creation, storage, and collaboration service. With Amazon WorkDocs, you can easily create, edit, and share content, and because it’s stored centrally on AWS, access it from anywhere on any device. Amazon WorkDocs makes it easy to collaborate with others, and lets you easily share content, provide rich feedback, and collaboratively edit documents. You can use Amazon WorkDocs to retire legacy file share infrastructure by moving file shares to the cloud. Amazon WorkDocs lets you integrate with your existing systems, and offers a rich API so that you can develop your own content-rich applications. Amazon WorkDocs is built on AWS, where your content is secured on the world's largest cloud infrastructure.

With Amazon WorkDocs, there are no upfront fees or commitments. You pay only for active user accounts, and the storage you use. Amazon WorkDocs provides a 30-day free trial with 1 TB of storage per user for up to 50 users.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

Google

Sample Customers

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There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.

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