Google Workspace Reviews

I am using G Suite Enterprise for a messaging platform and identity service.

The solution could improve the Google Cloud identity login to laptops that sometimes do not work. The collaboration for Google sites, they are not equivalent to others, such as Sharepoint. 

In an upcoming release, self-services, identity governance, and overall features could improve. Additionally, there should be a feature to allow users to connect to Password Anywhere to manage their passwords, such as password resetting. All these features are already provided by Microsoft Office 365 and they are leading in these areas.

I have been using G Suite Enterprise for approximately five years.

This solution is stable.

G Suite Enterprise is scalable.

The support could improve for Google platforms. For example, there could be better videos or tutorials. The technical support is not as good as what is provided by Microsoft. For example, when the Google cloud identity service does not log a user in, the technical documents and the support pass the blame onto the laptop manufacturer. They are avoiding responsibility for the integration.

The setup is usually easy.

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.

When evaluating Google, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Azure identity services, I have found Azure is the best.

I rate G Suite Enterprise an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case is for emails, document creation, managing and storing documents, and using the administration console for managing user access. I'm the founder and a partner in the company and we are customers of G Suite Enterprise. 

This is quite a typical solution in the sense of the standup email functionality. The convenience is being able to collaborate on Google docs at the same time on the same document without any issues figuring out which is the latest version. I also like the integration of documents, Google Drive and Gmail. We use Google Meet, and obviously Google Calendar. It's a good integrated environment and I use all the different components. The collaboration functionality in the cloud and in terms of working on documentation makes it all very convenient. It satisfies our needs as a small startup company that has quite ad hoc usage.

The administration aspect, including the UI and implementation, could be simplified and made more user friendly. I have one integration issue which is when you reply to an email, there is no option to create an event, which is something you get in Outlook. Events need to be created separately, which is unnecessary, and that's one specific point that recently caught my attention. 

I've been using this solution for a few months. 

This is a reliable solution.

I haven't had the chance to scale because we are only three users with a small number of files to manage, but I wouldn't expect any issues. 

We have never communicated with support to date, but my perception is that it's not very easy to reach out, meaning that they don't have a straightforward way of calling or chatting and contact is usually by email. There is a lot of documentation online so if there's any problem, issue or question, you google it, and try to find the answer on their technical documentation.

I found the initial setup not very logical, the way the administration consults are done, it's a little complicated. I know this is very straightforward in Outlook. In a practical sense, the set up was easy. We just created the users within our organization, set up their email addresses, the permissions access, and it was fine. It took a few hours and it's on cloud so we didn't need to install anything, we just had to configure, set up users, give permission for the subscriptions, that was it.

In just a few minutes we were able to set up the email, storage, and have the tools to create and manage documents. We have conferencing software so everything is available immediately in a few clicks. You save a lot of time not having to configure all these things separately, it's in one package and on the cloud. I see that as ROI, because we don't need to spend time on tedious administrative tasks.

This solution is subscription based. We took an annual subscription which costs less than a monthly one. It was pretty affordable. We were choosing between Microsoft and Google. I don't remember which one was more expensive. I think Google was cheaper, and if I'm not mistaken, the price was $6 per user, per month. I'm not aware of any additional costs. 

If you're in a similar situation to us, with a small company, especially a startup or maybe a small team that needs to manage their corporate email, team email, their documents, and have access to some web-conferencing software and so on, it's a good tool. It takes a few minutes and you're set up, with all the infrastructure. We were creating our own domain to create our corporate emails and we could have gone for Microsoft or Google. My preference would have been Microsoft, but for some reason, from our country, that wasn't an option. For user experience, G Suite is still a good solution. 

I'm a customer of G Suite Enterprise and a user.

Personally, I find that Google meetings and the Hangout application are much easier to use than Microsoft Teams. If I send a customer a Zoom invite or a Google Hangouts invite, it's easier than joining a Teams meeting where an alternative account of mine might be chosen causing confusion. It means I have to close the program, exit everything, restart, log into the correct email address, and then rejoin. It's complicated. Hangouts is easy, and if you have more than one Google account, you can choose which account you wish to use. These days, more people work for more than one company, so it makes sense to be able to switch between accounts, depending on who you're engaging with.

I'd like to see some changes; working with images inside a doc can sometimes be irritating because it doesn't move the way you'd like. It lacks an auto-fill feature and when you drag down a number, it doesn't auto-fill. Alternatively, it assumes you want to add a digit onto a value that you don't really want. Microsoft has a copy option where you don't auto-fill, Google Sheets doesn't have that feature. The solution has a complicated licensing structure and it's expensive, especially for small businesses. Their Word and Excel packages are not as powerful as Microsoft, but not everybody needs that. 

I've been using this solution for three years. 

It's stable, I haven't had any bugs or issues. They're on top of it. 

Licensing is complicated, you can't just buy a license and have access to all the packages. You buy a license and get five packages, but then if you need something else it requires another license, it's annoying. I understand why they do it but as a small company, you might want to use the video once or twice a year and it requires purchasing a license for a year just for that. A per-use fee would be better. 

This solution has everything you need. It's got search features, it's got reliable storage, card features it's got quick thinking, it's awesome. 

I rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

We have different use cases. We have a set of people, like the executives and recruiters, who use G Suite for documentation, email, and everything. There is a separate set of people, like the leadership team, who use it just for emails. We also use Google Meet for team meetings. All our laptops are getting backed up to Google Drive. Google has covered everything in one shot.

Being able to back up our data on Google Drive is a critical and valuable feature for our customers. It is just in sync. Imagine you change a file on the desktop, and it gets updated directly to your Google Drive. Our laptop is completely in sync with Google Drive. 

Google Meet, Google Sheets, and Google Docs are also amazing products. They're very versatile and easy to use as compared to Office 365. I am using Google Sheets and Google Docs, which first save the work on my memory or ROM, and then on my RAM. It gives me better productivity through Google Sheets and Google Docs.

There could be more options in Google G Suite. They can include HD calling for Google Meet.

The layout portion in the calendar for Google G Suite can be better designed. When we get into the calendar and start scheduling meetings, we do have few hiccups here and there. The layout can be a little easier. People from different backgrounds are finding it a little bit tough to understand. It should be more intuitive. At the moment, it has a completely white background. To do power saving, it would be good if they can release a darker background.

There are a few issues with the formatting of Google Docs when they get converted to Microsoft docs. It would be amazing if they can resolve it in the next release.

I have been using this solution for the past three years.

It is stable and reliable.

It is scalable. Scalability is the main feature of G Suite. We have somewhere close to 900 to 1,500 users who use it on a daily basis.

I haven't contacted them. I'm an ISM, and my IT team was responsible for handling the hiccups that happened 45 days ago. When the server was down, they were in touch with the technical team.

I didn't find it complex.

I deployed it on my own. It is maintained on its own in the cloud.

Being an ISM, I regularly audit the logs for the G Suite to find out if we have any kind of hiccups. Around 45 days back, our server went down for almost eight hours. I could figure out through the logs why it was down and what was happening. It is not much work when it comes to the maintenance of G Suite.

I had started doing research from my side about what is G Suite and what other options we have for an enterprise solution. Coming from an IT background, it took me a day or so to understand what G Suite is. It did not take me long.

From information security, that is, confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) as well as stability and reliability point of view, G Suite is the product to go for. 

I would rate G Suite Enterprise a nine out of ten.

I mainly use it for sending emails and storing files on Google Drive. 

It's secure. It offers data security and user privacy. I use it for personal purposes.  

The interface is okay, and it's easy to use.

With the Internet of Things, a platform that integrates well with others would be even better.

I use it. 

It's stable, easy to use, and accessible even with a weak internet connection.

It is a scalable product. There are around 10 to 16 end users in my company.

We do have plans to increase the further usage. 

It's easy to deploy.

We have a technical person in my organization who handled it.

We pay on yearly basis. 

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. I would recommend using the solution. 

The product is user-friendly and knows how to appeal to a user. Google Docs accepts some of our requirements. Its most valuable feature is performance. The product's integrations are good.  

Google Workspace needs to be more flexible, like Microsoft Excel. 

I have been using the product for a couple of years. 

My company has 400 users. 

The tool's deployment is easy. It is a cloud solution, and you must just log in to use it. You need a team of ten resources to deploy it. 

Google Workspace's deployment can be done in-house. 

We have enjoyed benefits like time, money, data acquisition, and records with the tool's use. 

The solution is expensive. 

I rate Google Workspace an eight out of ten. The product has a high level of security and I haven't encountered any kind of violation. 

The solution is easy to use, and you don't need a lot of knowledge for it. Also, if anyone changes a document in the workspace, you can set up messages telling you if someone changes a document.

Google needs to improve its support.

I've used the solution for around ten years.

I rate the solution's stability an eight out of ten because it can always be improved.

The solution is scalable since it's just software. We have about ten users in my company on the solution, and we plan to increase the number of users. We have people in IT, the manager, and the sales department using the solution.

The quality of support depends because sometimes they are very fast. By contrast, if I want to change a registered number from mobile to landline, Google tells me it's impossible because it violates their rules. I must then send them proof that the landline belongs to the company. But I should be able to change it without questions since I own the account. I have a similar problem with changing the location because Google has set my location to the next building. I've tried five times already, but it only shows the proper building for 20 minutes before returning to the other one.

Tech support either doesn't answer requests, or you have to open a new ticket.

The initial setup is straightforward. It took five minutes to deploy the solution. To deploy the solution, I needed to create a login, and then I got access to spreadsheets or any other documents.

You don't need any IT people to deploy the service. You can do it yourself. In my company, two people in the IT department are looking at deployment and maintenance, helping with IT problems.

Google Workspace is good for everybody. Everyone can participate in editing documents. Moreover, you don't have to send any documents. You just need to log into your Google account, and you will have access. Likewise, you can access documents from anywhere if you have the Internet.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten and recommend others use it.

The product is a SaaS platform that helps us work remotely from anywhere in the world with just internet access. We can send emails and collaborate with friends. It is a secure workspace.

Google Chat is the most valuable feature of the solution. We can communicate with our domain users effectively. We can share documents and content and have quick meetings. We can collaborate with friends securely and seamlessly without downtime.

The product could improve the number of participants allowed in a meeting and the strength of the meetings. It can also improve the sending limit.

I have been using the solution for the last four years.

The tool is stable, secure, and seamless.

The product is scalable. Around 400 users are using the product in our organization.

I have asked many questions to the support team when there are any struggles with email deliveries. The support provided was satisfactory.

The deployment is a lengthy process.

The deployment process depends on the platform we use. If we had used a different platform before, we would have had to migrate users’ drive, email, and calendar data to Google Workspace. These processes then lead to change management because most users are unfamiliar with it. I don’t need staff members to deploy the solution.

The time taken for deployment depends on the user base. If there are 300 users, it can be done within 15 days. The solution does not require maintenance, but an administrator is required to manage the users, configurations, and policies.

The product provides updates on a regular basis. We chose the product because Google is growing in its user base and security. The tool is easy to use, and we can leverage the product. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

We use the tool for email and Google Drive. 

We find Google Drive and mail useful for our services. 

The tool should improve its on-prem capabilities to include people who are working offline. The pricing is also a challenge for both the Indian and overseas markets. The tool has a cap of 300 licenses. The product's price has also increased by 10 percent. Businesses are struggling to justify the ROI. Users cannot block emails unless they have a strong firewall. 

I have been using the tool for twenty years. 

The product is stable. 

I would rate the product a nine out of ten. 

I use it for communicating with people, editing files simultaneously, sharing files, and uploading documents. 

From my point of view, there is a lot of room for improvement in the workspace, particularly in the cloud and premises environment. I would like to learn more about how to communicate, edit things, and use the cloud as a hosting environment for a website. I lead IT for websites in WordPress and have been using Google Workspace, but I would love to know more about how I could use Google Cloud for my purposes. 

Additionally, I need to figure out how to manage phones, save things, and use the software for business management.

I've been using Google Workspace since it was first introduced. Whenever something new is released, I start using it immediately.

I would rate the stability a five out of ten. From the products I have used so far with Google, I would rate stability around five because I've seen it keep developing and being stable in general.

I had issues with Google Ads, which is another product of Google not exactly coordinated with Workspace. But I didn't have any issues with Workspace.

In general, I trust Google products. I would definitely recommend using the solution. Overall, I would rate it around seven out of ten.