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reviewer917994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder Director at a renewables & environment company with 1-10 employees
Reseller
Affordable communications and collaborations solution
Pros and Cons
  • "Valuable features of the solution are that it's simple and effective."
  • "To a degree, the project management service could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for the solution is communications and to extend collaboration mostly around spreadsheets and a few groups, but mainly just to get teams on. We're working with fairly small teams, so I don't need a complex project management system at this stage. More and more I'm looking at using ClickUp somewhere down the line.

What is most valuable?

Valuable features of the solution are that it's simple and effective. The thing that I use most is access to documentation and being able to download a print; those are handy features for what I do. In general, basic communication administration.

What needs improvement?

To a degree, the project management service could be improved. I see the product is picking up task management specifically and we're trying to move away from emails as far as possible, but still sticking to the task management aspect.

Another area of improvement would be on the conversation side if you use the chat functions; it's a bit all over the place. But it again comes back towards the project management side, or rather workflow. To me, everything is a project, that's how I approach that.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using G Suite since it was Google apps, and that was around 2009.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is fine. I would rather think the local networks are falling apart, so the response times are sometimes slow, but it's not really Google related, it's network related.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is fine. I've got one site with 50 users, so scalability doesn't really matter that in that environment. On the Google apps platform, it doesn't matter if you have one, or 10, or 100 users really, because each user is just functioning on its own space.

How are customer service and support?

I have not needed Google support in the reseller environment. I once needed to recover a Gmail address, which somebody created for a company and then disappeared, so there's quite a lot of information on there. And Google actually didn't help me, we had to find another way to recover it.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Prior to using G Suite, I used to run quite large projects on Microsoft Project. But that was before cloud was really involved.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. To integrate apps into G Suite is actually fairly simple. We're fortunately not sitting with a lot of disparate systems. I add one project and then I use IT to sync.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would say the pricing is very affordable. To me it's cheaper to run a couple of users in a Google platform than what it would be with Microsoft Exchange. But of course, you've got Microsoft Cloud now, so I'm using that as well because clients require that.

What other advice do I have?

When considering G Suite, the key is moving from the old environment, Outlook, or whatever the case might be. I wouldn't use Outlook. I would just stick to the Google interface. But my advice is, if you want change, you've got to plan properly because you'll use it often. That is probably the biggest challenge.

I sell the product, and I would recommend it. I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
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Dubi Blitt - PeerSpot reviewer
Country Manager at CloudFabrix Software
Real User
Top 20
Easy to use with lots of great features and good stability
Pros and Cons
  • "I like everything that Google does. They have good products."
  • "The solution could always be more secure, although that doesn't affect me so much."

What is our primary use case?

I mainly use it for interaction with customers. For internal use, we mostly use Slack. There's hardly any email internally. External emails, however, require Gmail.

What is most valuable?

I like everything that Google does. They have good products.

It's easy to use.

The solution is stable.

The scalability is good. 

It's smarter than I am. There are always more features that I need to explore.

I'm happy with its current integration capabilities. 

What needs improvement?

The solution could always be more secure, although that doesn't affect me so much.

The next trend in email is automation, as email becomes hard when you need to do maintenance, put in the files, and remember where you put stuff. Automation can take away the noise, so to speak. 

That said, for us, since a lot of the communication is done on Slack, email is not used as much anymore. It used to be distribution lists and it was difficult to maintain the inbox. However, now, using Slack, it's not a big issue anymore.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been at my current company for about three months and have used it since then.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of G-suite is good. There are no bugs or glitches. There is no crashing or freezing. It's reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable. If you need to scale up, you can do so with Google. 

We don't have a lot of users. We're a small company. It's probably close to a hundred users in total. 

How are customer service and support?

I've never been in touch with technical support. I haven't had any issues. Therefore, I would not be able to rate the level of service they provide. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used Office 365 before. I can't say that there's a major difference between the two options, or that one is good and one is bad. They're both very good, very advanced.

How was the initial setup?

As it's a cloud-based solution, there isn't really an implementation that happens. It's very simple and straightforward to start using it. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I don't know how much it costs due to the fact that I'm just a user. I'm a sales guy, I'm not the IT guy. I don't handle any aspect of licensing.

What other advice do I have?

Our company is a client and an end-user. We don't have a business relationship with Google. 

As we are using the cloud version of the solution, we're always on the latest version of the product.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. It does what it needs to do in a very good way, so it gets a high mark from me.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
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General Manager at Kaleyra
Real User
Top 20
Stable, scalable, and easy setup
Pros and Cons
  • "G Suite Enterprise is scalable."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

G Suite Enterprise is scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

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.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is usually easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

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

What other advice do I have?

I rate G Suite Enterprise an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Senior Manager/ Co-Founder at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Great integration of features; could be more user friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "Convenient to share and collaborate documents."
  • "The UI could be simplified and made more user friendly."

What is our primary use case?

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. 

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

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. 

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a reliable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the 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. 

How are customer service and technical support?

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.

How was the initial setup?

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.

What was our ROI?

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.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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. 

What other advice do I have?

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. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
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reviewer1349643 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
A stable solution with an easy set up and self reliant integration
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is stable."
  • "Our users have faced an issue with increasing their email quotas over the last three months."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the latest update of the solution. We use it on Windows and are now using it on Windows 10. We utilize the latest version. 

We are using all the basic features and have already hosted for three domains. 

What is most valuable?

The solution serves our needs. We do not use any of Google G Suite's development products. As such, it is good for us. 

What needs improvement?

The pricing is very high, although I cannot tell if this is the result of the Indian vendors artificially inflating it. We are talking about 2,500 per year for each mailbox, which is very high. 

Also, our users have faced an issue with increasing their email quotas over the last three months. When they tried to bring this about they simply lost out on the money they remitted on their credit or debit cards. I feel this to be a very bad practice. 

We have not encountered any support when it comes to such issues. While we have escalated to their email address, we have found this procedure to be very complicated. It took a week's time to receive a response from when we submitted all the relevant details and it is still not clear if the money has been refunded. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using G Suite Enterprise for almost seven years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is always on the high side.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have not been satisfied with the technical support. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very easy.

What about the implementation team?

We did the integration on our own, without the assistance of a vendor or integrator. We had no issues, as the implementation and deployment teams are very good. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The very high pricing is what brings down my rating of the solution from a ten to an eight. 

Also, they only contact a person at the time of renewal, at which point they are very rigid with the price. No negotiation is permitted whatsoever. A person can only be certain that his money will be consumed, but has no such guarantee about the quota being increased.

What other advice do I have?

We are not seeking new requirements or additional features. Our things work fine. Sharing is there and the conferencing is going on. We encounter no difficulties with the features we use. 

Our company has around 215 users who are making use of the solution. 

I would recommend the solution to others and have done so with many people who have contacted me. 

I rate G Suite Enterprise as an eight out of ten. 

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Lourika Vlietstra - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager / Project Director at three6five network solutions
Real User
Top 5
Great search features, reliable storage, and it's quick thinking
Pros and Cons
  • "Good search features, reliable storage, and quick thinking."
  • "Expensive with a complicated licensing structure."

What is our primary use case?

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

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

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. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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. 

What other advice do I have?

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. 

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System Administrator and DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A low cost, stable productivity tool for startups
Pros and Cons
  • "The user interface is fantastic. It's also available for the individual person, so that's also a great thing about it."
  • "I found that there is no desktop application for this solution, and that's a major fault of this application."

What is our primary use case?

We use G Suite Enterprise as a productivity tool. It's used to make spreadsheets, and we use Google Docs for text editing.

What is most valuable?

It's a cloud-based solution. As it's a Google service, it integrates well with Google. So that is a benefit of using this application.

The user interface is fantastic. It's also available for the individual person, so that's also a great thing about it.

It is a stable solution as well. It's low in cost and is a good solution for startups.

What needs improvement?

I found that there is no desktop application for this solution, and that's a major fault of this application. I think it would be good if Google can enhance the desktop application for it.

Also, it's a little bit slow because it's a web application and not a desktop application. The performance is not that great as compared to Office 365.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a pretty stable product, and I haven't encountered any issues apart from the slight slowness of the product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have around 150 users, which is the total strength of the organization.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I have an annual license cost.

What other advice do I have?

G Suite Enterprise is a good option for startups. It's low in cost as compared to Office 365, and there is no difference. They are almost equal to each other if we keep performance aside, and it's a stable product. So, I recommend this product for startups and would rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1500183 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Technology - Toca Social at a media company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Easy to use, easy to administer, and stable, but can have a better graphical user interface
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a stable platform. It is very easy to use, and most importantly, it is very easy to administer. It also gets up and running quite easily."
  • "They can maybe improve its graphical user interface. Google is not really known for having a PC interface. It is just a nice-to-have feature."

What is our primary use case?

It is mostly used for email and account management. Our infrastructure is linked to Google. We have our own domain, but the mail is Google-based. We don't have a rigid infrastructure with domain servers and things like that. Each individual computer is linked to the main account of the user for Google validation processes. We also use cloud storage for Google Drive and file sharing across the company.

What is most valuable?

It is a stable platform. It is very easy to use, and most importantly, it is very easy to administer. It also gets up and running quite easily.

What needs improvement?

They can maybe improve its graphical user interface. Google is not really known for having a PC interface. It is just a nice-to-have feature.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for four years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is most definitely scalable. We have around 200 users.

How are customer service and technical support?

We haven't had much interaction with them. We're using just the basic functionality of it. We have internal people who are able to handle this. They are quite experienced, so we didn't need any support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We've been using G Suite since our company's inception.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution. It is quite a good product. Our requirements are very basic, and it fully satisfies our requirements. We plan to keep using it for the time being.

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

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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