Collabora vs. Google Workspace Essentials

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Collabora
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Based on LibreOffice, Collabora Office and Collabora Online, from Collabora Productivity provides the popular open-source, on-premise office suite and make it available as either an online or a desktop enterprise solution with premium support. The solution enables users to access documents, author new content and work collaboratively.
$19.90
per year per user
Google Workspace Essentials
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Google now offers Google Workspace Essentials (formerly G Suite Essentials), providing a solution for users of Outlook or Office whose teams want to use Google Meet and Google Apps without needing to involve a personal gmail account. Google Workspace Essentails includes Google Slides, Sheets, and Docs, as well as Google Meet, Google Drive, Forms, Sites, and Keep, in a bundle minus a gmail account. Basic Essentials supports (via Meet) meetings with up to 150 participants, and Google Drive with…
$8
per month per user
Pricing
CollaboraGoogle Workspace Essentials
Editions & Modules
Collabora for SMBs
$19.90
per year per user
Collabora for Enterprises
Custom
Collabora Online
Contact Sales
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CollaboraGoogle Workspace Essentials
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
CollaboraGoogle Workspace Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(17 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
CollaboraGoogle Workspace Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
Collabora
No answers on this topic
Google
Well-suited for: Fast-paced drafting ideas, docs, charts, sheets, etc. Love it for client calls as well. Google Meet runs in a web browser; you don't need to download any special software. Shared Drives are great for sharing information; the ability to add a Google Notebook to them is the icing on the cake. It is less appropriate when Wi-Fi or the internet is spotty, or when you need heavy-duty Excel macro data crunching.
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Pros
Collabora
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Google
  • Google Docs & Google Slides are essential to our company as we are remote. Multiple people can work on the documents at one time.
  • Easy to share and store files in Google Drive.
  • Google Calendar is amazing, it integrates seamlessly with other Google products and it's our company's primary calendar tool.
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Cons
Collabora
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Google
  • Record option to be there in Google meet
  • ability to share documents outside google accounts need to be looked at
  • Improvement in conversion to MS office based documents and converting those documents to googles format needs a little work.
  • Will be good to have a pdf to word converter and vice versa
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Likelihood to Renew
Collabora
No answers on this topic
Google
Now that our department has used G Suite Essentials for close to 2 years, I can't imagine not using it. It has proven to be a very practical tool for sharing files / folders on a shared drive. It also makes it easy to modify and update content. It is user friendly and the interface is simple.
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Usability
Collabora
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Google
It is so easy to use, very intuitive and the site looks nice. There is no hint of the old DOS days in the look and functionality. Let's be real, Google Workspace Essentials is attractive and easy on the eyes and even offers a dark mode if you want to rest your eyes a bit or are in a mood for such
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Alternatives Considered
Collabora
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Google
Google Workspace Essentials is more robust than Dropbox with the other features that are available. Google Workspace Essentials is very comparable to Microsoft 365, and we ultimately went with Google because at the time, it was free/priced better than MS, and now we have lots of legacy files already stored on Google servers, so a switch would be too time-consuming. We went with Google Workspace Essentials over OpenOffice because of the email features of using Google.
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Return on Investment
Collabora
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Google
  • Our fundraising and development efforts nearly doubled 2020-2022, largely in part to the organizational tools within Google Workspace Essentials.
  • We've opened up the capacity to work more closely with contractors in a more collaborative nature because of GWE's capabilities.
  • It was integral to our brand overhaul.
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