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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Workspace Essentials

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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

    Lark

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ALark, or Larksuite, is a take on office suite software that supports workplace collaboration. Founded in 2016, Lark combines messaging, schedule management and online collaborative documents in a single platform. Lark is available now on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

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    Pricing
    Google Workspace EssentialsLark
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $0
    up to 20 users
    Pro
    $12
    per month per user (up to 500 users)
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Workspace EssentialsLark
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    Google Workspace EssentialsLark
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google Workspace EssentialsLark
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Google Workspace Essentials and Larksuite
    Feature
    Google Workspace Essentials
    -
    Ratings
    Larksuite
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Google Workspace Essentials and Larksuite
    Feature
    Google Workspace Essentials
    -
    Ratings
    Larksuite
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Google Workspace Essentials and Larksuite
    Feature
    Google Workspace Essentials
    -
    Ratings
    Larksuite
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Google Workspace EssentialsLark
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (20 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Workspace EssentialsLark
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    On my experience, I did not experience any issue when using this tool. Simply because it is a perfect tool and easy to use. You just need to log in your working email and you can now use it. You can message all of the employees on the company Larksuite.
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    Pros
    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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    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    • Employee Intranet
    • Video Conferencing
    • Document Creation
    • Knowledge base
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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
    Incentivized
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    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    • To automatically delete accounts of the resigned employees
    • Detect Harmful files that may harm the user
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    We will use this product and we don't have plan to change since this is a perfect tool
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    Usability
    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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    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    I rate this perfect simply because we use this everyday and this is very helpful. Without this tool I can't imagine how we can communicate to each other and how we can resolve every concern/issue that we cater everyday on our job. This is the tool we use to communicate and endorse specific concern.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    I selected Larksuite simply because even you don't have laptop or desktop you can simply install this app through google or apple store and you just need to log in using your working email. You will now access and use every feature on this app. You can also watch and play videos.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    • The quality of communicator is way easier by the help of Larksuite
    • Larksuite plays the most important role in our company since by Larksuite we our being notified if there are updates we need to check
    Incentivized
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