Google Workspace Essentials vs. TemplateToaster

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
TemplateToaster
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
TemplateToaster is website template and theme generating software. It is developed by AcrossSoft, a software development company in New York, NY. The software is a desktop based application and generates templates or themes for content management systems such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, and Prestashop.
$49
one-time fee
Pricing
Google Workspace EssentialsTemplateToaster
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard Edition
$49
Annually
Professional Edition
$149
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Workspace EssentialsTemplateToaster
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPrices reflect a one-year subscription with optional paid updates following the initial year.
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Community Pulse
Google Workspace EssentialsTemplateToaster
Features
Google Workspace EssentialsTemplateToaster
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Workspace Essentials
-
Ratings
TemplateToaster
9.1
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Google Workspace Essentials
-
Ratings
TemplateToaster
9.5
2 Ratings
20% above category average
API00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Google Workspace Essentials
-
Ratings
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
18% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Workspace Essentials
-
Ratings
TemplateToaster
9.3
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google Workspace EssentialsTemplateToaster
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(17 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Workspace EssentialsTemplateToaster
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.
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AcrossSoft
TemplateToaster has the best features which include: BOOTSTRAP 3 support, W3C compliance, all devices and all browsers compatibility, clean and concise code generation, and extensive designing options. A big pack of sample templates comes free with software installation, and all the designing options have been provided as per the latest web design trends. Templates made in TemplateToaster make clients say, “wow, it’s amazing”. TemplateToaster is a designing tool as well as a development tool. In short words, it provides a GUI for designing templates, after the accomplishment of designing, the template can be exported into a fully-fledged web template, which is ready to use as a website design.
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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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AcrossSoft
  • Advanced designing features and using these advanced features very easily e.g. Bootstrap 3 support that makes flawless responsive templates.
  • Encapsulated all the major designing trends with respect to particular CMS.
  • Optimized code is produced for every theme/template as such the coding standards are perfectly followed by this software.
  • All WordPress themes made with this software pass the Theme Check test.
  • Because of W3C compliance it ensures consistency of websites over the web.
  • HTML5 and CSS3 also ensure better look of designs on small screens.
  • Apart from making web templates, one can make full fledged websites too. TemplateToaster allows making static websites with YouTube video inclusion. It has inbuilt FTP, so that user can easily move its website to the server.
  • An amazing and exclusive feature it provides is the option to draw custom widget/module/ block area.
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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
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AcrossSoft
  • It is not available for MAC operating system.
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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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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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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AcrossSoft
No answers on this topic
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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AcrossSoft
No, I never used any other similar software, its completely a new experience
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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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AcrossSoft
  • TemplateToaster returns full value of money.
  • It helps in finishing my projects ahead of time, hence I can finish more projects in less time. In other words, it helps in increasing my efficiency, which brings monetary benefits to me.
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ScreenShots

TemplateToaster Screenshots

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