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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

    TheraNest by Therapy Brands

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ATheraNest Professional is a mental health and therapy notes software from Therapy Brands, that is designed to help psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers and others in mental health manage and grow their practices and organizations. From health records, to notes, to payment processing, TheraNest aims to make managing clients and business simple, with reporting that enables the user know how a practice is doing including referral reports, retention rates, and billing reports.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    Google Workspace EssentialsTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Editions & Modules
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    TheraNest (up to 30 active clients)
    $39
    per month
    TheraNest (up to 40 active clients)
    $50
    per month
    TheraNest (up to 50 active clients)
    $60
    per month
    TheraNest (up to 80 active clients)
    $91
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Workspace EssentialsTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Google
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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
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
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    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
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Workspace EssentialsTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (20 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Workspace EssentialsTheraNest by Therapy Brands
    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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    Therapy Brands
    TheraNest is appropriate for clinical practice and seems well-suited for providing speech-language and other allied health services. Without firsthand experience billing, it is difficult to provide input regarding the ease of billing with this software. I have yet to see how TheraNest would work for clients with multiple insurance types. I trialed the TheraNest video conferencing near the beginning of 2020 (start of global pandemic), but the feature had glitches and I have since discontinued use of this feature.
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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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    Therapy Brands
    • Well-organized layout
    • Syncs to Google Calendar
    • User friendly
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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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    Therapy Brands
    • Make it easier to see if a note is linked to an appointment
    • More options for making employee availability blocks
    • Synced appointments still show up after client is archived
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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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    Therapy Brands
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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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    Therapy Brands
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    Support Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Therapy Brands
    TheraNest support team is great but has grown since we bought it 4 years ago. 4 years ago you could call a number and someone would assist immediately and your issue would be resolved within moments. Now when you call to support you speak to someone who tells you they will create a ticket and get back in touch, which takes 2-3 days for a resolve. We understand that this is because TheraNest is growing and cannot staff at such a large scale so quickly without needing to better structure the support process. However, it is something that has been hard to transition over to for our company.
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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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    Therapy Brands
    TheraHelper was outdated software that was difficult to use and hard to understand. We have cut down almost 3X the amount of work it took to use TheraHelper. TheraHelper did have a better report option for accounting purposes and that is something we are hopeful TheraNest grows toward. TheraHelper also was just beginning to offer a cloud-based option that was very different from the original software they offered, but still too difficult to navigate.
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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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    Therapy Brands
    • Saved us money!
    • Saved us time!
    • Helped us stay organized!
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