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Google Workspace Essentials
Formerly G Suite Essentials

Overview

What is Google Workspace Essentials?

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…

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Great workplace product with awesome UX.

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 26, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Google Workspace Essentials for our corporate email, calendar, documents, sheets, etc. It is used by every employee in the organization in our 14 offices. It makes coll...
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Verified user
Manager
Google Workspace Essentials2 years of experience

Get Google Workspace Essentials - you won't be disappointed!

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 26, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Our business uses Google Workspace for internal and external communications, along with calendaring and managing staff email accounts. We love having the ability to instant me...
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Robin Anderson
Manager - Sales
Program Manager/Operations
Smarter Divorce Solutions
Google Workspace Essentials1 year of experience

Easy to Use and Even Easier to Get Started

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 14, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Google Workspace Essentials is how our company ensures the productivity and visibility of our remote team. Google Workspace Essentials also allows bringing the team together b...
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Tania Gallegos
Administrator - Human Resources
HR Generalist / Talent Recruiter
Rockpoint Legal Funding
Google Workspace Essentials3 years of experience

I like this product very much

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 10, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use it as a sign-in provider, as a mail provider, and also as a security provider for DLP. I love the simplicity of the admin side the OAuth in other services is so easy to...
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Naor Melamed
C-Level Executive - Research & Development
CTO
Eloops
Google Workspace Essentials4 years of experience

Still a Valuable Resource for Small Businesses

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 3, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We were early adopters of G Suite in order to take advantage of the email address extensions and shared storage space. Even with the change over to Google Workspace Essentials...
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David Calvert
Director - Other
Pastor for Creative Arts
Grace Community Church
Google Workspace Essentials9 years of experience
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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://workspace.google.com/essentials

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $8 per month per user
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Product Details

What is Google Workspace Essentials?

Google Workspace Essentials Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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 100GB per user and 2TB pooled. The Enterprise edition supports 250 participants in a meeting, as well as up to 100k viewers of a Live Streamed event, and 1TB per user of Drive space (25TB pooled).

Google Workspace Essentials starts at $8.

The most common users of Google Workspace Essentials are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Great workplace product with awesome UX.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 26, 2023
Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Accounting Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Workspace Essentials
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Google Workspace Essentials for our corporate email, calendar, documents, sheets, etc. It is used by every employee in the organization in our 14 offices. It makes collaboration easier and makes scheduling meetings very easy. It addresses all of our business collaboration and communication needs for the firm as a whole.
Pros
  • Easy to schedule meetings.
  • Chat functionality is robust.
  • Google Docs are simple to create and edit.
Cons
  • The calendar tool isn't as easy to learn as Outlook.
  • Sometimes Gchat notifications can be obtrusive.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Workspace Essentials is well suited to collaboration, especially on creative teams who are editing documents frequently. It makes scheduling meetings pretty simple, although it can be tough to find meeting times with five or more attendees. Google Sheets are easy to share and gate when working on confidential data or projects in progress.

Still a Valuable Resource for Small Businesses

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 03, 2022
DC
David Calvert
Pastor for Creative Arts
Grace Community Church (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Workspace Essentials
9 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We were early adopters of G Suite in order to take advantage of the email address extensions and shared storage space. Even with the change over to Google Workspace Essentials, and increased fees, we find great value in the ability to use our church web address in our email with the security of Google. We have continued to use Google Docs and other workspace tools for collaboration in staff meetings and in shared storage of files.
Pros
  • Email management
  • Shared storage
  • Collaboration
  • Document editing
Cons
  • Pricing for services
  • Integration of personal/business accounts
  • Consistent branding (no more name changes!)
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Workspace Essentials is well-suited for small businesses that want to maintain their brand identity with email addresses that have Google security, and it works well for users who take advantage of the Google platform. It is not as appropriate for folks who have to navigate Microsoft environments or who utilize Dropbox or other shared storage as a central tool. These companies don't play nice together yet.

Easy to Use and Even Easier to Get Started

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 14, 2022
TG
Tania Gallegos
HR Generalist / Talent Recruiter
Rockpoint Legal Funding (Financial Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Workspace Essentials
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google Workspace Essentials is how our company ensures the productivity and visibility of our remote team. Google Workspace Essentials also allows bringing the team together by allowing us to work on and share documents, sheets, and/or presentations in real-time. One of the big issues Google Workspace Essentials has solved for our operations, and the HR department is being able to keep track of where each document goes. Being able to see who manipulated the document and how and when has been a big plus when it comes to making decisions based on what our team has worked on.
Pros
  • Sharing documents
  • Visibility on last changes
  • Document tracking
  • Google Sheets makes us want to say Excel who?
Cons
  • Make it easier to configure to desktop
  • Alerts when shared documents are being deleted
Likelihood to Recommend
If your company team works remotely and you want to simplify team meetings, Google Workspace Essentials will do just that.

Google Workspace Essentials is not suited or rather not necessary for really small in-office teams. However, in general, it solves all issues that Microsoft Office can solve, and I would highly recommend it as it is easy to learn.

Get Google Workspace Essentials - you won't be disappointed!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 26, 2022
RA
Robin Anderson
Program Manager/Operations
Smarter Divorce Solutions (Financial Services, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Workspace Essentials
1 year of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our business uses Google Workspace for internal and external communications, along with calendaring and managing staff email accounts. We love having the ability to instant message important information fast and secure with our team members. Additionally, having the ability to organize folders and subfolders helps us stay organized and on task.
Pros
  • Instant Messaging.
  • Calendaring and calendar integrations.
  • Ease of organizing important content in folders and subfolders.
  • The ability to contain multiple emails in one thread.
Cons
  • The workspace could be less busy - more simplified.
Likelihood to Recommend
We've noticed that more and more companies are using Google Workplace. This is a plus for our company as most of the employees we have hired are familiar with your platform so it makes it easier to onboard a new employee. Our experience with Google Workspace has been very positive and haven't been any scenarios where the platform has been less appropriate.

I like this product very much

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 10, 2022
NM
Naor Melamed
CTO
Eloops (Internet, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Workspace Essentials
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it as a sign-in provider, as a mail provider, and also as a security provider for DLP. I love the simplicity of the admin side the OAuth in other services is so easy to use and so easy to manage if you want to remove your account permissions.
Pros
  • Emails.
  • Calendar.
  • Sign-in.
Cons
  • I can’t think of something.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suitable for starters and startups with the easy to setup and easy to manage.
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