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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 feature set for the price

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 7, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Google Workspace Essentials to monitor and administer Google Chrome browser. It allows us to configure the add-ins and extensions our users are installing, to better pr...
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Dan Clark
Administrator - Information Technology
Senior Network and Security Administrator
MDaudit
Google Workspace Essentials2 years of experience

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

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 feature set for the price

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
January 07, 2025
DC
Dan Clark
Senior Network and Security Administrator
MDaudit (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Workspace Essentials
2 years of experience
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Pros
  • Chrome browser configuration
  • Browser updates
  • Usage reporting
Cons
  • There are a LOT of configurable settings, I'd like to see them sorted and grouped better

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
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.

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
View profile
Pros
  • Email management
  • Shared storage
  • Collaboration
  • Document editing
Cons
  • Pricing for services
  • Integration of personal/business accounts
  • Consistent branding (no more name changes!)

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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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

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
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.
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