The All-in-One Platform That Keeps Our School Running Smoothly
August 13, 2025

The All-in-One Platform That Keeps Our School Running Smoothly

Michael Chernin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Google Workspace for Education Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)

Overall Satisfaction with Google Workspace for Education

We use it for everything at our school district: Communication (Gmail, Chat and Meet), collaboration (Docs, Sheets and Slides) and coursework management (Classroom). We use the highest tier, Google Workspace for Education Plus, for our students and faculty and staff. This gives us many powerful features, like originality reports in Classroom, Labels in Drive and many security features.

Pros

  • Email: The best email experience, period. It's fast, has the best mobile apps and tons of addons that extend it.
  • Office suite: The Google editors might not have all the features of their MS Office counterparts, but they have most of them and the apps are surprisingly performant.
  • Domain management: The Google Admin Console, coupled with the GAM command line tool, is very powerful, easy to use and simplifies any admin's work.

Cons

  • The core Google Classroom experience can always be more powerful. They've added many features over the years, but it's still not on par with dedicated LMSs.
  • Plus customers should be getting at least some of the premium Gemini features. Getting both a Plus license and a Gemini subscription for all staff is very expensive for a school.
  • I often encounter issues when force-installing Android apps on Chrome devices using the Admin Console.
  • The IT department doesn't need to rely on on-premise servers, spending at least 50% less on servers after moving to GWfE from an Exchange and an on-prem backup server.
  • Our teaching staff saves an average of 2-3 hours per week using Google Drive, the various Google editors and Classroom, instead of emailing files or managing paper-based workflows.
  • Google Meet replaced Zoom for us, saving around $5000 annually.
Most people have a personal Google account and are already familiar with Gmail, Drive and Docs. Google Meet and Classroom are also very easy to use, not needing any prior training.

A new teacher to the school can be productive in this environment starting from day 1.
While having more features and being overall more powerful, Microsoft's tools and services feel always more complex to use, are slower and its collaboration features are not on par with Google's.

Do you think Google Workspace for Education delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Workspace for Education's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Workspace for Education live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Workspace for Education go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Workspace for Education again?

Yes

Any K-12 school will benefit from having Google Workspace for Education as their productivity suite. It's an especially good choice if Chrome or Android device management is needed. A school will be able to use GWfE even if they use Microsoft products, as many of the Google tools and editors have interoperability with Microsoft's equivalent services.

Using Google Workspace for Education

800 - Students, faculty and staff

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