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Google offers Gmail and Docs for free to consumers, in order to hook businesses into using it (and mining the consumer's data, of course). And it's working grea
by Androider 9y ago
Google offers Gmail and Docs for free to consumers, in order to hook businesses into using it (and mining the consumer's data, of course). And it's working great, they announced a while back that over 3 million businesses are now signed up for the commercial G Suite [0], paying $5-
$10 per employee/month in perpetuity (I personally consider the G Suite fantastic value as a business owner).
[0] https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/01/27/google-just-passed-3m-businesses-paying-for-g-suite https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/01/27/google-just-passed...
- pythonaut_16 9y agoG Suite absolutely destroys Office 365 at the web experience. Gmail is far superior to Outlook online, and all of the Google Docs/drive online experience is extremely well integrated, fast, and intuitive compared to Office 365. Microsoft wins hands down at the desktop experience though. If you have big or complicated documents and spreadsheets you can't beat Office. For me personally, G Suite wins because by the time I need Word or Excel I'm going to reach for a full powered solution like Latex or Python.