Google Workspace: What it is & How to get started with it?

In today’s fast-paced business world, it’s essential to have the right tools to stay ahead of the curve. Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite, is a suite of productivity and collaboration applications that can help you and your team achieve more. Whether you’re a small business owner, a large enterprise, or an individual freelancer, Google Workspace has something to offer you.

In this today’s article, we will provide you with a complete overview of Google Workspace, including what it is, who can use, it’s free or paid, what it’s plans and how to get started with it. We’ll also discuss about how you will create your account and why it might be the perfect solution for your needs. By the end of this article, you will have the complete knowledge of Google Workspace from its introduction to mastering, atleast after reading this article, you will easily start using it’s services, so make sure to read this article till end.

What is Google Workspace?

Google Workspace is a cloud-based suite of productivity and collaboration tools designed for everyone. It’s essentially a rebranded version of the former G Suite, with enhanced features and a focus on seamless integration between its various apps. Here suite means, the combination of popular google apps like Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Chat, and more. It provides everything you need to work efficiently, communicate effectively, and collaborate seamlessly, all accessible from any device with an internet connection.

Who can use Google Workspace?

Anyone can use Google Workspace! It is available for everyone including individuals, small businesses, large enterprises, and educational institutions. Whether you’re a solopreneur working on a passion project or a manager in a global team, Google Workspace is available for everyone.

Is Google Workspace Free or Paid?

Google Workspace offers both free and paid plans. The free “Google Workspace Personal” plan includes limited versions of Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet where we get maximum of 15GB for personal use or small side projects. But, for professional use, paid plans are always recommended. They come with more features, storage space, security controls, and administrative tools.

What are the Different Plans Available in Google Workspace?

Google Workspace offers a variety of plans to suit different business needs and budgets. Here’s a brief overview of these plans:

1. Business Starter

This is the most basic plan in Google Workspace, starting at $1.65 USD (136.90 Indian Rupees) per user per month. It includes custom email addresses (name@yourcompany.com), 100 participant video meetings, 30GB of pooled storage per user, security and management controls, and standard support.

2. Business Standard

The Business Standard plan is the middle tier plan in Google Workspace, designed for businesses with growing needs for storage, collaboration, and video conferencing. It’s starting at $8.87 USD (736 Indian Rupees) per user per month. It includes custom email addresses (name@yourcompany.com), 150 participant video meetings with video recording, Two Terabytes (2TB) of pooled storage per user, security and management controls, and standard support.

3. Business Plus

The Business Plus plan is the most advanced offering plan among Google Workspace’s standard plans for businesses. It’s starting at $16.63 USD (1380 Indian Rupees) per user per month. It provides a custom email addresses (name@yourcompany.com), One Google Admin Account with Unlimited cloud storage (up to 2 TB per user) in the products like Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides etc. Also, video conferencing with up to 250 participants, advanced mobile device managemant, features designed for organizations with larger teams and stricter security and compliance needs.

4. Enterprise

This Enterprise plan is designed for large organizations with extensive collaboration and security needs. It offers “No user limit” unlike the other plans which have a maximum of 300 users, this plan caters to organizations of any size they want. Also, it’s storage isn’t limited to per-user quotas. Instead, you get a pool of storage that scales with your organization’s needs. Additionally, An advanced video conferencing metting option they give up to with 500 participants and live stream option to a wider audience. It’s price is custom and depends on your specific limits which you take from Google Workspace.

Important Note: The Pricing of all the four plans may vary time to time. Also, whatever plan is available in the Google Workspace official website are for new users only or for one year only. After one year, plan can be changed. As we’re already using Google Workspace since a long time, we have seen that, they sometimes change the price of each plans in the future. So make sure to always check the current updated price from official website.

Also note that, prices may also depends on its geographical location. Prices may vary country to country. We have given the information as per the India country. So make sure to check the updated price from your region.

What are the Requirements to get Google Workspace?

In order to take Google Workspace, you should have minimum these following requirements to get started with Google Workspace:

1. An active Google account. If you don’t have, you can create one for free.

2. A valid payment method for paid plans for example a globally accepted credit card or debit card like Visa, Mastercard etc.

3. A Website with top level domain extension like (.com, .in, .org) It is required when you take any of its plan. If you don’t have, you can purchase one directly through any domain/hosting service provider like GoDaddy etc.

How to get started with Google Workspace?

Getting started with Google Workspace is pretty easy! Just follow our given below steps and start doing:

1. Choose your Plan

As you know, there are different Google Workspace plans are there for every kind of individuals, so choose wisely according to your needs. Alternatively, you can also take 14 day free trial to check it’s features and services.

2. Create your Account

Now, search on Google with the keyword “Google Workspace” and visit the official website with the domain name (workspace.google.com) then, click on “Start Free Trial” button on the homepage. Then, enter the name of your business, your no of employees and your country, and click on Next. Then, enter your personal details, and then enter your domain and create your username and password and click on agree and continue. That’s all, now you can login again using your username and password.

3. Add users

After creating your account, you will receive a email from Google about your login details, you will get a email Id like this (name@yourdomain.com) so using that, login into Google. And then open (admin.google.com) after login, put the details of the user you wanna add.

4. Add Payment Method

After 14 day free trial, Google will enforce you to add payment details, so just move on the payment section using the left top corner. And add your globally accepted credit card. Note that, your credit card should have the facility to Auto Pay option, because each month, Google workspace will automatically deduct directly from your credit card.

5. Start using Google Workspace

After selecting the plan, adding the required user, and summiting your payment details, you will be able to use the services of your Google workspace. But make sure, you should also renew your website’s domain and hosting, because your all business and Google Workspace account depends on your domain name. So make sure to renew your domain time to time. Also, you can change your plan anytime you want.

Conclusion

Google Workspace is a powerful suite of tools that can help businesses and organizations of all sizes improve their productivity, collaboration, and security. If you’re looking for a affordable solution to manage your communication, documents, and teamwork, Google Workspace is definitely worth considering. If you have a growing business, you must consider Google Workspace. It’s affordable, secure, fast and convenient and Good support team for any kind of help.

We hope now you may have got complete knowledge about Google Workspace from its introduction to its account creation. We have tried our best to explain you about the Google Workspace in easy and simple language. If you like this kind of articles, make sure to share your openion with us. If you’re interested in knowing more Google products, you may checkout our category “Google Products” where we have explained other Google products in simple language, you can also visit the Google Products category using the Top Menu bar. Thanks for reading till here!