Why Office 365 is better than Google G suite for businesses

Thanks to the advent of technology, we now have a whole host of highly beneficial productivity tools which businesses can rely on to achieve their objectives. However, the sheer volume of these tools only implies that the prospect of finding the best cloud software that suits your individual needs can be a challenging and daunting experience. G Suite by Google and Office 365, two great productivity tools, have gained lots of popularity in the last few years. While both are decent cloud-based applications, each has its advantages and disadvantages.

The two tools allow users to create documents, presentations, spreadsheets and collaborate with other team members. What's more, they support video conference functionality as well as cloud storage.

So, what's the main difference between Google G Suite and Office 365?

Office 365 refers to an integrated collection of applications and services which are specially designed to help business owners pursue and achieve their business goals. Generally, Office 365 includes applications such as OneDrive, Outlook, PowerPoint, Skype, OneNote as well as other apps from Microsoft. Up until recently, it was known as Microsoft Office before it changed and evolved to offer cloud-based apps.

On the other hand, Google G Suite incorporates all cloud-based services which can potentially help businesses to work and operate their processes online. Not only does it include basic applications, but high-end cloud-based software that enhance video conferencing, real-time document collaborations, social media and much more. G Suite is often referred to as Google Apps for Work. It has seen undergone significant changes, becoming a useful cloud-based tool that every business can find helpful.

So, which one is best for your business?

Pricing: It has been proven that choosing a G Suite plan is relatively more straightforward. Perhaps this is because there are only three plans to choose from. These include:

• The basic plan, which costs five US dollars per user every month.
• Business plan, which goes at ten US dollars per user per month.
• Enterprise plan, which costs twenty-five US dollars per month on every user.

Obviously, you get used features and functionalities depending on your budget. The higher the cost, the better the services you'll get.

On the other hand, the pricing options for Office 365 are fairly more complicated because you have a business, home, education, and enterprise versions to choose from. What's more, every option comes with its sub-versions, a phenomenon that makes the whole process of selecting the best one a challenging task.

To cut the long story short, both services offer highly competitive pricing and perhaps this makes it hard for smaller firms to decide the best option for them. So, how should you decide? G Suite offers unlimited cloud storage with their enterprise as well as business plans for users more five. Consequently, Office 365 offers one TB of cloud storage with all plans.

File storage: Google Suite's standard plan provides 30GB of file storage. This includes emails but not those files that come with Google apps. If you choose either the business or enterprise plan, you'll enjoy unlimited storage of one TB per subscriber if you have not more than five users.

On the other hand, all 365 Office plans come with one TB of storage. This is a large amount of storage which may allow you to work with videos, images as well as video files. This implies that regarding storage, Office 365 gets the nod.

Software options: It is imperative to note that Office 365 provides both cloud-based and desktop tools. You can effectively work offline, taking advantage of apps such as Outlook, Excel, Word available on your desktop. On the other hand, G Suite keeps everything online and the apps are more basic compared to its Office counterpart. Generally, Office 365 is packed with a number of features besides offline and online tools. This gives you broad options to choose from.

Security: Office allows you to activate multiple factor authentication for all your passwords. It also boasts a data loss prevention tool to offer protection against data leaks and theft. It has always been emphasizing on its security services and it has powerful security tools with Al to monitor and analyse suspicious activities such as hacking virus and other potential threats.

These are some of the convincing reasons why Office 365 is relatively more powerful, productive and functional than its Suite counterpart.

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