Google Workspace
Business email, files, and device management in one account
Google Workspace is email on your domain plus Drive, Meet, and admin controls including two-step enforcement and basic device management. For most small businesses, it is also the sign-in every other tool uses.
Cost at your size
Team size
For 6 people: $42 a month.
Google Workspace costs $14.55 more than the median security & passwords tool for 6 people ($27.45).
Google Workspace pays for itself if it saves 1.5 hours a month at $30 an hour, our assumption.
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Figures from the vendor's published prices. How we calculate prices
Getting help with Google Workspace
- How to reach them
- Live chat: plans not stated · 24/7 (English, all countries)
- Email: plans not stated
- Community forum: every plan
- Help center: every plan
- Response time
- Initial response within 1 business day or less (standard support) (plans not stated); Enhanced Support (paid upgrade on Business Standard and Plus): one hour response for P1 cases, 24/7 care for P1 and P2 (Business Standard and up)
- Onboarding
- Technical Account Manager with Premium Support, a paid upgrade on Enterprise (Enterprise only)
Google has a public status page. Status page
From Google's support and pricing pages, October 2026 · checked by us 2026-10-14 · How we gather this
Sources
- workspace.google.com/support/, read 2026-10-13
- support.google.com/a/answer/1047213?hl=en, read 2026-10-13
- support.google.com/a/table/3247295?hl=en, read 2026-10-13
- workspace.google.com/pricing, read 2026-10-13
- Live chat: “Click Chat to open the Connect to live chat window.” (support.google.com/a/answer/1047213?hl=en)
- Live chat hours: “All countries 24/7 English” (support.google.com/a/table/3247295?hl=en)
- Email: “Click Email to send an email to Google support.” (support.google.com/a/answer/1047213?hl=en)
- Community forum: “Google Workspace Community : Ask troubleshooting questions and get answers from Google Workspace product experts and other administrators.” (support.google.com/a/answer/1047213?hl=en)
- Help center: “Administrator Help Center : Search documentation for managing Google Workspace users and services.” (support.google.com/a/answer/1047213?hl=en)
- Response time: “You can expect an initial response within 1 business day or less.” (support.google.com/a/answer/1047213?hl=en)
- Response time: “One hour response time for P1 cases 24/7 care for P1 and P2 cases” (workspace.google.com/support/)
- Onboarding: “Premium Support Available as paid upgrade in Google Workspace Enterprise Edition.” (workspace.google.com/support/)
What reviewers say about Google Workspace
Each site has its own reviewers, so we show the scores side by side and never average them. App ratings cover the mobile app only. Scores read Oct 14, 2026. How we show reviews
Why people pick it
- Everyone knows Gmail
- Single sign-on for free
Where it falls short
- Storage caps on Starter
- Per user
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