Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365
Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 are both office suite software. Google Workspace is a commercial product from Google. Microsoft 365 is a commercial product from Microsoft.
Which to pick
- Pick Google Workspace when
- A small or mid-size business that works mostly in the browser and values real-time co-editing over desktop Office features.
- Pick Microsoft 365 when
- A business of any size that relies on Excel and Office files, Windows PCs or Microsoft identity and security tooling.
Side by side
Gmail on your domain, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar and Meet, managed from one admin console.
Subscription bundle of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Exchange email, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, with identity management through Entra ID.
Sheets and Docs fall short of Excel and Word for heavy files, and moving off it later takes real effort.
Licence tiers are confusing, admin is complex, and prices rise regularly with bundled AI.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and mobile app
Cloud service, desktop app and mobile app
Not published (both)
Closed source, sold by Google
Closed source, sold by Microsoft
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code. (both)
4.6k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
10k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Other comparisons
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.