

Google offers superior coauthoring/collaboration tools that younger users are comfortable using in the workplace. Sharepoint, Google has a clear advantage. Users also praise the advanced calendar and planning features of Outlook vs. Office 365 has the advantage here because of the high satisfaction and comfort level companies have with Outlook. However, Google Drive offers unlimited storage with 5 or more users. Google Drive only offers 30MB per user with less than 5 users. Office 365 has the advantage as its 1TB-Unlimited storage per user based on the amount of users. Quickly adaptable and preferable to younger users, but requires training for users accustomed to Office. Offers users comfortable access to Office Suite and other familiar applications without training.
No formal compliances in other sectors.įully compliant with firewall and redundant back-ups. Improved HIPAA compliance, but need to disable additional services. Uses company data to target ads.įully HIPAA compliant. Only Antispam available at additional cost. Month-to-Month (discounted price with one year commitment)Įncryption, Antispam, Personal email permissions, Policy Tips included. Hardware + Licenses + Labor (Set-up and Maintenance), Back-ups Mailbox-$5 + Google Docs/Vault for archiving-$10 per user Mailbox- $5 + Office-$10-$15 per user depending upon # of users and if you want desktop applications. Google Drive-30MB or Unlimited with 5 users In addition, we have included some options a dedicated server provides. We have created the table below to summarize and compare the features of Office 365 vs. The trend toward Microsoft Office 365 is lessening, however, as younger companies and users, who are more comfortable with Google and the cloud, are becoming a bigger factor in the marketplace. An important factor in Microsoft’s dominance in the cloud with Office 365 has to do with the widespread use, familiarity, and comfort level with Office on the desktop. Google has been in the cloud longer, but Microsoft is dominant in the overall amount of users. Two giant players providing a range of business services in the cloud are Microsoft with Office 365 and Google with Google Apps.
