Which Collaboration Platform is best for my organization?
No matter which one you choose they both accomplish the following:
- Business email and shared calendaring services attached to custom domains
- Online storage, with shared space for collaboration and a large allotment of personal storage space for each user account
- Productivity apps for creating and collaborating on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
- Corporate communication tools, including messaging, online meetings, and video conferencing
- A management interface, with advanced features such as compliance and archiving for enterprise customers as well as security features including two-factor authentication
WHAT’S IN THE BASIC M365?
- Exchange Online email hosting with a maximum inbox size of 50 or 100GB
- Web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- A minimum of 1TB of OneDrive for Business file storage per user
- SharePoint Online team sites
- HD video conferencing
- Online meetings (Microsoft Teams)
- Phone as an option (Microsoft Teams)
- Secure messaging and collaboration (Microsoft Teams)
- Security and administrative controls
WHAT’S IN G-SUITE?
- Gmail for Business
- Meet (video and voice conferencing)
- Chat (secure messaging)
- Shared calendars
- Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
- Keep (shared notes)
- Forms (survey builder)
- Sites (website builder)
- At least 30GB of cloud file storage (Google Drive)
- Currents (the replacement for Google+ for Google Workspace)
- Security and administrative controls