Office 365 VS Google Apps- A Detailed One-to-One Comparison

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A Detailed One-to-One Comparison
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LETS START WITH A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO
OFFICE 365 AND GOOGLE APPS
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QUICK INTRODUCTION

• OFFICE 365

• GOOGLE APPS

• Office 365 is a complete Business Productivity
  Tool that has your familiar office applications
  integrated with multiple cloud-based
  applications.
• These applications offer a broad range of
  features and provides capabilities with business
  class email, online audio and video meetings,
  cloud storage and sharing, real-time team
  collaboration, professional document creation.

• Google Apps is a set of web-based services that
  include Google Email, Google Calendar, Google
  Docs, Google Hangout, Google Mobile and Google
  Sites.
• Using these services you can work together and
  collaborate with your team online in a whole new
  way with chat, video conferences, document
  collaborations, and more.

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WHY OFFICE 365 HAS AN EDGE OVER GOOGLE APPS?
Very Large Resources
Enterprise level services for unlimited scaling.
Detailed features for doing the minutest of tasks
Ease of usage and simplicity
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DETAILED FEATURES FOR EVERY TASK

• Office 365 is so feature-rich that it has a
  functionality for every task that a business
  might need. Some of them are
• Conducting polls or writing on white board during
  online meetings.
• Tracking live status of your employees
  available, busy, off-work, etc.
• An ocean of features in office applications for
  very tiny tasks.
• Setting smart rules for tracking mail flow of
  your employees.
• Real-time synchronization of your Mailbox and
  OneDrive from both online and offline modes.

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VERY LARGE RESOURCES

• Office 365 is as resourceful as it is
  feature-rich. There is no sharp constraint on the
  utilization of features. The limits are so placed
  that businesses dont feel bounded by them.
• A very large mail inbox up to 50 GB.
• Email attachments allowed up to 25 MB.
• Allows to conduct unlimited audio and video
  online meetings.
• Allows online meetings to have up to 250
  participants at a time.
• Provides 1 TB of cloud storage space in OneDrive.
• Have Office Apps on your desktop, smartphone,
  tablet and even online.

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ENTERPRISE LEVEL SERVICES
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• Office 365 understands the exact needs of a
  business and provides enterprise level services
  that help them in utilizing the services in a
  much better way and become more efficient. Some
  of them are
• Move to the cloud on your own pace.
• Unlimited scaling of services as and when
  required add/remove extra seats in your plan on
  requirement.
• Ability to work and collaborate with your team
  from anywhere and anytime.
• Ability to continue your work on another device
  which was started on some other device.

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EASE OF USAGE AND SIMPLICITY

• Office 365 has a very simple user interface and
  its very easy to use it.
• You need not train your staff for using Office
  365 majority of them is already familiar with
  Office Apps they have been using since a long
  time.
• Over 1 billion people worldwide are using Office.
• Office 365s User Interface is self-explanatory
  in itself and provides guidance at every step of
  usage.
• It is designed to meet all your productivity
  needs.
• It will automatically upgrade to the latest
  version of Office.
• Built on 2 decades of experience and innovation.

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LET US COMPARE THEIR FEATURES ONE TO ONE
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EMAIL AND CLOUD STORAGE
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• OFFICE 365

• GOOGLE APPS

• Get professional Email IDs based on Microsoft
  Exchange.
• Store mails on large 50 GB mailbox and send
  attachments as big as 25 MB.
• Mail and Calendar are synced across all devices.
• Get 1 TB cloud storage space on OneDrive for
  storing and sharing files in the cloud.
• Files stored on OneDrive are synced across your
  devices.
• Allows you to work together with your team from
  any device, anywhere and anytime.

• Get Email IDs on your own domain name and powered
  by the Gmail platform.
• Mailbox size is up to 30 GB that is same as the
  size of Google Drive storage space for base plan.
• It provides 30 GB of cloud storage space on
  Google Drive with its basic plan.
• Files stored on Google Drive are accessible only
  in online mode.
• Every member of your team needs to be online to
  work together on Google Drive.

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ONLINE MEETINGS
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• OFFICE 365

• GOOGLE APPS

• It allows unlimited audio and HD video
  conferencing with Skype for Business.
• Maximum number of participants can be up to 250.
• Participate in online meetings from any device,
  anywhere and anytime.
• You can even share presentations, documents, ask
  questions, conduct polls and even draw sketches
  on white board.
• Send instant messages, conduct group chats and
  also share your screens with your teammates.
• Also track status of your colleagues busy,
  available, offline, etc.

• It allows you to conduct online meetings using
  Google hangouts.
• Maximum number of participants can be up to 15.
• There is a restriction on the number of meetings
  that you can hold in a month.
• It lacks functionalities that are offered by
  Skype for Business.
• It doesnt track the real time status of your
  colleagues.

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OFFICE APPS
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• OFFICE 365

• GOOGLE APPS

• Office 365 comes with your familiar office apps
  that remains ever-updated.
• Office Apps are installed on all your devices
  desktop, smartphone, tablet, etc.
• You can also access Office Apps online with
  Office Web Apps.
• These Office Apps offer full-fledged
  functionalities for drafting quality documents
  with a professional finish.
• Your staff is already familiar with them, so they
  need no re-training.

• Google Apps come with online office applications
  like Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.
• They have a very limited offline capability.
• These applications work best in online mode.
• These applications come with features that are
  most necessary.
• Your staff may not be familiar with them and thus
  needs training to work efficiently with them.

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COMPATIBILITY
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• OFFICE 365

• GOOGLE APPS

• Office 365 is compatible with most popular
  software and applications.
• Its very easy to export and import data to and
  from other applications.
• It easily syncs with multiple devices like
  desktops, smartphones, tablets, etc.
• You can start work on one device and continue on
  another.

• Google Apps lacks compatibility with major
  software and applications.
• Its only compatible only with few Google powered
  applications.
• It requires installation of Chrome browser in all
  devices.
• It leads to time wastage in converting one file
  format to another for your clients, partners,
  etc. who are not using Google Apps.
• It lacks perfect synchronization between
  different devices.

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PRIVACY AND SECURITY
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• OFFICE 365

• GOOGLE APPS

• Office 365 is upgraded from Office and remains
  updated forever.
• It comes from a reliable provider Microsoft
  which has a proven track record of providing
  quality services over the decades.
• Microsoft Office 365 offers privacy, security,
  and compliance safeguards you can trust.
• It has built-in safeguards, security capabilities
  and privacy features.
• You always know where your data is stored and who
  has access to it, and it isnt used to deliver
  ads.
• It comes with a financially backed 99.9 uptime
  SLA.

• Google Apps is relatively new in the market and
  yet to prove its reliability.
• Its security capabilities are missing.
• It uses your user data for displaying targeted
  ads to your employees.
• It provides a very limited support.
• Puts the security and privacy of your data at
  risk.
• Important security capabilities such as data loss
  prevention and support for maintenance and
  security are only available through third-party
  services.

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PLANS
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• OFFICE 365

• GOOGLE APPS

• Office 365 has devised different plans for
  different category of users business, home,
  personal, students, etc.
• Each plan has been designed keeping in mind the
  needs of different users.
• There are no hidden costs associated with Office
  365.

• There are only two plans, a basic plan and an
  unlimited plan offered by Google Apps for
  business.
• These are designed keeping in mind the
  one-size-fits-all approach.
• Additionally, there may be hidden costs that you
  may incur for purchasing third-party apps for
  added functionalities.

To know more detailed comparison of these two,
read this blog post- Office 365 VS Google Apps
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THE MARKET TRENDS
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THE FAST INCREASING MARKET SHARE OF OFFICE 365
Source  Enterprises Prefer Microsoft Office 365
Over Google Apps Report The WHIR
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Office 365 Plans at
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Office Only
Email Office
Email Only
Office 365 Essential Suite Office 365 Premium Suite Office 365 Business Suite
Business Class Email with 50 GB Inbox Calendar Business Class Email with 50 GB Inbox Calendar
Online Meetings Video Conferencing Online Meetings Video Conferencing
1 TB Online secure file storage and sharing 1 TB Online secure file storage and sharing 1 TB Online secure file storage and sharing
Office Applications - Online Office Applications - Online Office Applications - Online
Office Applications fully installed across 5 devices Office Applications fully installed across 5 devices

INR 340 / month INR 774 / month INR 547 / month
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