The recent announcement of the shutdown of Google's G Suite Legacy account is causing a real backlash, potentially launching a class-action lawsuit. Higher-level plans offering advanced archiving, security and administrative features have also made it an attractive choice for larger enterprises. This has made it popular with millions of small-to-medium businesses worldwide. Typically, Google Workspace was seen as the cheaper option for business productivity tools, especially in relation to its biggest rival, Microsoft Office 365 (read our detailed review of the Office 365 suite here). It initially only included Gmail, Docs, and Sheets, but in recent years, Google has also added tools like Google Drive, Hangouts, Meet Video (among many others).

Google Workspace is Google’s range of cloud-based office productivity tools. We’re all familiar with Google, but if you’re a business user, you’ve probably also come across Google Workspace at some stage, though you probably knew it by its former name: G Suite.

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