Amazon WorkDocs vs Google Workspace comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #4, while Google is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 17.5% mindshare in CCP, compared to Google’s 6.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Google users who would recommend it.

Amazon WorkDocs

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Google Workspace and Amazon WorkDocs compete in cloud-based productivity and collaboration solutions. Google Workspace often has the upper hand due to its affordability and comprehensive toolset.

Features: Google Workspace offers an integrated suite including Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Drive, promoting collaboration through shared editing, communication, and storage. Amazon WorkDocs emphasizes secure document storage, enhanced sharing options, and strong data access control, catering to those prioritizing document management and security.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Workspace provides a straightforward deployment process with extensive customer support, ensuring quick issue resolution. Amazon WorkDocs allows flexible deployment, especially for organizations using Amazon Web Services, although some users note limited support options.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace is competitively priced, offering strong ROI for businesses focused on collaboration and scalability. Amazon WorkDocs involves higher setup costs but offers advanced document management and security features, potentially delivering better ROI for companies with strict data control needs.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkDocs

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Workspace

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

101

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd), Cloud Storage (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkDocs is 17.5%, down from 18.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 6.9%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Daulath Alikhan

Deputy General Manager at a government with 51-200 employees

A great collaboration service for small organizations

The synchronization should be simplified. Other solutions like Dropbox and OneDrive have apps. I tried using the mobile version, but it didn't work properly, that needs to be improved. It was cumbersome. It's a good solution for a small organization like ours, but it really depends on your use-cases and the size of your organization. I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app. It was challenging to even download it and once I did, I wasn't even able to log into my system. The mobile app needs to improved for easy use.

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Sunil-Nair

IT Manager at Universal Carpets & Rugs

Email collaboration and accessibility have improved team productivity

The valuable features include the email service, email updates, and Google Drive. People are given email access to Google Drive. The team can share manual files and work accordingly. They can access different teams from anywhere, collectively putting files, sharing them, and managing them. Additionally, the manufacturing product does not require any downgrades. It works fine and continuously for the last three or four years. Users can access their emails from anywhere in their browser without a laptop or can directly access from Gmail. This is helpful for salespeople.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"This solution is great for inviting and sharing documents with other users."

"They are launching more and more features for mobile, which I understand our customers appreciate."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is email."

"Google Apps for Business and Skype for Business are the perfect solutions for every business thriving online. It is very easy and inexpensive to get work done with these applications online."

"personally prefer to use G Suite applications, such as Gmail, Slides, and Sheets, because they give you the freedom to share the document you're editing and co-work with other colleagues simultaneously."

"The general ease of use is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's extremely simple to use. You don't even have to look up videos in order to figure things out. It's all very intuitive."

"What I like most about Google Workspace is the Google Drive app because you can easily access it from anywhere and from any device. I also find the solution easy to use. It's user-friendly."

"G Suite Enterprise is user-friendly, and the technical toolkits and other information are on the website. Additionally, the technical documents are comprehensive."

"Users can work anywhere with an internet connection."

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Cons

"I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app."

"What needs improvement in Google Workspace is the Google Drive app, in particular, making the process of finding the shared and most used files and folders easier. The first time you get an invite to view a file or folder in Google Drive and you view that folder or file, it's pretty easy, but the next time you try to access it again, sometimes, it's a bit difficult to find what was shared with you. An additional feature I'd like to see in Google Workspace is the option to un-send messages in Gmail. Microsoft has a message recall feature, and this isn't available in Gmail, so it's the feature I'd like to be added to Gmail."

"Some concerns over security, but there are moves to address this and provide admin tools to secure content and adhere to data protection regulations."

"The problem with the presentation is that if you upload a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and you convert it to Google presentation, the slides or pictures, their images are not editable. You can't edit the slides that you brought in. They're just images."

"Expensive with a complicated licensing structure."

"There's a bit of a learning curve."

"Google Workspace doesn't have some of the Excel and PowerPoint presentation functions you get with Microsoft Office."

"I believe Google Drive has potential for improvement. Enhancements could be made in terms of synchronization and the functionality of the Google Sheets app, particularly in areas like formulas and pivot tables, to make it more comparable to Microsoft Excel. Google Chat needs to make improvements so that we can send Excel and PDFs from the mobile app itself. I would like to see Google Bard integrated with the product."

"We use Zoom most of the time for official meetings, and we use Google Meet only for internal meetings. I would like to get an improvised Google Meet. It would be good if they can make Google Meet more clear in communication and more scalable like Zoom."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"It's cheaper to run a couple of users in a Google platform than what it would be with Microsoft Exchange."

"It's low in cost as compared to Office 365. There is an annual licensing cost."

"Traffic management tools may be required for larger setups and should be included in any pricing calculations."

"I can't recall the exact pricing per user for Google Workspace, but I know it's not that expensive. I'm in a mid-sized company that's able to maintain and afford Google Workspace, so it has competitive pricing, and I would rate its price as four out of five."

"2,500 Rupees per month per user."

"We have purchased an annual subscription."

"You pay for Google Workspace based on your usage and the apps you use, but in my case, it's free, but if I used it a lot more, I'd probably need to pay. 15GB is enough for me, but I see myself upgrading and paying the additional charges for more storage regularly."

"Licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Government

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Questions from the Community

Does Amazon WorkDocs offer any unique advantages over SharePoint?

Amazon WorkDocs offers the following advantages over SharePoint: It is a fully managed service, meaning that Amazon takes care of the underlying infrastructure and maintenance. It is more scalab...

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What do you like most about Google Workspace?

Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?

I'm not satisfied with the cost because I feel these services should be free as they use our data.

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

Google Workspace lacks the ability to copy and move files from one folder to another easily. I also find it challenging to perform many operations using the context menu in Google Sheets, Google Do...

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Comparisons

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 34% of the time

SharePoint vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 31% of the time

Microsoft OneDrive vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 7% of the time

Office 365 vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 7% of the time

Quip vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 6% of the time

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Microsoft Exchange Online vs Google Workspace

Compared 33% of the time

Amazon WorkMail vs Google Workspace

Compared 30% of the time

ProtonMail vs Google Workspace

Compared 6% of the time

IceWarp vs Google Workspace

Compared 4% of the time

Zoho Mail vs Google Workspace

Compared 3% of the time

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G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Overview

Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed, secure content creation, storage, and collaboration service. With Amazon WorkDocs, you can easily create, edit, and share content, and because it’s stored centrally on AWS, access it from anywhere on any device. Amazon WorkDocs makes it easy to collaborate with others, and lets you easily share content, provide rich feedback, and collaboratively edit documents. You can use Amazon WorkDocs to retire legacy file share infrastructure by moving file shares to the cloud. Amazon WorkDocs lets you integrate with your existing systems, and offers a rich API so that you can develop your own content-rich applications. Amazon WorkDocs is built on AWS, where your content is secured on the world's largest cloud infrastructure.

With Amazon WorkDocs, there are no upfront fees or commitments. You pay only for active user accounts, and the storage you use. Amazon WorkDocs provides a 30-day free trial with 1 TB of storage per user for up to 50 users.

Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

Sample Customers

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There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.

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