Google Workspace vs Microsoft OneDrive comparison

Google and Microsoft are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Google is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1, while Microsoft is ranked #3 with an average rating of 10.0. Google holds a 7.3% mindshare in CCP, compared to Microsoft’s 10.2% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Google Workspace

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95% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Google Workspace and Microsoft OneDrive are both prominent in the realm of cloud-based collaboration and storage solutions. Google Workspace appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced collaboration tools and seamless Android integration, whereas Microsoft OneDrive stands out for its strong integration with Microsoft Office applications.

Features: Google Workspace offers a comprehensive suite including Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Meet, known for real-time collaboration and ease of use. Its scalability and flexible integration with mobile platforms make it suitable for various organization sizes. Microsoft OneDrive provides excellent synchronization with applications like Word, Excel, and SharePoint, and offers robust enterprise-level control options in addition to seamless integration with Microsoft tools.

Room for Improvement: Google Workspace faces challenges with login issues, limited offline capabilities, and some incompatibility with traditional office tools. Enhancements in these areas would improve the user experience. Microsoft OneDrive could improve document syncing capabilities, enhance UI intuitiveness, and provide better customer support for resolving synchronization issues and file management challenges.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both Google Workspace and Microsoft OneDrive offer public and private cloud deployment options. Google Workspace is generally praised for its ease of deployment but receives mixed feedback regarding customer service. Microsoft OneDrive also offers a flexible deployment option and benefits from Microsoft's strong support ecosystem, although customer service reviews are varied.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace is noted for reasonable pricing across various plans catering to different business needs, though some find the costs high. Microsoft OneDrive is generally bundled with Microsoft 365, offering value through its comprehensive suite of tools. Both solutions deliver significant ROI through improved efficiency, with Google Workspace's real-time collaboration tools notably enhancing productivity.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Workspace

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd), Cloud Storage (6th)

Microsoft OneDrive

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Google Workspace is 7.3%, up from 7.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive is 10.2%, down from 13.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Victor Bayouwa

Owner at VBTECH-IT

I love the backup capabilities and the offline sync

We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups. The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again. It takes too long for…

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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

"It is a stable platform. It is very easy to use, and most importantly, it is very easy to administer. It also gets up and running quite easily."

"When it comes to email, Google has a very good anti-spam engine or solution. We get very less spams. We don't have to use an external anti-spam solution with this."

"The solution offers a workflow where we can collaborate and share documents. Its most valuable features are Gmail and Google Drive. Google Drive is great for file collaboration. It improves productivity. The product is on the cloud; we don't have to connect to the office through a VPN."

"The solution is stable."

"The product can scale easily."

"Extremely reliable, providing great collaboration features."

"Google Meet is the most valuable function for me. It has enhanced collaboration in our team."

"G Suite and all of Google were the first to have a built-in multifactor authentication without needing to purchase another product."

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"Being able to use OneDrive as a mapped drive in Windows Explorer is the most valuable feature. Rather than using OneDrive on a browser, you can also open up the Windows Explorer and I can see the file structure in the normal format."

"The stability of Microsoft OneDrive is very good, it is reliable. There were multiple instances where I had lost my valuable data on hard drives in several other places. However, with Microsoft OneDrive, I've never lost a single file."

"It's pretty easy to learn. Once someone taught me, I was able to navigate it quite easily."

"It was extremely easy to setup."

"Image management is great since the search is simple, and accessing images with labels is easy."

"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."

"The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications."

"The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again."

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Cons

"I would rate the stability a five out of ten."

"Integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved."

"I don't recommend Google Workspace to others. It's expensive. Also, Google doesn't have enough oversight on their partners, so you will face some difficulties dealing with them instead of directly with Google."

"I found that there is no desktop application for this solution, and that's a major fault of this application."

"Despite being an excellent platform, I would very much like Google Docs to be more compatible with Microsoft Word."

"Expensive with a complicated licensing structure."

"With Microsoft, you can use it on the web version, and you can use Microsoft Outlook. Google has the web version."

"The feature set of Google Sheets is limited."

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"Performance is an issue when sharing a large number of files in a single folder."

"The user interface could be a little more intuitive."

"I think it should be more user-friendly with more tutorials on the full scale of the program."

"Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns."

"An increase in the capacity of storage in the free version would be nice."

"There are not enough ways to assign permissions to shared folders and files."

"The security is not as flexible as it is with Dropbox, which means that we can't share our OneDrive files."

"The area that can be improved is to be able to share easily with folks outside the organization and with folks who don't have an office account. Sometimes, when you send a link, you might have some form of repetition. If you don't know how to share it properly, whoever you are sharing it with will have issues using it. Also, the link that you use to share a document can be made a bit shorter. It doesn't have to be long. Typically, when you want to share a document, it has everything, such as the name of the organization, SharePoint, etc. A short URL will be easier to use, and it will just make life easier, especially because a lot of people are now going mobile. I'm not sure if there's a mobile version of Microsoft OneDrive, similar to Google Drive. If they don't have a mobile app, it would also be nice to have a mobile app because that would help in checking out your documents. It would be easy to check your documents on the go on your phone."

More Microsoft OneDrive cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are benefits that can provide a competitive advantage, e.g., improved productivity (with appropriate training), increased collaboration (with correct use of tools), flexible working - work from home or remote locations, easy to scale - fast onboarding of new employees, and ability to add and remove licenses, as required."

"Careful consideration should be given to the different licensing options and provisions should be made for additional applications that may be required for your particular business."

"I rate Google Workspace's pricing five to six out of ten. We do not pay any extra costs."

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

"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."

"The pricing is a bit on the higher side than normal. For a basic Google account it costs $100, but Enterprise is %150."

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

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"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."

"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."

"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."

"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."

"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."

"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."

"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."

"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."

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Computer Software Company

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Educational Organization

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Questions from the Community

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?

As far as Google Workspace is concerned, it is working fine for us. Our needs are fulfilled, so that's fine. However, integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved. The new integration was i...

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What do you like most about Microsoft OneDrive?

The backup capability is one feature I love about OneDrive. I also like how it syncs when you're working offline. Everything is updated once you connect again.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?

It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It also requires too much bandwidth.

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What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?

We use OneDrive to share documents throughout the organization and collaborate. It is also used for backups.

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Also Known As

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

MS OneDrive

Overview

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.

Google

Microsoft OneDrive for Business gives you online storage that works seamlessly with the tools you use every day to create, communicate, and collaborate from your PC/Mac or your iOS, Android, or Windows device.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

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.

Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts

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