Used For

• +**You're tracking a project in Excel and three people made changes to different versions** → One Google Sheet updates live, everyone sees changes instantly, no more version chaos
• +**Your team spends 2 hours in meetings just to align on what's in the presentation** → Shared Google Slides where everyone adds their sections beforehand, meeting becomes 20 minutes
• +**Client emails bounce because you're still using @gmail.com for business** → Custom domain email that doesn't scream "side hustle"
• +Handles 100 people editing the same document simultaneously - try that with Word and watch it explode
• +Everything auto-saves to the cloud - no more "did you save it?" panic when laptops die

Best For

• >Your team emails the same Excel file back and forth 10 times a day and someone always has the wrong version
• >You need business email addresses without looking like you're still running things from Gmail
• >Remote team where half the people are on Macs and the other half refuse to pay for Office

Not For

• -Solo freelancers or one-person businesses — you're paying per-user fees for collaboration features you'll never use
• -Teams that work offline frequently — everything requires internet, and offline mode is clunky
• -Excel power users who live in pivot tables and macros — Google Sheets will make you cry

Pairs With

• *Slack (where people complain about having to switch between Google apps all day)
• *Salesforce (because Google Sheets becomes your CRM backup when Salesforce is down)
• *Zoom (because Google Meet still feels like the free option even when you're paying for it)
• *Asana (for project management since Google's task tools are basically sticky notes)
• *DocuSign (because Google's signature feature exists but nobody trusts it for real contracts)
• *Zapier (to connect Google Workspace to literally everything else that doesn't play nice with Google)

The Catch

• !The 30GB storage on the cheapest plan fills up fast if your team shares photos or videos - you'll hit the limit in weeks
• !Google Meet on the basic plan lacks noise cancellation, so everyone hears your dog barking
• !You'll spend way too much time tweaking sharing permissions because Google's default settings are either too open or too locked down

Bottom Line

Microsoft Office that actually works for remote teams, but you'll pay monthly forever and need internet for everything.