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 8.1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 12.8% mindshare in CCP, compared to Google’s 7.3% 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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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 (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkDocs is 12.8%, down from 14.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 7.3%, up from 7.3% 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."

"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."

"Google Workspace is an excellent tool for communicating with people, which allows users to collaborate and edit files simultaneously."

"G Suite is a powerful suite of tools for messaging and collaboration that has met the fundamental needs of my company, both increasing productivity and reducing costs."

"The most valuable feature of Google Workspace is the sheets and documents."

"We use Google Sheets extensively for things like sharing plans, data, test reports, and more."

"The most valuable feature of Google Workspace is its ease of use and stability."

"The real-time editing feature is valuable."

"Google Mail lets you link a task to a specific email and add a reminder. That's helpful for reviewing your schedule. It's based on Slack, so you don't have these folders like in Microsoft mail. Using Slack instead of folders is a bit more intuitive. It's easier to find again a specific email than using Microsoft Suite. If you misplace things, it's much easier to find them because of Google's search capability."

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Cons

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

"Not all tools are available in the one facility."

"The performance speed could be improved when the internet connection is slow."

"There are too many steps for sharing pictures."

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

"Scalability is not as good as we would like."

"It would be a lot nicer if the default Gmail came with features that we currently need add-ons for, such as tables, automatic BCC, resizing of the panel on the left-hand side, email highlighting, and configuring the display of time and date against each email."

"The solution could improve the Google Cloud identity login to laptops that sometimes do not work. The collaboration for Google sites, they are not equivalent to others, such as Sharepoint."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"We receive value for the price that we pay."

"We normally purchase the license on a yearly basis."

"The price of Google Workspace is reasonable. I pay less than 100 a month."

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

"There are several areas where a G Suite implementation can reduce costs: lower license fees than some competing products, reduced hardware, and IT support 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."

"The pricing is comparable, it's pretty decent."

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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?

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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Compared 31% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

Quip vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 29% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

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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

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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.

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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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