Amazon WorkMail vs Google Workspace comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Email Applications category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.5, while Google is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 10.2% mindshare in EA, compared to Google’s 22.9% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Google users who would recommend it.

Amazon WorkMail

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84% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Google Workspace and Amazon WorkMail compete in the realm of business productivity suites. Google Workspace seems to have the upper hand due to its user-friendliness and broader feature set, although Amazon WorkMail excels in its seamless integration with AWS services and robust security measures.

Features: Google Workspace provides tools like Gmail, Drive, and Google Meet, known for user-friendliness and scalability, making it affordable for small businesses with various discount options. Amazon WorkMail offers reliability, security, and seamless integration within AWS services, catering to businesses with a focus on email deliverability and platform security.

Room for Improvement: Google Workspace users experience synchronization errors, pricing complexities, and wish for advanced features in Sheets and intuitive interfaces. Amazon WorkMail is limited in integration with non-AWS services and needs improved scalability options and intuitive UIs. Availability across all AWS regions is also a noted issue.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Workspace is praised for straightforward setup but lacks direct support options, affecting customer service responsiveness. Amazon WorkMail offers flexible deployment models and reliable support, yet struggles with direct support accessibility similar to Google.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace is viewed as cost-effective for its extensive features but becomes expensive with added users. It sees high ROI through productivity enhancements. Amazon WorkMail's pricing is competitive but can be expensive for SMBs in certain regions, offering a free tier that benefits startups but incurs charges for exceeded usage.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkMail

Ranking in Email Applications

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Email (2nd)

Google Workspace

Ranking in Email Applications

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

101

Ranking in other categories

Wireless Email (2nd), Cloud Storage (6th), Content Collaboration Platforms (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Email Applications category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkMail is 10.2%, up from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 22.9%, down from 23.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Michael Olayemi

Senior Software Engineer at Checkit

Provides free messages and helps to keep customers updated

The solution is quite low-level and lacks some advanced features. For example, it doesn't provide tracking capabilities, such as knowing how many users opened an email, which is crucial for email marketing. You would need to integrate these analytics with other tools to get them. I need to know if there has been a bounce and how customers interacted with the email. I would only suggest that Amazon WorkMail relax the rules for using Amazon SES in production. When you create an account, it starts in Sandbox mode, which means you can't use it in production right away. You must go through a process, message Amazon, and request to move it to production. Since Amazon is a big company, I feel customers shouldn't need this permission to use the service in production.

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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

"The product is very user-friendly."

"Amazon WorkMail integrates with Route 53 and other AWS services, providing a seamless experience when using AWS infrastructure."

"The most valuable thing is that emails sent through SES have a delivery rate of greater than ninety percent."

"The most valuable feature of the Amazon WorkMail for me is the SMC server. It makes my work much easier, especially since I often work with Spring Boot. There are many built-in APIs in Spring Boot that help with messaging. What I appreciate about it is that it simplifies the process. I don't need to write much code; I define the credentials in my properties or environment variables. The Java Message API, an internal API from Spring Boot, does most of the work. I set up the properties and connected them to the SMC server, and I can send emails."

"We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing."

"The best feature is that Amazon SES provides verified email messages."

"Amazon SES can handle a high volume of emails, making it suitable for organizations with large email lists or that need to send a large number of emails on a regular basis."

"It is very stable. I haven't faced any issues."

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"The valuable features include the email service, email updates, and Google Drive."

"It's a secure solution that enables you to choose those you wish to share with."

"The implementation was very easy."

"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 most valuable feature is that it is simple to use."

"The initial setup is simple."

"The user interface is fantastic. It's also available for the individual person, so that's also a great thing about it."

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

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Cons

"There is room for improvement in the support. It's just that customer support, though good, takes time to resolve issues."

"The only issue is the price, which is far too expensive."

"When we first set up an email on Amazon SES, they had to verify it, which was not fast enough."

"Email service is definitely a requirement from an enterprise standpoint. Many organizations have their own on-premise email services, which take a lot of memory, backup, and other resources. If we can have a completely managed backup solution where we have a tiered backup or a tiered archival to be able to retrieve emails, it would be great. I would like to be able to retrieve emails in real-time (hot retrieval), over the 90-days period (warm retrieval), and over the one-year period (cold retrieval). It would be useful to have tiered backup and retrieval. It would help us in managing emails better and have a better backup solution. So, backup is something that we require."

"WorkMail is not available in all the regions."

"There is room for improvement in the scalability."

"It would be ideal to have detailed data and reporting on email opens, clicks, bounces, and other metrics, as well as integration with other business intelligence tools."

"Amazon WorkMail's user interface could be more intuitive and user-friendly."

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

"We noticed that sometimes when we forward emails to somebody, it is being relocated as part of the communication somewhere else. The traceability and other features should be improved."

"The UI could be more graphic and sassy, but otherwise, it is quite functional."

"The product could improve the number of participants allowed in a meeting and the strength of the meetings."

"The solution could improve by having more frequent updates."

"There could be more options in Google G Suite. They can include HD calling for Google Meet. The layout portion in the calendar for Google G Suite can be better designed. When we get into the calendar and start scheduling meetings, we do have few hiccups here and there. The layout can be a little easier. People from different backgrounds are finding it a little bit tough to understand. It should be more intuitive. At the moment, it has a completely white background. To do power saving, it would be good if they can release a darker background. There are a few issues with the formatting of Google Docs when they get converted to Microsoft docs. It would be amazing if they can resolve it in the next release."

"To a degree, the project management service could be improved."

"Expensive with a complicated licensing structure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the solution's pricing as one out of ten. It is close to being cheap. Sometimes, the tool offers a generous amount of free messages, up to 40,000, which is great for startups like ours. This means that we don't accumulate any costs for some months because we stay within the free usage tier. When we exceed the free allocation, the costs are reasonable, and no hidden charges exist."

"It's very cheap. The cheapest among all the services available."

"WorkMail does require a license, it is, per user."

"The solution should improve its price."

"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."

"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."

"The overall cost is very reasonable when considering all of the security features that you are receiving. It is a bit more expensive than our local host and/or other hosting companies that are available on the market, but it is worth it."

"The pricing is very high, although I cannot tell if this is the result of the Indian vendors artificially inflating it."

"The price of G Suite Enterprise is reasonable compared to HotSpot. I'm not going to say G Suite Enterprise is affordable. It's valuable, you find value in paying your gas bill or your electricity bill, because of what it allows you to do."

"The pricing of Google Workspace, so far, has been reasonable."

"The pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Government

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Computer Software Company

14%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon WorkMail?

We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing.

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What needs improvement with Amazon WorkMail?

Amazon WorkMail's user interface could be more intuitive and user-friendly. Integration with Gmail using both SMTP and POP3 would be beneficial.

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What advice do you have for others considering Amazon WorkMail?

Currently, I don't have any advice about using Amazon WorkMail. Since I only use AWS and am unfamiliar with its competitors, I can't recommend it.

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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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Also Known As

Amazon SES

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 WorkMail is a secure, managed business email and calendar service with support for existing desktop and mobile email client applications. Amazon WorkMail gives users the ability to seamlessly access their email, contacts, and calendars using the client application of their choice, including Microsoft Outlook, native iOS and Android email applications, any client application supporting the IMAP protocol, or directly through a web browser. You can integrate Amazon WorkMail with your existing corporate directory, use email journaling to meet compliance requirements, and control both the keys that encrypt your data and the location in which your data is stored. You can also set up interoperability with Microsoft Exchange Server, and programmatically manage users, groups, and resources using the Amazon WorkMail SDK.

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.

Google

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

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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Amazon WorkMail vs. Google Workspace

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