Google Apps Overview

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  • gmailGmail for business

    25GB storage, less spam, and a 99.9% uptime SLA, and enhanced email security.

  • calendarGoogle Calendar

    Agenda management, scheduling, shared online calendars and mobile calendar sync.

  • docsGoogle Docs

    Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Work online without attachments.

  • groupsGoogle Groups

    User-created groups providing mailing lists, easy content sharing, searchable archives.

  • sitesGoogle Sites

    Secure, coding-free web pages for intranets and team managed sites.

  • videoGoogle Video

    Private, secure, hosted video sharing

Proven cost savings

Google's web-based messaging and collaboration apps require no hardware or software and need minimal administration, creating tremendous time and cost savings for businesses.

End users can use the familiar Microsoft Outlook interface for email, contacts and calendar as they transition to Gmail and Google Calendar.

A leading research firm found that Google Apps is as little as 1/3 of the total cost of competing solutions such as Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes / Domino.

Use our Calculator form to see how much you might save with Google Apps compared to Microsoft Exchange 2007: Google Apps Calculator

Mobile email, calendar and IM access

With several options for accessing their information while on the go, employees can be productive with Google Apps even when they're not at their desks.

At no extra charge, Google Apps supports over-the-air mobile access on BlackBerry devices, the iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android and many less powerful phones. Learn more

99.9% uptime reliability guarantee

We guarantee that Google Apps will be available at least 99.9% of the time, so your employees are more productive and so you can worry less about system downtime.**

The Radicati Group found that Microsoft Exchange typically has 60 minutes of unplanned downtime per month. Google Apps customers typically experience less than 15 minutes of downtime per month.

50 times more storage than the industry average

Each employee gets 25 GB for email storage, so they can keep important messages and find them instantly with built-in Google search.

Gmail is designed so employees can spend less time managing their inboxes, and more time being productive. Time-saving features like message threading, message labels, fast message search and powerful spam filtering help employees work efficiently with high volumes of email.

Information security and compliance

When you trust your company's information to Google, you can be confident that your critical information is safe and secure.

Google's information security team, including some of the world’s foremost experts in information, application and network security, are focused on keeping your information safe. Google and many other customers trust this system with highly sensitive corporate data. Learn more

Businesses get these customizable security features with Google Apps:

  • Custom spam and inbound mail filtering tools, powered by Postini, to complement powerful spam filters that automatically work with no up-front configuration.
  • Custom outbound mail filtering tools to prevent sensitive information from being distributed, powered by Postini.
  • Custom information sharing rules to determine how broadly employees are allowed to share with Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Sites.
  • Custom password length requirements and visual strength indicators to help employees pick secure passwords.
  • Enforced SSL connections with Google Apps to ensure secure HTTPS access.
  • Optional email archiving, up to 10 years of retention.

See what you could save with Google Apps for messaging

Just tell us a couple key stats about your business, and we'll estimate how much a basic Microsoft Exchange 2007 deployment would cost and what you could save with Google Apps*, which includes:

  • Email accounts with 25 GB of storage per user and instant search tools
  • IM, plus voice and video chat
  • Group calendaring system
  • Mobile access
  • Spam and virus filtering
  • Web-powered collaboration apps: Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Video for businesses

Calculate your savings:

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* Savings calculator estimates are based on sample customers, and may not reflect your actual experience with Google Apps or Microsoft Exchange 2007. Professional services such as Email migration and administrator / end-user training are not included as part of cost calculations.