Shoot Out: Office 365 vs. Google’s G-Suite

Shoot Out: Office 365 vs. Google's G-Suite

Presented By: Sarah Cottingham Continuing Education of the Bar - California

Oakland, CA Mark Rosch Internet for Lawyers Rio Rancho, NM

Presented at: ACLEA 54th Mid-Year Meeting

February 10th ?12th, 2018 San Antonio, Texas

Sarah Cottingham Continuing Education of the Bar - California

Oakland, CA

Sarah Cottingham is a Programs Attorney at the Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB). She has been designing legal education curriculum and producing continuing legal education programs for multiple legal practice areas for over two years. Prior to joining CEB, Sarah practiced family law in Northern California as a solo practitioner. Between her time as a solo and prior positions as an associate, she practiced family law exclusively for nearly 10 years. While in practice, Sarah was rated a Rising Star by Super Lawyers 4 years in a row. Prior to her legal career, Sarah built webpages and relational databases for conference registration at Registration Unlimited (now Event Ready). She left that position to attend Tulane Law School, where she represented clients as a student attorney at the Criminal Clinic and clerked at the City Attorney's Office.

Mark Rosch Internet for Lawyers

Rio Rancho, NM

Mark Rosch is Vice-President of Internet for Lawyers and President of its division. He's an internationally recognized speaker and author on the subjects of using the Internet for investigative and background research, Google search, and Google Cloud Apps. He has co-authored numerous books and hundreds of articles on these and other related topics, receiving top industry recognition for his work. Mark is a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management, an honorary society that honors and recognizes distinguished law practice management professionals, and in 2013 he was named to the "Fastcase Fifty," recognizing 50 of the smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the law. Mark is a long-time member of ACLEA and the ABA and is active member in both organizations. He has served in numerous leadership positions, recently completing a 3-year term on the ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board.

Shoot Out: Office 365 vs. Google's G-Suite

Presented by

Sarah Cottingham, CEB Mark Rosch, Internet For Lawyers/

Plans & Pricing

G Suite

Initially, Google's G Suite offered a much simpler pricing scheme than Office 365 - with just one pricing plan. Google has since expanded the G Suite feature offerings to include three price plans - $5, $10, or $25 per user per month, depending on on features chosen. (Shown below.)



Office 365

Initially, Microsoft took a lot of grief over the complexity of its pricing strategy for Office 365. Now, they list only what must be the three most popular options (see below) on its primary marketing site (see below).

However, the complex pricing structure based on organization size/number of users apparently still exists, as Microsoft does still list at least seven different pricing options (Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E54, Office 365 Enterprise F1) on some other pages.

Some of the more common options are:

Business Essentials - $6 per user per month * Business - $10 per user per month * Business Premium - $15 per user per month * Enterprise E1 - $8 per user per month (requires annual commitment) Enterprise ProPlus - $12 per user per month (requires annual commitment) Enterprise E3 - $20 per user per month (requires annual commitment) Enterprise E5 - $35 per user per month (requires annual commitment)

* These plans are $5, $8.25 and $12.50 per month respectively if you commit to a year's service upfront, as you see them priced on the primary marketing site.

Here are some quirks to keep in mind about Microsoft 365 plans:

"Business" plans let you pay on a rolling per-month basis; the "Enterprise" ones require you to pay upfront for a year.

"Business" plans are limited to 300 users "Business Essentials" and "Enterprise E1" do not include desktop versions of the

Microsoft Office product suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.) "Business" and "Enterprise Pro Plus" plans do not provide users with an email account

(Exchange is not included) "Business" and "Enterprise ProPlus" plans also don't feature calendar functionality

(again due to the omission of Exchange services)

The main Business options are here:



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