Google Apps for Business
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 the total cost of competing solutions.
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Pricing
| Flexible Plan | Annual Plan | |
| Contract | None | 1 year |
| Cost | $5 / user account / month | $50 / user account / year Save $10 / user account / year |
| Payment frequency | monthly | monthly |
| User maximum | unlimited | unlimited |
Messaging apps: Gmail and Google Calendar and Google Groups for Business
| Gmail storage | 25 GB / account |
|---|---|
| Interoperability with Microsoft Outlook email and calendar |  |
| Sync with Blackberry Enterprise Server | |
| Easy contacts management | |
| Mobile email, calendar and IM access | |
| Email security, powered by Postini | |
| Gmail ads can be disabled | |
| Resource scheduling in Google Calendar | |
| Mailing list functionality and easy content sharing with groups | |
Collaboration apps: Google Docs, Sites, and Video for Business
| Google Docs storage | 1 GB per user for file storage |
|---|---|
| Google Sites storage | 10 GB plus 500 MB per user for shared storage |
| Google Video for Business offers private, secure video sharing | |
| Google Apps Script | |
Support and reliability
| 24/7 phone and email support | |
|---|---|
| 99.9% uptime guarantee SLA* | |
| Synchronous replication | |
| Self-service online support | |
Increased security
| SSL enforcement for secure HTTPS access | |
|---|---|
| Customizable spam filtering | |
| Customize password strength requirements | |
| Email routing and email gateway support | |
| Customizable policies to filter email containing sensitive information | |
| Email encryption using standard TLS protocols | |
Migration and integration tools
| Manage multiple domains from one Google Apps account | |
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| Email migration tools and API | |
| Directory sync with LDAP systems | |
| Email routing and email gateway support | |
| Single sign-on API | |
| User and group provisioning API | |
Additional solutions
Governments, schools, and nonprofits. Google Apps provides specific solutions to meet your organizations needs.
* The 99.9% uptime SLA for Google Apps is offered to organizations using Google Apps for Business, as described in the Google Apps for Business Terms of Service.