Google Launches New “No-Cost” Workspace Essentials Starter Edition for Businesses

Feb. 7, 2022

Google has launched a“no-cost solution”for its Workspace customers to boost the productivity of businesses. The new Google Workspace Essentials Starter Edition plan allows users to access several Workspace Google apps, except Gmail. Let’s take a look at the details.

Google Workspace Essentials Starter Edition Launched

In arecent blog post, Google revealed that the Workspace Essentials Starter Edition allows users to sign up with their existing work email to accessGoogle Docs,Google Slides,Google Drive,Google Sheets,Google Chat (with Spaces), andGoogleMeet.

While the new plan does not include Gmail, it allows users who already have a work email account to access Google’s productivity tools for improved collaboration. The idea is to help businesses easily access modern productivity apps without the hassle of “newemail address, file conversions, new plug-ins, or desktop software.“

The start plan’sstorage is limited to 15GBbut users will be able to call up to 100 people and have meetings of up to 60 minutes using Google Meet.

As mentioned earlier, the USP of thenew Workspace plan is that it is completely free for usersand has“no limited trial period.”Plus, users will not require any credit card to sign up for the plan. Hence, users with existing work emails will be able to access these apps to improve communication and productivity entirely for free.

“The new Google Workspace Essentials Starter Edition is a no-cost solution for business users looking to enhance teamwork and unlock innovation with secure-by-design collaboration. With Essentials Starter, we’re making it easy for employees to choose their own productivity tools and bring modern collaboration to work,”wrote Kelly Waldher, the VP of Marketing at Google Workspace.

This new Workspace plan has been launched after Google recently discontinued support for free legacy G Suite accounts, which forced users to go for a paid plan. The new Workspace can thus, act as a sigh of relief for users!

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