Google Workspace Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
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We use Google Workspace across a number of facets. We use gmail as our primary email meaning that all internal and external communications are sent through Gmail. I oversee the sales function which involves taking multiple sales and demo calls per day. These are all ran using Google Meet, and I transcribe all calls using Gemini's note taker, and sometimes record calls using the internal call recording function. Utilising Google Workspace means I can utilise all the features of one platform without needing to use other platforms for meets, transcriptions etc. I manage all meetings both internal and external through google calendar, saving me needing an external call calendar. Beyond this, we utilise Google Docs for any documentation that is required, I use Google Sheets for data imports and exports, and all of this is managed with Google Drive.Utilising Google Workspace is incredibly helpful for being able to house everything under one roof, especially as leading a sales function involves the use of different tools for calls, documentations, transcriptions, email etc, so everything being in one place gives me a single source of truth.
Pros
- Gemini transcription is excellent for every meeting
- Google Meet is reliable and stable for all sales calls
- Gmail is consistent and reliable
- Sheets / docs / slides has all the necessary features to build purpose driven documents
- Drive is easy to use and organise
Cons
- Gmail could have easier settings to enable auto filtering on emails
- The ability to share your calendar availability through a link (similar to calendly)
- Sheets lacks some functionalities that other providers like Excel have
- Could be considered a more expensive option on the market
Likelihood to Recommend
I find that google workspace covers all the bases that I would need my day to day work solution to offer. Workspace is perfect if you're someone working in sales who regularly sets up and hosts meetings. The meet solution is reliable, the transcription through Gemini is almost always perfect, and the recording function is easy to use. Calendar backs this up well by being simple and easy to use. Although having the ability to share your calendar link for people to book in meetings would elevate this further. You can also never go wrong with Gmail, it is reliable, has strong spam filters and rarely ever goes down.
On the flip side, despite Docs, Slides and Sheets covering the basic functionalities that you would need to create a good base level of documents, it does lack some advanced functionalities that other providers offer. Especially in Sheets, I use sheets regularly for importing and exporting data for cold outreach, it works perfectly fine for this, but if you were looking to start creating dashboards etc using sheets as the base for this, it can start to get a bit tricky and limited.
On the flip side, despite Docs, Slides and Sheets covering the basic functionalities that you would need to create a good base level of documents, it does lack some advanced functionalities that other providers offer. Especially in Sheets, I use sheets regularly for importing and exporting data for cold outreach, it works perfectly fine for this, but if you were looking to start creating dashboards etc using sheets as the base for this, it can start to get a bit tricky and limited.
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