Google Workspace vs Loom
Pricing
Google Workspace: From $7 per user/mo on an annual plan ($8.40 month to month); 14-day trial
Loom: Free tier, paid from $18/user/mo
Description
Google Workspace: Google's business suite: Gmail on your own domain, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet, with Gemini built in
Loom: Quick video messages instead of meetings
Pros
- Professional email at your own domain on every plan
- Business Starter includes 30 GB of storage per user, video meetings for up to 100 people and Gemini in Gmail
- The Flexible plan bills monthly for the users you have, and you can cancel at any time
- Record screen + face video and share a link in under 60 seconds
- Free tier gives you 25 videos up to 5 minutes each
- Replaces meetings that should have been an email (or a video)
Cons
- Business Starter leaves out Gemini in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive; those start on Business Standard at $14 per user a month on an annual plan
- Recording Meet calls needs Business Standard or higher
- Introductory discounts apply to new customers for the first 12 months only
- Owned by Atlassian since 2023. Some features are being gated to paid plans
- Videos longer than 5 minutes or more than 25 videos require Business ($18/user/month)
Details
Workspace gives you email at your own domain plus Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet under one login. Gemini, Google’s AI assistant, is built into Gmail on every plan and into the other apps from Business Standard up.
Business Starter covers the basics for one person: email, 30 GB of pooled storage per user and meetings for up to 100 people. Business Standard ($14 per user a month on an annual plan) adds 2 TB of storage, meeting recordings, appointment booking pages and eSignature in Docs and PDFs.
The prices on the pricing page assume a one-year commitment. Paying month to month on the Flexible plan costs more: $8.40 per user for Business Starter. New customers also get introductory prices for their first 12 months, on up to 20 users.
Loom lets you record quick screen + face videos instead of scheduling meetings. Insanely useful for async teams. Started bootstrapped on maxed credit cards, grew to 10M+ users, sold to Atlassian for $975M in 2023. The free tier is still generous enough for most solo use. Business costs $18 per user per month and removes the video and length limits, and Business + AI costs $24 with AI editing; paying annually saves up to 17%.
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