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A line of productivity and collaboration subscription services offered by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Office product line.
Parent organisation: Microsoft
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: Market dominance
Pricing: $5/user/month-$20/user/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Parent organisation: Microsoft
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: Market dominance
Pricing: $5/user/month-$20/user/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
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Pros
Open Source alternatives available
Releases new features regularly
Shares product roadmap
Transparent pricing model
Plain English TOS
Clear data policies
Allows data export
Allows data deletion
Has accessibility statement
Shares diversity data
Cons
Monopoly platform - does not aid a diverse media ecosystem
G Suite is a suite of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, including Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar; Drive for storage; Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites for collaboration.
Parent organisation: Google
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: #2 brand
Pricing: $6/user/month-$25/user/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Parent organisation: Google
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: #2 brand
Pricing: $6/user/month-$25/user/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
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Pros
Open Source alternatives available
Releases new features regularly
Shares product roadmap
Transparent pricing model
Clear data policies
Allows data export
Allows data deletion
Has accessibility statement
Shares diversity data
Cons
Monopoly platform - does not aid a diverse media ecosystem
A web-based collaborative platform that integrates with Microsoft Office, primarily sold as a document management and storage system.
Parent organisation: Microsoft
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: Market dominance
Pricing: $12.50/user/month-$20/user/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Parent organisation: Microsoft
Type of organisation: Publicly-listed company (or group)
Market share: Market dominance
Pricing: $12.50/user/month-$20/user/month
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
Skills needed to use: Plug & play (any non-technical user can do it)
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Pros
Open Source alternatives available
Releases new features regularly
Shares product roadmap
Transparent pricing model
Clear data policies
Allows data export
Allows data deletion
Has accessibility statement
Shares diversity data
Cons
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