All users of the “old free version” of G Suite have a Google Office suite that includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and DM Docs, Sheets and Slides. But what does it mean?
Who are the victims of G Suite shutdown?
If this sounds scary or over your head, believe me it’s a change for the better, especially for families or small businesses that use Google services that provide free personalized domain names and related email addresses, for example [email protected]
There are Gmail users with the domain suffix “gmail.com” and free Google Accounts that allow access to Calendar, Drive, Docs, etc. Will not be affected. At least for now.
The removed service was originally a free version of Google Apps, available from 2006 to 2012. But after switching to the paid version, existing free groups were allowed to use the service for free. The related payment service was later renamed G Suite, later renamed Google Workspace in 2020.
The most interesting solution for companies to get a personalized domain name is one that I have been using myself since 2006: thus, all my family members had a unique email address. One very important thing that made it possible to have the same email regardless of our internet service provider.
But with this change, if you’re like me, the current administrator of this group should start paying at least € 4.68 per user or € 56 per person per year by July!
If you choose not to pay, data associated with your group and stored on Google servers should be exported (Google has a tool for this purpose) They can be permanently deleted before July 1, after that date.
Unfortunately, there is no way to export books, movies, music and content purchases for applications.
What are the vulnerabilities?
Turning these services into paid ones is not a concern. We subscribe to access the Office 360 suite. Decent salary for all jobs.
But here are two problems:
On the one hand, if paid many users would not use the service at that time. Well, it’s nice to have a personalized address for the whole family, but since we can generate email for free from anywhere in 2 minutes, we’re not going to pay for providing it all for free (worse we have all the email. By our access provider). This is because, if Google offers multiple tools, most users only use the mailbox, see calendar.
Google Email, on the other hand, is a sesame that allows access to many services, and today users are being held hostage:
- Users will lose all purchases made to their Google Account (apps, games, books, movies, etc.).
- Some people have started a YouTube channel and it is difficult to switch to another account
- Personalized email is used by some services, whose authentication is done directly through a google account, without having to create an account on the platform. Switching to another host will no longer work, so losing account on these services will usually not allow you to change the email to another: /
In short, if you’ve used personalized email in Gmail for years like me, it’s hard to leave without leaving feathers on Google: /
How to maintain your G Suite account?
If you decide to pay, your G Suite account will be converted to a Google Workspace account, priced at “based on features you currently use” and your data will be transferred from May 1st. Here is one Pricing table For Google Workspace accounts.
The top tier of Workspace with unlimited users is Google’s desktop and email system, used and paid for by non – profit organizations. Small businesses with less than 300 users can pay $ 15.60 or less per user per month. Educational and non-profit organizations that use G Suite will be transferred to the workplace free of charge. They can only continue to benefit from the free service.
Most “normal” users will be satisfied with வணிக 4.68 per month (and per person) on a business start-up.
Users of free Google Accounts not affiliated with the custom domain will not be affected, but it is clear that Google is in the habit of abruptly changing its mind about the level of support it provides for its services and its devices. . After all, these users are entitled to the same tools: calendar, word processor, spreadsheet, etc. Will these accounts be charged in the future?
Google recently backtracked on its promise to store unlimited images in Google Photos: it now limits all data associated with a free account to 15GB. In short, the king of Google, and does what he wants!
Before the disappointment of many, it seems that Google is working on other programs to relocate people, mainly using G Suite in the family setting. So do not hesitate Complete their form here Express yourself and keep up to date with the options offered.
What are the alternatives to G Suite?
There are many alternatives to Google. Already, if you need an email address, your Internet Service Provider will duly provide you with one. The only problem: it usually disappears the day you decide to change the supplier, and we will continue to do this more and more and benefit from better prices.
In this case, it is better to use an independent service. We had provided ik.me Last year: The service provided by Infomaniak, hosted in Switzerland, was free for life, without ads and without reselling your data. The service offers 20 GB of storage and free drive for photos and documents.
Of course, this is not an address with a personalized domain name. But personally, after this cold shower, even my free gmail accounts may move elsewhere. The US company has already repeatedly shown that it can close or pay for its services, leaving users with no choice.
Many services offer free email.
Thus, Microsoft allows you to receive free email Outlook And 15GB of storage. It is undoubtedly a direct competitor to Google because it provides many services if needed. I already pay 6 users a monthly license of 10 per month, which is even more reasonable (not to mention that you can easily find a one year subscription for less than 50 போது during ads like Black Friday).
Yahoo Mail Very old, still there, yes! The free mailbox with 1TB of storage is undoubtedly the largest space provided for a mailbox!
Protonmail Another reputable provider of data protection and privacy protection is located in Switzerland, where data protection law is particularly strict (similar to infomaniac for that matter). However, the free version is limited to 500MB of storage, which will soon be limited.
PositionWhich has been on the rise in the digital arena in recent years, also offers free email service.
In short, there are a lot of services, like a simple search in a search engine (like Forecast 😉 I will say a lot.
On the other hand, to get an email with a personalized domain name, we pay. I do not know of any free service that does this. But at InfomaniacFor example, compared to € 280 in Google, 5 emails is only € 18 per year and if you need a personalized email it’s free (you only pay for the domain name).
Outlook also allowsUse a custom domain name. But it will obviously only work if the domain name is rented from GoDaddy: /
If you have a NAS, for example as a Synology, you can too Host your email service yourself. However, be careful about security, as emails are the main target for spam and everything should be safe.
And you, what will you do? Will you pay for Google Workspace and continue to use it? Which of the Google Workspace projects do you use? Or would you choose a free alternative to Google Workspace? Let us know in the comments below!
If you have tips for leaving as few feathers as possible, I’m interested! For my part, the email portion of the blog will no doubt be transferred to Infomaniak, which already hosts my sites, and its services have proven reliable over the years. The migration of our family accounts can be very complicated: if moving the mailbox-only people is not a problem, moving those with a YouTube channel, Google Mail-based accounts or multiple purchases (Android apps, games, movies, etc.) can be very difficult. And because they are all linked to the same domain name, you can not move one part and drop the other on Google. Everyone is displaced, or no one, in this case everyone has to pay 56 per year. Not sure if this inspires many …
But whether we like it or not, in order to install apps on your Android smartphone, you need to have at least one great Gmail account, even if it’s used in home automation for voice assistants.
