SiteSmith Workspace vs Google Workspace
SiteSmith Workspace and Google Workspace, side by side.
SiteSmith Workspace is free and works with our hosting. Google Workspace does more, and costs from $7 a person a month. Here's what each one includes.
The short answer
Which one fits.
Choose SiteSmith Workspace if
- You want documents, spreadsheets, 15 GB of storage and video meetings without a bill for each person.
- Your website is hosted with SiteSmith, and you want its email addresses in the same account.
- You already have Gmail or Outlook addresses and want to read them in one inbox.
- You build websites and want Git repositories that deploy to your hosting (Forge).
Choose Google Workspace if
- Several people edit the same documents at the same time, or leave comments on them.
- You send and receive Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
- You need to work offline, or in desktop apps.
- You need shared drives, single sign-on, audit logs or other admin controls for a larger team.
Feature by feature
What each one includes.
SiteSmith's free plan next to Google's cheapest plan, Business Starter.
Price
- SiteSmith
- Free, with no time limit
- $7 a person a month on a yearly plan, or $8.40 month to month (Business Starter)
Email on your own domain
- SiteSmith
- With SiteSmith hosting, from $7/month
- Included
File storage
- SiteSmith
- 15 GB a person (100 GB with Workspace+)
- 30 GB a person, pooled across the team
Documents, spreadsheets and presentations
- SiteSmith
- In the browser
- In the browser, and offline
Several people editing a document at once
- SiteSmith
- No
- Yes
Comments on documents
- SiteSmith
- No
- Yes
Open and save Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
- SiteSmith
- No
- Yes
Spreadsheet functions
- SiteSmith
- 55, including SUM, IF, VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP
- Several hundred
Sharing files
- SiteSmith
- By link, with an optional expiry date
- With named people, by link, or in shared drives
Video meetings
- SiteSmith
- Up to 25 people (100 with Workspace+), guests join from a link
- Up to 100 people
AI writing and summaries
- SiteSmith
- With Workspace+ ($10.00 a person a month)
- Gemini, included
Git hosting that deploys your website
- SiteSmith
- Forge, included
- No
Admin console, single sign-on and audit logs
- SiteSmith
- No
- Yes
Google Workspace prices and features were checked on September 28, 2026 on Google's pricing page; Google changes them from time to time. Google Workspace is a trademark of Google LLC. SiteSmith isn't affiliated with Google.
Questions
Common questions.
- Is SiteSmith Workspace really free?
- Yes. Mail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Chat and Meet are free with no time limit. Workspace+ adds AI tools, 100 GB of storage and meetings of up to 100 people.
- Can I get email on my own domain for free?
- Not on its own. Email addresses on your domain come with SiteSmith hosting, from $7/month. On the free plan you can connect mailboxes you already have, such as Gmail or Outlook, and read them in SiteSmith Mail.
- Can I use SiteSmith Workspace and Google Workspace together?
- Yes. SiteSmith Mail can connect a Gmail or Google Workspace mailbox, so you can keep Google for email and use SiteSmith for other things, or the other way round.
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