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Google Docs

Cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite for teams

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Also known as
google-docs

Available worldwide

What is Google Docs?

A comprehensive cloud-based platform enabling real-time collaboration on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and other content with AI-powered features.

Independently observed

Google Docs pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from £5.90/moSubscription14-day trial

From £5.90/user/month. 14-day free trial.

Starter

£5.90/user/month
monthly
storage
30 GB pooled
  • 30 GB pooled storage per person
  • Secure custom business email
  • Gemini AI assistant in Gmail
  • Video meetings (100 participants)
  • Google Vids
  • Security and management controls

Standard

£11.80/user/month
monthly
storage
2 TB
  • 2 TB storage
  • Secure custom business email with custom layouts and mail merge
  • Gemini AI assistant in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and more
  • Gemini Notebook with expanded features
  • Video meetings with recording and noise cancellation (150 participants)
  • Appointment booking pages
  • eSignature with Docs and PDFs
  • Google Workspace Migrate tool

Plus

£18.40/user/month
monthly
storage
5 TB
  • 5 TB storage
  • Secure custom business email with eDiscovery
  • Video meetings with attendance tracking (500 participants)
  • Vault for data retention and search
  • Secure LDAP
  • Advanced endpoint management
  • Enhanced security and management controls

Enterprise

Contact sales
Contact sales
storage
5 TB or more
  • 5 TB storage (upgradeable)
  • Secure custom business email with S/MIME encryption
  • Video meetings with in-domain live streaming (1000 participants)
  • Data loss prevention (DLP)
  • Context-aware access
  • Enterprise data regions
  • Cloud Identity Premium
  • Enterprise endpoint management
  • AI Classification for Google Drive
  • Enhanced Support for critical issues

What Google Docs does

The capabilities that matter for knowledge base software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Collaboration
Real-time co-editing
✓
Content
Structured database / table blocks
-
Bidirectional links / backlinks
-
Markdown-native
-
Version history
✓
Storage
Local-first / offline files
✓
AI
AI writing / Q&A over content
✓
Publishing
Publish pages to the web
-
Access
Permissions granularity
-
Knowledge
Answer verification / expiry
-
Deployment
Hosting
Cloud only
Enterprise
SSO / SCIM
✓
Extensibility
Public API
✓
Pricing
Free tier
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • iOS
  • Web
  • Android
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (21)

Independently observed
  • Gmail
  • Google Drive
  • Google Meet
  • Google Chat
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Slides
  • Google Forms
  • Google Sites
  • Google Keep
  • Google Tasks
  • Gemini
  • Gemini Notebook
  • Google Vids
  • Studio
  • Apps Script
  • Google Voice
  • AppSheet
  • Vault
  • Endpoint Management
  • Admin Console

Google Docs FAQ

Common questions about Google Docs, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Google Docs?

A cloud-based document editor that enables multiple users to edit the same document simultaneously, with features for version history, granular permissions, and AI-assisted content generation. Supports importing and working with various file formats including Word documents and PDFs. It is indexed under Knowledge Base Software.

Source: https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/

How much does Google Docs cost?

Google Docs is a paid product; published pricing starts at £5.90 per user per month. It is sold across 4 plans (Starter, Standard, Plus and Enterprise). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/

What platforms does Google Docs support?

We have confirmed browser-based access to Google Docs. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.

Source: https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/

Can Google Docs be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Google Docs, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.

Source: https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/

What does Google Docs integrate with?

We have confirmed 20 integrations for Google Docs, including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Chat, Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Google Forms, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/

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Balanced composite 64 / 100
low · 37%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency750.086.3✓
Price level800.054.2✓
Capabilities920.043.6✓
Integrations390.051.8✓
Reliability00.060.0-
Security posture00.060.0-

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq5 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesHosting: cloud · Sso scim: Yes · Api access: Yes · Local first: Yes · Ai assistant: Yes · Version history: Yesmediumsource · 2026-09-23 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count21mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-16 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierNomediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
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