Google Docs
Web-based collaborative document editor
- Also known as
- google-docs
Available worldwide
What is Google Docs?
A cloud-hosted word processor that allows multiple users to simultaneously edit, comment, and format documents with real-time visibility into changes. Includes AI-powered writing assistance and works with or without internet connectivity.
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.
From £5.90/user/month. 14-day free trial.
Starter
- 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
- 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
- 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- 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.
- Real-time co-editing
- ✓
- Structured database / table blocks
- -
- Bidirectional links / backlinks
- -
- Markdown-native
- -
- Version history
- -
- Local-first / offline files
- ✓
- AI writing / Q&A over content
- ✓
- Publish pages to the web
- -
- Permissions granularity
- -
- Answer verification / expiry
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud only
- SSO / SCIM
- ✓
- Public API
- ✓
- Free tier
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- 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 alternatives
Other knowledge base software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- CraftAll-in-one space for organizing notes, tasks, documents, and creative projectslow · 43%
- ConfluenceA team workspace for creating, organizing, and sharing documents and knowledge with AI assistancemedium · 54%
- ObsidianA customizable note-taking application that keeps your thoughts private and organized through linked notes and flexible workflows.medium · 55%
- CodaAn all-in-one collaborative workspace that consolidates documents, databases, and workflow automation into a single unified platform.medium · 72%
- SliteA collaborative documentation platform that uses AI to identify outdated information across connected tools and routes suggested updates through team approvalmedium · 73%
- TettraAI-powered knowledge base platform that centralizes team documentation and answers repetitive questions automaticallymedium · 72%
Compare Google Docs
Side by side against other knowledge base software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Google Docs, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.08 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.04 | 3.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 39 | 0.05 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: cloud · Sso scim: Yes · Api access: Yes · Local first: Yes · Ai assistant: Yes · Real time coediting: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 21 | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-16 · 75% |