Monday we shared some thoughts on why you might consider going Google. Since some of you asked for more, we invited our customers and partners to help us. After all, who knows the reasons better than they do?
We were humbled by the speed and thoughtfulness with which hundreds of people responded. Within 24 hours, we received more than 500 reasons to consider Google Apps. Thank you!
Just for fun, we put all the answers into a word cloud to offer a glimpse at what’s most important to our customers. We were pleased to see alignment with the four categories we shared Monday: pure and proven cloud, designed for teams, productive anywhere, and simple and affordable. If you’re interested, you can see the full list of responses here.
Word cloud based on over 500 reasons provided by our customers and partners.
Over the course of the coming weeks we hope to share as many of these reasons as possible in a more digestible way. Feel free to share additional thoughts by completing this form.
Thanks again for all the kind words!
22 comments:
Could consolidate a lot: Collaboration appears three times (the obvious large one and right above the second a, and collaborate under work). Same with Doc/doc/docs. Price, pricing, cost, costs, free (use).
Lastly, quite a bit are just useless words by themselves: (per, way, multiple, every, never, one, make, able, etc, even, many)
Until you allow the primary domain to be freely changed, NONE OF THE OTHER FEATURES MATTER. Our clients can't possibly commit to a service that is this restrictive and inflexible.
In the past 15 years we've seen hundreds of companies change primary domain -- no reason to think that won't continue to happen. Until Google Apps allows this basic business necessity, it is a non-starter.
(Note that MS Office 365 and just about every other ISP freely allows the domain to be changed -- simple because they do NOT erroneously also use it as the account ID.)
Ok, this is going to sound seriously snippy, but right now the main reason *not* to joing Apps is that we don't get join in on the fun (google+? profiles? Check-ins? etc.)
Love Apps though, ever since I made the switch I won't look back, but it would be awesome to be able to experience the new stuff that regular gmail customers get to experience.
Oops! You missed published profiles. Oh that's right! Google profiles isn't coming to Business/Apps users.
I'd give it a "+1" but as a Google Apps customer I can't
1 reson to not consider it: no google profiles & therefore no google+....
big minus here.
i love google apps but I really feel left out (no profiles, no +1, no buzz... )we want to be social too, my apps account is the only google account I use now, i hate switching back and forth. please release google apps features that everyone has been waiting for!
Google Apps is great, but apparently not a development priority. I find it funny that this blog has a +1 button on every post when actual Google Apps users cannot use it.
To Andres, ChrisWiegman, Christoph Richter, and Tierra Wilson: I am curious as to how many people are in your company? Some of the social aspects may be interesting, maybe, but I can't see how using a company's Apps account as your solitary system is a good idea. Most company images don't benefit highly from mixing an employees full personal life with their professional life.
If it's not for a company at all, then how are you using it and what are you gaining by using Google Apps that you can't get from a regular Gmail account; other than maybe self gratification that you have your own domain name?
I wish to see actual scenarios. It's hard to imagine that the lack of Profiles, Buzz, etc is a reason to avoid Google Apps when you consider that is designed for companies and there's nothing else out there that really compares.
It's like saying you won't eat the main course of a meal if it doesn't come with desert.
Add my voice to the many that feel disenfranchised by the lack of Profiles, Buzz and now Google+ access. I use Google Apps to host all my family's emails, etc. so that we have a unique domain name, while also PAYING for a stable and robust system. I'm now looking into downgrading at the next payment cycle. Why should I pay $50 per user for incomplete Google Accounts? It just doesn't make sense.
Of course, who knows if Google even reads these comments.
I just realised what is what and I say, come on Google- gold team, I like that (ye) just need some time to change my old habits, good idea I LOVE IT.
I'll echo the others. Until Google Apps stops feeling like a second class citizen, there's very little reason to recommend it.
It's been a *nightmare* trying to use it with my android phone. I think that's mostly all working now, though there's still a chunk of services that just don't work. y'all have been promising support for profiles and the things that comes from it for about a year and a half.
If you compare FB Vs. Google+ the main advantage of G+ is that you can have separeted circle. So, you may think, I can use the same tool for managing work and work-out contact and conversation ! No you can't. Because your google apps account do not work at all. I do not understand if it is a policy or technical limit. Remember Negroponte: do different things with the same tool....
+1 for Profiles/Google+. Oh, wait. I can't do that yet...
If I were contemplating switching to GoogleApps for my personal hosting right this minute, I would choose to continue hosting my own. What's the hold-up on allowing your actual paying customers to use the cool new features available to the free customers?
Biggest reason to say no: no profiles/buzz/+1/G+!
We consider to use Google Apps in our company as mobile online addition to the existing office applications but we wans also "Google Plus" which is impossible without profiles :-(
In another blog posting (on March 30th) you said that Profiles are comming to the Google Apps users soon, "in a few weeeks".
Are 15 weeks still "a few"?!....
Google: please let us know whether it will be possible and we long we have to wait.
Hello All,
There isnt a number I can call to speak with anyone so forgive my silly question.
Currently we use NLI file share as our client file sharing program on our website (savaneproperties.com) We want to switch to Google Business and have the same option with Cloud. Is it possible without any hiccups? Essentially what clients do is log in with their own log in and password and view their files. We are looking for a provider who can help us with minimizing the amount of work. I have noticed Google Cloud does an AMAZING job on that alone. I just wanted to make sure Google Cloud will help me sync their files on line with mine on my computer. Another question that comes to mind is, if it is possible, does Google logo appear once you log in? Do you use Google website to log in? Or can you use Savane Properties?
If someone can help?? Thoughts???
Our family domain name hosted as an Apps domain. No profiles, no G+. You don't want us creating ghost gmail.com addresses just to access the services we want do you? Seems like a waste of time and effort on everyone's part.
Enable Profiles and G+ for Apps domains ASAP, please.
Where is Buzz? Where is Plus?
Maybe Google Apps could start working on a downgrade button for paying customer so the first two is no longer required.
500 reasons to consider Google Apps...
1 reason to falter them all... Google Profiles
The power of (+)1
I think the biggest reason to use Google apps is its seamless integration with +1 and Google+.
Oh wait...
we are not allowed to save the data in the US by LAW of Germany. Any data centers only in Germany available?
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