> With Essentials for your domain, you get many of the features of other editions of Google Workspace but without the cost of services you might not need, like Gmail
and if you want Gmail, you need to upgrade:
> If you need Gmail, sign up instead for Business Starter, Business Standard, and Business Plus.
> sign up instead for Business Starter, Business Standard, and Business Plus.
The options I see are called. Google Workspace Enterprise Plus. Google Workspace Enterprise Standard. Google Workspace Enterprise Essentials.
So much confusion :(
On the office apps though, I feel that despite the occasional burst of crazy (Why does the text colour button look like superscript in sheets if you have white selected?), google office apps tend to work relatively speedily and do collaboration really well, in constrast to the other behemoth you'd be likely to choose. I'd love to find an alternative with a similar level of polish, but I haven't yet.