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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (46.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (47.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$6.00 Per Month
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Google Workspace
Star Rating
(47,182)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (46.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$6.00 Per Month
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Star Rating
(284)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Google Workspace excels in Ease of Use with a score of 9.3, making it intuitive for small businesses to adopt. In contrast, M-Files, with a score of 8.7, is noted for its steeper learning curve, particularly for new users.
- Reviewers mention that Google Workspace's Device Syncing capabilities are impressive, scoring 9.2, allowing seamless access across devices. M-Files, however, shines even brighter with a score of 9.5, indicating superior performance in this area.
- G2 users highlight that M-Files offers robust Autonomous Task Execution features, scoring 9.0, which automates workflows effectively. Google Workspace, with a score of 7.3, is seen as lacking in this automation aspect, which can be a drawback for users seeking efficiency.
- Users on G2 report that M-Files provides excellent Change Tracking / Audit Logs with a score of 9.4, making it easier to monitor document changes. Google Workspace, scoring 8.8, is noted for its basic tracking features but lacks the depth found in M-Files.
- Reviewers mention that Google Workspace's File Sharing capabilities are strong, with a score of 9.4, allowing for easy collaboration. M-Files, with a score of 9.5, is praised for its advanced sharing options, which include more granular permissions and controls.
- Users say that while both products have solid Security features, M-Files scores higher at 9.4 compared to Google Workspace's 9.1, indicating a more comprehensive approach to data protection and compliance, which is crucial for mid-market users.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google Workspace
Business Starter
$6.00
Per Month
- Custom and secure business email
- 100 participant video meetings
- 30 GB storage per user
Free Trial
Google Workspace
Free Trial is available
M-Files
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
37,411
8.9
231
Ease of Use
9.3
37,627
8.6
233
Ease of Setup
9.2
9,570
8.3
192
Ease of Admin
9.1
8,173
7.7
87
Quality of Support
8.6
29,812
8.6
222
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
7,497
8.4
86
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
36,138
8.9
226
Features by Category
File Management
9.2
7978
9.5
42
9.1
8034
9.2
41
9.0
8122
9.6
43
8.9
8166
9.6
43
9.0
7761
8.7
41
Agentic AI - Cloud Content Collaboration
7.5
116
8.6
6
7.7
116
8.3
7
7.8
115
8.6
7
Collaboration
9.0
7554
9.3
41
9.4
8340
9.4
42
9.2
7859
9.2
41
8.8
6837
9.3
43
Administration
9.1
6013
9.2
41
8.9
5841
9.3
40
9.1
5799
9.1
43
8.4
6282
8.7
40
8.7
5285
9.0
40
9.1
6400
9.3
41
Platform
9.3
2127
9.4
39
8.8
1730
9.4
38
8.8
1655
9.3
36
8.8
1495
9.2
33
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
8.7
2093
Not enough data
8.8
2224
Not enough data
8.7
2042
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.0
2184
Not enough data
9.0
2220
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.0
2265
Not enough data
9.1
2334
Not enough data
8.7
1884
Not enough data
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.3
255
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.2
249
Not enough data
8.2
248
Not enough data
8.2
247
Not enough data
8.3
246
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.2
136
Not enough data
8.3
135
Not enough data
Setup
Not enough data
9.2
69
Not enough data
9.1
66
Not enough data
9.0
66
Not enough data
8.8
70
Management
Not enough data
9.1
68
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.2
67
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.7
62
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
9.4
18
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.3
18
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
9.4
19
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Presenter Tools
8.9
2796
Not enough data
8.4
2404
Not enough data
8.2
2284
Not enough data
8.7
2698
Not enough data
Conferencing Options
9.0
3057
Not enough data
9.0
3117
Not enough data
9.1
3211
Not enough data
Application Tools
8.7
2462
Not enough data
8.5
2538
Not enough data
9.1
2837
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Screen Sharing
8.2
193
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.7
1803
Not enough data
8.8
1797
Not enough data
9.5
1823
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.6
1691
Not enough data
8.1
1695
Not enough data
8.3
1628
Not enough data
9.4
1793
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.7
1591
Not enough data
9.2
1693
Not enough data
9.4
1725
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
536
Not enough data
8.1
526
Not enough data
7.6
522
Not enough data
8.4
529
Not enough data
7.3
514
Not enough data
8.1
521
Not enough data
7.9
518
Not enough data
Calculating
8.9
1841
Not enough data
8.9
1736
Not enough data
Insights
8.7
1713
Not enough data
8.9
1775
Not enough data
Editing
8.5
1717
Not enough data
9.4
1858
Not enough data
8.9
1773
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
1576
Not enough data
9.2
1782
Not enough data
9.1
1799
Not enough data
9.5
1884
Not enough data
Applications
9.3
1319
Not enough data
9.1
1259
Not enough data
8.4
1213
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.3
1305
Not enough data
8.9
1189
Not enough data
9.3
1287
Not enough data
Management
9.2
1272
Not enough data
9.1
1238
Not enough data
9.5
1277
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Office Suites
7.9
370
Not enough data
8.1
372
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
9.0
5915
Not enough data
9.1
4169
Not enough data
8.3
3634
Not enough data
9.0
4221
Not enough data
8.9
3952
Not enough data
Meeting Coordination
9.1
5778
Not enough data
8.5
5156
Not enough data
8.8
5450
Not enough data
9.2
4157
Not enough data
Software Type
9.1
5735
Not enough data
9.2
4227
Not enough data
8.9
3799
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
8.0
361
Not enough data
7.9
364
Not enough data
8.1
360
Not enough data
Survey Management
9.0
1011
Not enough data
9.0
1036
Not enough data
8.4
991
Not enough data
8.9
1009
Not enough data
Survey Customization
8.5
863
Not enough data
8.4
912
Not enough data
8.6
910
Not enough data
8.4
754
Not enough data
Survey Insights
8.8
992
Not enough data
8.4
760
Not enough data
9.0
969
Not enough data
9.0
965
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Survey
8.2
78
Not enough data
8.0
77
Not enough data
8.1
77
Not enough data
Calendar View
9.2
1430
Not enough data
9.1
1401
Not enough data
Shared Calendar
9.3
1441
Not enough data
9.1
1405
Not enough data
Accessibility
8.8
1225
Not enough data
8.6
1280
Not enough data
Integration
9.0
1343
Not enough data
8.9
1322
Not enough data
8.9
1331
Not enough data
Notifications
9.0
1371
Not enough data
8.7
1228
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.9
739
Not enough data
8.1
745
Not enough data
8.0
740
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Calendar
8.0
289
Not enough data
Design
8.7
1388
Not enough data
8.5
1396
Not enough data
8.4
1389
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.4
1486
Not enough data
9.3
1468
Not enough data
File Types
9.2
1482
Not enough data
9.0
1452
Not enough data
8.7
1211
Not enough data
Edit & Revise
9.1
1462
Not enough data
8.9
1415
Not enough data
9.2
1484
Not enough data
Integrate & Embed
9.2
1419
Not enough data
8.9
1282
Not enough data
9.0
1358
Not enough data
Operating System
9.1
1328
Not enough data
9.0
1306
Not enough data
8.3
1066
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
730
Not enough data
8.5
720
Not enough data
7.8
714
Not enough data
8.2
715
Not enough data
8.1
709
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Creation
7.8
282
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
9.4
34
Not enough data
9.2
30
Not enough data
9.3
28
Dashboards
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
8.6
30
Not enough data
8.7
30
Not enough data
8.6
31
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.3
32
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
9.3
28
Security
Not enough data
9.1
29
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
9.4
30
Generative AI
8.3
813
Not enough data
8.3
809
Not enough data
8.1
806
Not enough data
7.9
308
Not enough data
8.3
307
Not enough data
7.9
303
Not enough data
Management and Discovery - IT Documentation
Not enough data
9.1
57
Not enough data
9.3
54
Not enough data
9.4
54
Operations - IT Documentation
Not enough data
9.2
53
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
9.4
56
Agentic AI - Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Not enough data
8.7
34
Not enough data
9.0
32
Not enough data
9.0
33
File Management
Not enough data
9.2
148
Not enough data
9.2
149
Not enough data
8.5
112
Not enough data
9.2
132
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.6
127
Not enough data
8.3
111
Not enough data
8.4
106
Not enough data
8.5
116
Not enough data
9.1
148
Not enough data
8.8
132
Not enough data
8.6
115
Workflow
Not enough data
8.8
135
Not enough data
8.7
134
Not enough data
8.6
127
Not enough data
8.9
126
Not enough data
8.8
115
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
110
Not enough data
8.8
144
Not enough data
8.5
127
Not enough data
8.7
126
Not enough data
8.7
111
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
7.9
74
Not enough data
Customizations
8.4
425
Not enough data
8.8
427
Not enough data
8.4
393
Not enough data
8.5
403
Not enough data
Growth
8.4
334
Not enough data
8.5
360
Not enough data
8.5
337
Not enough data
8.1
319
Not enough data
8.6
343
Not enough data
Content
8.9
387
Not enough data
8.8
401
Not enough data
8.7
397
Not enough data
8.4
142
Not enough data
Support
8.4
149
Not enough data
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Google Workspace and M-Files are categorized as Cloud Content Collaboration
Unique Categories
Google Workspace is categorized as Business Instant Messaging, Screen Sharing, Note-Taking Software, Spreadsheets, Website Builder, Presentation, Document Creation, Office Suites, Calendar, Email, Survey, and Video Conferencing
M-Files is categorized as Document Management, Engineering Document Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Workflow Management, and IT Documentation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google Workspace
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
M-Files
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
9.2%
Education Management
8.4%
Computer Software
7.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.7%
Higher Education
5.1%
Other
62.9%
Information Technology and Services
15.5%
Education Management
5.5%
Marketing and Advertising
5.0%
Construction
4.6%
Oil & Energy
4.2%
Other
65.1%
Discussions
Internet Connection
25 Comments
LG
Yes it working on it asap it will be clear..Read more
Is there a way to see everyone all at once on the screen?
21 Comments
JB
Yes. On the bottom right, you'll see "Present your screen" and next to it "..." Those 3 dots give you access to screen settings. You can change to tile mode,...Read more
Is that possible to see the files from multiple Google accounts simultaneously?
17 Comments
JD
Yes. When a Google Drive document is shared to your Gmail, you can save it to your Drive. When you open the document, it will open in a separate tab. You...Read more
What kind of companies use M-Files?
1 Comment
Official Response from M-Files
M-Files has customers in over 100 countries and range from organizations that just want to eliminate confusing folder structures to those companies with...Read more
Is M-Files 21 CFR Part 11 compliant?
1 Comment
Official Response from M-Files
M-Files enables organizations to comply with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulations. An essential part of fulfilling these regulations is the use of revision and...Read more
Does M-Files provide an audit trail?
1 Comment
Official Response from M-Files
M-Files includes the following audit trail functionality:
- Recording of object-specific events, such as object addition, modification and deletion...Read more
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