# What Are the Best Office Suites for Small Teams Needing Real-Time Collaboration?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hey G2 users. Small teams juggling several tools lose real time just switching between them, and one platform's reviewer base in <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/office-suites">Office Suites</a> is overwhelmingly built around solving exactly that.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/google-workspace/reviews"><strong>Google Workspace</strong></a>: reviewers point to Gmail, Docs, Drive, and Meet integrated into one connected ecosystem, with real-time co-editing, automatic saving, and access from any device, removing the platform switching that slows small teams down. Reviewers note that advanced administrative and security features sit behind higher-tier plans, and permissions can get confusing once a team grows.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Would be useful to hear from small teams directly here: did real-time co-editing actually change how your team worked together day to day, or was it more of a nice-to-have on top of tools you were already using?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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- Posted at: 10 days ago
- Author title: Marketing
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## Comments
### Comment 1

To your question, the change people report is usually about the review cycle rather than the writing. Co-editing removes the version reconciliation step, so a document goes from draft to agreed in one sitting instead of three rounds of attachments, and that compression is what small teams feel. The permissions point you raise is the natural next problem, since once nothing is emailed the sharing model becomes the only access control you have.

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- Posted at: 9 days ago
- Author title: Tech Consultant





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