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Comparison Google Workspace & Microsoft 365

This overview serves to illustrate the proliferation of applications, urls and names of the most popular office applications. This comparison only applies to web applications and does not take into account any desktop applications (especially for Microsoft products).

End user interfaces (web comparison only)

This section compares the end user interfaces. The usage types in the first column serve as a rough categorization. The list is probably not exhaustive and quickly becomes outdated. 

Category

Google App

Google App URL

Microsoft App

Microsoft App URL

E-Mail

 

Google Mail (Gmail)

 

mail.google.com

 

Microsoft Exchange Mail (Outlook Mail)

 

outlook.cloud.microsoft/mail

 

Online Meeting

 

Google Meet

 

meet.google.com

 

Microsoft Teams Meetings

 

teams.cloud.microsoft

 

Chat

 

Google Chat

 

mail.google.com/chat

 

Microsoft Teams Chats

 

teams.cloud.microsoft

 

Calendar

 

 

Google Calendar

 

calendar.google.com

 

Microsoft Exchange Calendar (Outlook Calendar)

 

outlook.cloud.microsoft/calendar

 

Data storage

 

Google Drive

 

drive.google.com

 

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft OneDrive

microsoft365.com/launch/sharepoint

 

Text data

 

Google Docs

 

docs.google.com/document

 

Microsoft Word

 

word.cloud.microsoft

 

Table data

 

Google Sheets

 

docs.google.com/spreadsheets

 

Microsoft Excel

 

excel.cloud.microsoft

 

Presentation data

 

Google Slides

 

docs.google.com/presentation

 

Microsoft PowerPoint

 

powerpoint.cloud.microsoft

 

Forms & data collection

 

Google Forms

 

docs.google.com/forms

 

Microsoft Forms

 

forms.cloud.microsoft

 

Web pages

 

Google Sites

 

sites.google.com

 

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft PowerPages

microsoft365.com/launch/sharepoint

make.powerpages.microsoft.com

 

Notes

 

Google Keep

 

keep.google.com

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft Loop

onenote.cloud.microsoft

loop.cloud.microsoft

Process automation

 

Google Apps Script

 

script.google.com

 

Microsoft PowerAutomate

 

make.powerautomate.com

 

Drawing sheet

 

Google Jamboard

 

jamboard.google.com

 

Microsoft Whiteboard

 

app.whiteboard.microsoft.com

 

Video editing



Microsoft Clipchamp

microsoft365.com/launch/clipchamp

 

Data lists

Google Sheets

 

docs.google.com/spreadsheets

 

Microsoft Lists

microsoft365.com/launch/lists

Diagrams



Microsoft Visio

microsoft365.com/launch/visio

Task Management

Google Tasks

 

calendar.google.com/tasks

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft To Do

planner.cloud.microsoft