As alternative I would suggest Office365, but If you used Google workspace for so long, why not just pay Google? Why you have to change. Just pay and do nothing... They invested billions for you to use it for free so long. Its a good service.
Google Workspace is expensive: $6/mo for 30GB. Microsoft will give you 1TB plus the Microsoft Office apps (plus email) for that price. If you have a family of 6 with a custom domain, Google is going to charge you $36/mo while Microsoft will charge you $8.33/mo - plus each person gets 1TB of storage and the Microsoft Office apps.
I think the reason to switch is that Google decided to use the same pricing that they want to get out of enterprises for individuals/families. Sure, $6/user is nothing to a company that is paying that worker $5,000+ per month, but it can be annoying for a family (even if it's still relatively affordable). But then you have to think about whether you want to pay $12/user to upgrade their storage making it $72/mo for a family of 6. And you still don't get the Microsoft Office apps. They aren't strictly necessary in a lot of situations, but they're still pretty commonly used.
It just seems like Google isn't offering great value for individuals and other companies offer something better. In a certain way, it feels like Google is charging $6/user/mo just for the custom domain. With Microsoft 365, it at least feels like you're getting something above a standard account with the Microsoft Office apps and 1TB of storage.
> I think the reason to switch is that Google decided to use the same pricing that they want to get out of enterprises for individuals/families. Sure, $6/user is nothing to a company that is paying that worker $5,000+ per month, but it can be annoying for a family (even if it's still relatively affordable). But then you have to think about whether you want to pay $12/user to upgrade their storage making it $72/mo for a family of 6
And if you're like me who has already been paying $12/user/m ( which is higher than it used to be! ) just for the unlimited storage aspect... Congrats! That's going away in a few months and the only equivalent is upgrading to an actual enterprise plan, which I _believe_ starts at $20/user/month
I just want to store my raws without spending an arm and a leg, god dammit
Does paying them make you safe from their algorithms blocking your access at any point with no appeal? If yes it's probably the right answer, if no go with a company that is not primarily dealing with free users and has real customer service.
