Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is one of the best collections of productivity apps for the workplace. With Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and Calendar, it covers nearly every business need. If you know the dozens of tips and tricks available, you can work faster and more efficiently.
But most Google Workspace users aren’t capitalizing on the full potential of the tools available to them. Beyond the core apps, hundreds of marketplace integrations can transform your workflow.
This guide covers 39 Google Workspace apps: 11 core apps built into the platform, plus 28 marketplace apps worth installing.
Key Insight
Google rebranded G Suite to Google Workspace in October 2020. The apps remain the same. Since then, Google has also shut down Currents (July 2023, replaced by Spaces) and fully transitioned Hangouts to Meet and Chat. The marketplace continues to grow with new integrations.
Google Publishes Four Different Lists of Its Own Apps
There is no canonical list of Google Workspace apps, and Google is the reason. We pulled four rosters from four Google-owned properties on 21 August 2026 and got four different answers: 20 services, 16, 14 and 14. The intersection of all four is only ten. Google added Google Pics, its image generation tool, to the contract list on 31 August 2026, so the Services Summary now names 21.
The contract is the one with legal force. Google’s Workspace Services Summary, last modified 31 August 2026, defines a term called “Main Core Services” and names twenty-one of them, Google Pics included.
- Apps Script
- Cloud Identity Services
- Gemini app
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Google Chat
- Google Contacts
- Google Docs
- Google Drive
- Google Forms
- Google Groups for Business
- Google Keep
- Google Meet
- Google Pics
- Google Sheets
- Google Sites
- Google Slides
- Google Tasks
- Google Vids
- Google Workspace Studio
- Gemini Notebook
Where the Four Lists Disagree
| Service | In the Services Summary | On the marketing site | In the Learning Center browser list | In the Learning Center mobile list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Meet, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Contacts | Yes | No tile | Yes | Yes |
| Google Groups for Business | Yes | No tile | Yes | Yes |
| Google Keep | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Google Tasks | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Gemini app | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Gemini Notebook | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Google Vids | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Google Workspace Studio | Yes | Pricing table only | Yes | No |
| Apps Script | Yes | Site footer only | No | No |
| Cloud Identity Services | Yes | No | No | No |
| AppSheet | No, Google files it under Other Services | Yes, as an included tile | No | No |
| Google Cloud Search | Core, but only in Enterprise Plus and some Education editions | No | No | Yes |
| Google Voice | Core, and a paid add-on with additional fees | Listed under add-ons sold separately | No | Yes |
Two rows are worth reading twice. AppSheet appears on Google’s homepage under the heading “Google Workspace includes:”. The contract files it as an Other Service, and the pricing page lists it under “Add-ons sold separately”.
Google Voice is the other one. It appears on the mobile Learning Center page as a “free number”, and the Services Summary says “Additional fees apply to use of Google Voice.”
A fifth list exists and disagrees with all four. Google’s Service Level Agreement defines its own set of “Covered Services”, and six Main Core Services are absent from it. Gemini app, Gemini Notebook, Workspace Studio, Apps Script, Contacts and Cloud Identity Services carry no uptime guarantee.
Core Google Workspace Apps
These apps come built into every Google Workspace plan. They form the foundation of the platform.
1. Gmail

Quick Summary
Gmail is Google’s email platform and the most popular business email client in the world. It offers a customizable inbox, hundreds of add-ons and extensions, and deep integration with every other Workspace app.
Gmail has several advantages over Outlook that make it the stronger choice for most teams (see our in-depth Gmail vs. Outlook comparison). You can customize your inbox, use tags and labels for organization, and extend functionality with marketplace apps.
Check out these Gmail hacks and Gmail tips and tricks to get the most out of it.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
2. Docs

Quick Summary
Google Docs is Google’s cloud-based word processor. It offers real-time collaboration, version history, commenting, and export to virtually any file format including Word, PDF, and plain text.
Docs shines for team collaboration. Multiple people can edit the same document simultaneously, leave comments, and suggest changes. Every edit is auto-saved and version history lets you revert to any previous state.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
3. Sheets

Quick Summary
Google Sheets is Google’s cloud-based spreadsheet tool. It handles formulas, pivot tables, charts, and collaborative editing with real-time updates across your team.
Sheets supports most Excel formulas and functions, plus Google-specific ones like GOOGLETRANSLATE and IMPORTDATA. The add-on ecosystem extends its capabilities with data connectors, formatting tools, and automation.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
4. Slides

Quick Summary
Google Slides creates and shares slide-based presentations with text, images, videos, and animations. It’s Google’s alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint.
Slides supports real-time collaboration and integrates with Docs and Sheets for pulling in live data. Present directly from your browser with no software installation required.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
5. Drive

Quick Summary
Google Drive provides cloud storage for all your Workspace files. Business Starter includes 30 GB per user, while Business Standard and higher offer 2 TB+ per user.
Drive makes it easy to save, share, and organize your docs, sheets, slides, and any other file type. Shared drives let teams maintain files that belong to the organization rather than individuals.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans. Storage varies by tier.
6. Forms

Quick Summary
Google Forms creates surveys, quizzes, and data collection forms that feed responses directly into Google Sheets for analysis. It’s one of the most underrated core apps. See our post on sales vs business development.
Forms supports branching logic, file uploads, and multiple question types. Responses flow automatically into Sheets, making it perfect for customer feedback, employee surveys, and lead qualification.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
7. Calendar

Quick Summary
Google Calendar integrates with every other Workspace app for scheduling meetings (see our list of appointment scheduling apps), setting deadlines, and managing your team’s availability.
Calendar supports automatic notifications, room booking, appointment scheduling, and integration with Meet for one-click video calls. Shared calendars let teams coordinate without back-and-forth emails.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
8. Keep

Quick Summary
Google Keep is a note-taking app for to-do lists, quick thoughts, and reminders that syncs across all your devices and integrates with Gmail, Docs, and other Workspace apps.
Keep notes can include text, images, voice memos, and checklists. Pin important notes to the top, set location-based reminders, and drag notes directly into Google Docs to build documents from your ideas.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
9. Meet

Quick Summary
Google Meet (which replaced Google Hangouts in 2020-2022) handles video and audio calls for teams. It’s integrated directly into Gmail and Calendar for one-click meeting access.
Meet supports screen sharing, live captions, breakout rooms, and recording. Business Standard and higher plans include meetings up to 150 participants and meeting recordings saved to Drive.
Status: Google Hangouts was fully transitioned to Google Meet and Google Chat by 2022. Meet handles video/audio; Chat handles messaging.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
10. Chat and Spaces (replaced Currents)

Quick Summary
Google Chat and Spaces replaced Google Currents (shut down July 2023). Spaces provides topic-based discussions, file sharing, task assignment, and team collaboration directly within the Gmail interface.
Google Currents was shut down on July 5, 2023, and its functionality migrated to Spaces within Google Chat. Spaces integrates tightly with Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and Meet, eliminating the need for a separate app.
Teams can create spaces for projects, departments, or topics, with threaded conversations, shared files, and assigned tasks all in one place.
Pricing: Included in all Google Workspace plans.
11. Vault

Quick Summary
Google Vault provides archiving, retention, and electronic discovery for your organization’s data. It’s essential for legal compliance but may be irrelevant for teams without litigation or regulatory requirements.
Vault retains, holds, searches, and exports data from Gmail, Drive, Chat, and other Workspace apps. It’s used primarily for legal discovery, compliance audits, and data retention policies.
Pricing: Included in Business Plus and Enterprise plans. Available as an add-on for other plans.
Google Workspace Marketplace Apps
These apps extend Google Workspace with CRM, project management, email analytics, document signing, and more. Browse the full directory at the Google Workspace Marketplace.
12. EmailAnalytics

Quick Summary
EmailAnalytics integrates with Gmail to visualize your team’s email activity, including volume, average response time, busiest hours, and thread length. It helps you understand how your team’s email habits affect productivity.
After a single-click integration, EmailAnalytics compiles data on your email performance into interactive dashboards. Track how many emails each team member sends, how fast they respond, and where communication bottlenecks exist.
Pricing: Free trial available. Contact for team pricing.
13. Freshdesk

Quick Summary
Freshdesk is a customer support platform that integrates with Google Workspace for hosting conversations via phone, chat, and email. It pulls Google Contacts data into support tickets.
Freshdesk connects your Workspace account to a full help desk system. Convert Gmail conversations into support tickets, sync contact data, and manage customer interactions across multiple channels.
Pricing: Free (up to 2 agents). Growth from $15/agent/month. Pro from $49/agent/month.
14. Kanbanchi

Quick Summary
Kanbanchi is a task management app with Kanban boards, Gantt charts, and time tracking built specifically for Google Workspace. Similar to popular Kanban tools like Trello and Asana.
Kanbanchi integrates with Calendar, Gmail, and Drive so your projects stay connected across all your Workspace apps. The built-in time clock app logs hours directly against tasks.
Pricing: From $7.95/user/month. Free trial available.
15. SignRequest (acquired by Box)

Quick Summary
SignRequest was a document signing app for Google Workspace. It was acquired by Box for $55M in February 2021, and its technology became Box Sign. The standalone SignRequest app continues to operate.
SignRequest lets you digitally request and collect signatures on documents from within Google Workspace. The platform remains available at signrequest.com, though new development focuses on Box Sign.
Pricing: Free (limited). Professional from $9/user/month. Business from $15/user/month.
16. Dialpad

Quick Summary
Dialpad is a cloud communications app that lets you initiate calls, send texts, and view your communication history without leaving Gmail.
Dialpad adds voice and SMS capabilities to Gmail. Make calls, send messages, and review conversation history all from your inbox sidebar.
Pricing: Standard from $27/user/month. Pro from $35/user/month.
17. Appy Pie

Quick Summary
Appy Pie is a no-code app builder that helps users create simple apps, workflows, and automations without programming knowledge.
Appy Pie integrates with Workspace to create custom apps for internal processes. Build forms, workflows, and basic applications that connect to your Sheets, Drive, and Gmail data.
Pricing: Free tier available. Paid plans from $16/app/month.
18. Form Mule

Quick Summary
Form Mule sends targeted, individualized emails using data from Google Sheets. It supports both manual and triggered email merges for your email marketing strategy.
Form Mule pulls data from Sheets and merges it into personalized Gmail messages. You can run merges manually or set triggers that fire automatically when new rows are added.
Pricing: Free.
19. Lumin PDF

Quick Summary
Lumin PDF lets you highlight, edit, sign, annotate, rotate, and manage PDF files directly from your browser within Google Workspace. See our guide on how to save an email as a PDF.
Lumin PDF opens PDFs from Drive or Gmail attachments and lets you edit them without downloading separate software. Erase text, add signatures, rotate pages, and draw shapes.
Pricing: Free (basic). Pro from $10/month.
20. Mixmax

Quick Summary
Mixmax is a sales engagement platform for Gmail that tracks email opens, clicks, and downloads. It includes meeting scheduling, templates, and CRM integration.
Mixmax adds sales intelligence to Gmail with real-time notifications when prospects open emails or click links. One-click scheduling, email templates, and sequences automate your outreach workflow.
Pricing: Free (limited). SMB at $29/user/month. Growth at $49/user/month. Enterprise with custom pricing.
21. Zoho Meeting

Quick Summary
Zoho Meeting makes it easy to schedule online meetings, presentations, demos, and webinars from within Google Workspace.
Zoho Meeting integrates with Gmail and Calendar for scheduling, and provides video conferencing with screen sharing, recording, and virtual backgrounds.
Pricing: Free (up to 100 attendees, 60-minute limit). Standard from $1/host/month. Professional from $3/host/month.
22. Supermetrics

Quick Summary
Supermetrics pulls data from 50+ marketing and business platforms (Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and more) into Google Sheets for consolidated reporting.
Supermetrics is the most comprehensive data connector for Google Sheets. Schedule automated data refreshes so your marketing reports stay current without manual exports.
Pricing: From $39/month (single connector). Multi-connector plans available.
23. OnceHub (formerly ScheduleOnce)

Quick Summary
OnceHub (formerly ScheduleOnce) integrates with Google Calendar to simplify meeting scheduling. Prospects can book demos and consultations directly from your website.
OnceHub’s scheduling pages sync with your Google Calendar availability in real time. Prospects see only open slots and book without email back-and-forth.
Pricing: Free (basic). Starter from $10/user/month. Growth from $15/user/month.
24. DirectIQ

Quick Summary
DirectIQ is an email marketing platform for designing campaigns, managing contacts, and tracking email marketing metrics from within Google Workspace.
DirectIQ provides drag-and-drop email design, contact management, and campaign analytics. It’s a good entry point for teams new to email marketing.
Pricing: Free (up to 500 subscribers). Paid plans from $9.99/month.
25. Sortd

Quick Summary
Sortd transforms Gmail into a Kanban board with drag-and-drop columns, follow-up flags, reminders, automated features, and sales/activity reports.
Sortd overlays organized columns on Gmail so you can track tasks, contacts, and follow-ups visually. You can also rename email subject lines for better organization.
Pricing: Free tier available. Paid plans for advanced features.
26. Wrike

Quick Summary
Wrike is a project management platform for breaking big projects into tasks and subtasks, collaborating with teammates, and measuring performance through built-in reports.
Wrike’s Workspace integration lets you create tasks from Gmail, attach Drive files to projects, and sync deadlines with Calendar.
Pricing: Free (up to 5 users). Team from $10/user/month. Business from $24.80/user/month. Enterprise with custom pricing.
27. Copper CRM

Quick Summary
Copper CRM is a sales CRM built specifically for Google Workspace. It tracks every interaction across Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, and automates workflows for your sales pipeline.
Copper lives inside Gmail’s sidebar, showing contact history, deals, and tasks for every person you email. It’s the only CRM designed from the ground up for Google Workspace users.
Pricing: Basic at $29/user/month. Professional at $69/user/month. Business at $134/user/month.
28. Evercontact

Quick Summary
Evercontact automatically keeps your team’s contact information up to date by scanning email signatures for changes and updating your Google Contacts records.
Evercontact monitors incoming emails and detects when contacts change their phone numbers, titles, or addresses. It updates your Google Contacts automatically so you never email an outdated address.
Pricing: From $5/user/month.
29. Yet Another Mail Merge (YAMM)

Quick Summary
Yet Another Mail Merge sends personalized mass emails using Gmail and Google Sheets data. See our guide on how to mail merge in Gmail.
YAMM pulls contact data and personalization fields from Sheets and sends individualized emails through Gmail. Track opens, clicks, and bounces from the same spreadsheet.
Pricing: Free (50 emails/day). Personal at $25/year. Professional at $50/year.
30. Bitium (Deprecated)

Quick Summary
Bitium was an identity and access management tool that centralized login credentials and employee data for cloud applications. It was acquired by Google in 2017 and its features have been integrated into Google’s admin and security tools.
Bitium originally helped teams manage usernames and passwords across multiple cloud applications. After Google’s 2017 acquisition, its functionality was absorbed into Google Workspace’s built-in admin controls and security features.
Status: Acquired by Google in 2017. Use Google Workspace Admin console for similar functionality.
31. Form Notifications

Quick Summary
Form Notifications sends automatic email alerts when someone completes a Google Forms survey or quiz.
The app notifies form creators, collaborators, and designated recipients whenever a new response comes in. It’s simple but essential for time-sensitive forms.
Pricing: Free.
32. Mailtrack

Quick Summary
Mailtrack adds double-checkmark read receipts to Gmail, showing when emails are sent (one check) and opened (two checks). It also tracks how many times emails are opened.
Mailtrack is the simplest email tracking tool available. Real-time notifications tell you exactly when prospects read your messages.
Pricing: Free (unlimited tracking with Mailtrack signature). Pro at $1.99/month. Advanced at $4.99/month.
33. Asana

Quick Summary
Asana integrates with Google Workspace so you can access projects and tasks without leaving Gmail, and convert emails into Asana tasks with one click.
The Asana integration brings project management into your inbox. Turn emails into tasks, attach Drive files to projects, and sync deadlines with Calendar.
Pricing: Personal (free, up to 10 users). Starter at $10.99/user/month. Advanced at $24.99/user/month.
34. Insightly CRM

Quick Summary
Insightly CRM is a CRM designed for manufacturing, consulting, media, and healthcare teams. It’s one of our top-rated CRM tools.
Insightly tracks prospects through the full customer lifecycle, from first contact through long-term account management. The Workspace integration syncs contacts, emails, and calendar events.
Pricing: Plus at $29/user/month. Professional at $49/user/month. Enterprise at $99/user/month.
35. DocuSign

Quick Summary
DocuSign integrates with Gmail and Google Docs for signing, tracking, sending, and managing documents digitally. It’s the industry standard for electronic signatures.
DocuSign’s Workspace integration lets you sign and send documents without leaving Gmail. Signed documents are automatically saved to Drive.
Pricing: Personal at $10/month. Standard at $25/user/month. Business Pro at $40/user/month.
36. Infogram Charts

Quick Summary
Infogram Charts creates animated charts, graphs, infographics, and interactive reports using data from Google Sheets, with no coding required.
Infogram transforms spreadsheet data into professional visualizations. Insert charts into Docs, Slides, or export them for presentations and websites.
Pricing: Free (basic). Pro at $19/month. Business at $67/month. Team at $149/month.
37. GQueues

Quick Summary
GQueues is a minimalistic task manager built for Google Workspace with two-way Calendar sync, Drive attachment syncing, task delegation, and recurring tasks.
GQueues keeps task management simple while tightly integrating with Calendar for deadlines and Drive for file attachments. Create, assign, and track tasks without leaving Workspace.
Pricing: Free (basic). Premium at $5/user/month.
38. Awesome Table

Quick Summary
Awesome Table converts Google Sheets data into interactive charts, filterable tables, and embeddable visualizations you can share on websites or with coworkers.
Awesome Table makes Sheets data accessible to non-spreadsheet users. Create searchable directories, interactive dashboards, and visual reports from your existing data.
Pricing: Free (limited). Pro from $7/user/month.
39. Kami

Quick Summary
Kami lets you write, draw, type, annotate, comment, and enhance PDFs and documents directly in your browser. Originally designed for classrooms, it’s useful in any industry.
Kami turns your browser into a digital workspace for document markup. Annotate PDFs, Word docs, and images with text, drawings, highlights, and comments, then share feedback with your team.
Pricing: Free (basic). Teacher plan at $99/year. School and district pricing available.
What a Core Service Buys You
Core service is a contractual category, and no single Google page defines what it commits Google to. The classification lives in the Terms, the uptime promise lives in the SLA, and the support promise lives service by service in the Admin Help. Those three lists do not match each other.
The uptime number is 99.9% monthly, and Google’s SLA calls service credits “Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy”. Credits run 3 days below 99.9%, 7 days below 99.0% and 15 days below 95.0%, and you have thirty days to open a case. Essentials Starter is excluded from the SLA even where the same document defines its services as covered.
Marketplace apps get none of that. Google’s scope-of-support page says any additional services you add “are not covered by Google Workspace support or your Service Level Agreement”. It adds that its support team “can’t assist with debugging third-party code”.
Admins control Marketplace installs through an allowlist. Users lose access the moment an app comes off that list, even with it still installed.
That distinction is the real answer to “what are the Google Workspace apps”, and no page in the top ten gives it. A core service arrives switched on with an uptime guarantee behind it, and a Marketplace app arrives switched off unless an admin allows it. Our list of Google Workspace add-ons covers the second group in more detail, and the official directory is at workspace.google.com/marketplace.
Not Every Plan Includes Every Core App
This page previously said all plans include the core apps. Google’s own editions table contradicts that on ten of its twenty-two rows, and the exclusions are not minor.
| Edition | What Google excludes, verbatim from the Services Summary |
|---|---|
| Essentials Starter | Google excludes “Gemini app, Gmail, Google Chat, Google Workspace Studio, and Google Sites” |
| Google Workspace Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus | Google excludes “Gmail, Google Chat, Google Workspace Studio, and Google Sites” |
| Business Base | Google excludes “Gemini app, Google Vids, Google Workspace Studio, and Notebook LM” |
| Frontline Starter, Standard and Plus | Google excludes “Google Workspace Studio” |
| G Suite Basic and G Suite Business | Google excludes “Gemini app, Google Vids, Google Workspace Studio and Gemini Notebook” |
Four editions exclude Gmail outright. Google’s own marketing FAQ says “all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business”, which is untrue of every Essentials edition.
Retired and Renamed Google Workspace Apps, With Dates
Two pages ranking above us still describe dead Google products in the present tense. Here is what Google itself publishes about each one.
| App | Status | What Google publishes |
|---|---|---|
| Google Jamboard | Retired | Google’s Workspace Updates blog says that from 1 October 2024 nobody could create or edit Jams. On 31 December 2024 Google would “wind down the Jamboard application” and delete Jam files. Google names FigJam, Lucidspark and Miro as replacements |
| Google Currents | Shut down | Google says Currents communities embedded in Sites stopped working on 5 July 2023. Google also says it “began deleting all remaining Currents data on August 8, 2023”. The migration path Google names is spaces in Google Chat |
| Google Hangouts | Retired, and Google deleted its own notice | The canonical Hangouts-to-Chat article now redirects to an unrelated sign-in page, and the older Hangouts URL renders an empty Help landing page. Google no longer publishes the shutdown date anywhere we could find it |
| NotebookLM | Renamed to Gemini Notebook | The Services Summary defines “Gemini Notebook (formerly known as NotebookLM)”. Google’s Help Center now reads “Gemini Notebook Help” while its URL path is still notebooklm |
| Google Workspace Studio | Launched, not retired | Google announced it on 3 December 2025. Its update note dated 19 March 2026 says “Workspace Studio has now launched to all Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains”. Google calls it a core service |
| G Suite | Retired as a brand, alive as a SKU | The Services Summary still enumerates “G Suite (Legacy Version)” editions, G Suite Basic and G Suite Business. Its footnote 6 reads “G Suite editions are no longer available for purchase” |
That last row is the one nobody covers. G Suite is dead as a brand and still live as a legacy edition family, and those editions exclude four services that newer plans include.
Google Spells Its Own New Product Three Ways on One Page
The Services Summary defines the product as “Gemini Notebook (formerly known as NotebookLM)” in its definitions block. Two rows further down, the Business Base entry and footnote 7 both write “Notebook LM” with a space. The G Suite rows write “Gemini Notebook” again.
The Help Center adds a fourth version, serving a property titled “Gemini Notebook Help” from a URL path that still reads notebooklm. Four spellings, one product, all Google.
Google Workspace Prices and Storage, Checked 21 August 2026
Google publishes two numbers per plan and labels neither. The higher figure is the flexible monthly plan and the lower one is the annual commitment. Google leaves you to work that out from its own toggle copy promising a 16% saving.
| Edition | Annual commitment, per user per month | Flexible monthly | Storage Google publishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Starter | Google publishes 7 usd | Google publishes 8.40 usd | Google publishes 30 GB times the number of users |
| Business Standard | Google publishes 14 usd | Google publishes 16.80 usd | Google publishes 2 TB times the number of users |
| Business Plus | Google publishes 22 usd | Google publishes 26.40 usd | Google publishes 5 TB times the number of users |
| Enterprise Starter | Google publishes no figure and says contact sales | No figure published | Google publishes 1 TB times the number of users |
| Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus | Google publishes no figure and says contact sales | No figure published | Google publishes 5 TB times the number of users |
| Frontline Starter, Standard and Plus | Google publishes no figure | No figure published | Google publishes 5 GB per user |
| Essentials Starter | Google caps this free tier at 100 user licences | Not applicable | Google publishes 15 GB per user |
Watch the Enterprise row, because Google contradicts Google on it. The pricing page says Enterprise gets “5 TB per user”, while Google’s admin storage page puts Enterprise Starter at 1 TB. A buyer reading only the marketing page gets a fifth of what it implied.
There is also a promotional trap on Google’s own site. The pricing page shows 3.50, 7 and 11 usd under the same “Annual” toggle label the homepage uses for 8.40, 16.80 and 26.40. Only a Google footnote explains that the lower set are introductory rates, for the first 20 users, for 12 months.
Which Google Property Publishes Which Number
The location of a limit is itself a finding. The 25 MB consumer Gmail attachment limit appears on the Gmail Help page and on no Workspace admin or marketing page at all.
Every Workspace-specific figure lives on the admin property most users never open. Google publishes the 2,000 messages per day sending limit there and nowhere else. The same goes for the 1 TB Enterprise Starter allowance and the Gmail API ceiling of 500 recipients per message.
To measure your own volume against those caps, see our guide to counting emails in Gmail and Outlook.
Comparison Table
| # | App | Type | Pricing | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gmail | Core | Included | Email communication and inbox management |
| 2 | Docs | Core | Included | Collaborative document creation |
| 3 | Sheets | Core | Included | Spreadsheets and data analysis |
| 4 | Slides | Core | Included | Presentations |
| 5 | Drive | Core | Included | Cloud storage and file sharing |
| 6 | Forms | Core | Included | Surveys, quizzes, and data collection |
| 7 | Calendar | Core | Included | Scheduling and event management |
| 8 | Keep | Core | Included | Notes and to-do lists |
| 9 | Meet | Core | Included | Video and audio conferencing |
| 10 | Chat/Spaces | Core | Included | Team messaging and topic-based collaboration |
| 11 | Vault | Core | Included* | Archiving and legal discovery |
| 12 | EmailAnalytics | Marketplace | Free trial | Email activity monitoring and response time |
| 13 | Freshdesk | Marketplace | Free/$15/mo | Customer support and help desk |
| 14 | Kanbanchi | Marketplace | $7.95/user/mo | Kanban boards and Gantt charts |
| 15 | SignRequest | Marketplace | Free/$9/mo | Document signing (acquired by Box) |
| 16 | Dialpad | Marketplace | $27/user/mo | Voice calls and SMS from Gmail |
| 17 | Appy Pie | Marketplace | Free/$16/mo | No-code app building |
| 18 | Form Mule | Marketplace | Free | Email merge from Sheets |
| 19 | Lumin PDF | Marketplace | Free/$10/mo | PDF editing and signing |
| 20 | Mixmax | Marketplace | Free/$29/mo | Sales email tracking and scheduling |
| 21 | Zoho Meeting | Marketplace | Free/$1/mo | Online meetings and webinars |
| 22 | Supermetrics | Marketplace | $39/mo | Multi-source data connector for Sheets |
| 23 | OnceHub | Marketplace | Free/$10/mo | Meeting scheduling (formerly ScheduleOnce) |
| 24 | DirectIQ | Marketplace | Free/$9.99/mo | Email marketing campaigns |
| 25 | Sortd | Marketplace | Free | Kanban-style Gmail organization |
| 26 | Wrike | Marketplace | Free/$10/mo | Project management |
| 27 | Copper CRM | Marketplace | $29/user/mo | CRM built for Google Workspace |
| 28 | Evercontact | Marketplace | $5/user/mo | Automatic contact updates |
| 29 | YAMM | Marketplace | Free/$25/yr | Mail merge from Sheets via Gmail |
| 30 | Bitium | Marketplace | Deprecated | Identity management (acquired by Google) |
| 31 | Form Notifications | Marketplace | Free | Google Forms submission alerts |
| 32 | Mailtrack | Marketplace | Free/$1.99/mo | Email open tracking for Gmail |
| 33 | Asana | Marketplace | Free/$10.99/mo | Project and task management |
| 34 | Insightly CRM | Marketplace | $29/user/mo | CRM for consulting and healthcare |
| 35 | DocuSign | Marketplace | $10/mo | Electronic signatures |
| 36 | Infogram Charts | Marketplace | Free/$19/mo | Data visualization and infographics |
| 37 | GQueues | Marketplace | Free/$5/mo | Minimalist task management |
| 38 | Awesome Table | Marketplace | Free/$7/mo | Interactive Sheets data views |
| 39 | Kami | Marketplace | Free/$99/yr | PDF and document annotation |
Start Here: Your Google Workspace App Checklist
- Measure your email productivity first. Install EmailAnalytics to track response times, email volume, and team activity. You can’t improve what you don’t measure.
- Connect your project management tool. Install the Asana, Wrike, or Kanbanchi integration so you can turn emails into tasks without context-switching.
- Add a CRM if you’re in sales. Copper CRM is built specifically for Google Workspace. Insightly CRM is strong for consulting and healthcare teams.
- Set up email tracking. Install Mailtrack or Mixmax so you know when prospects open your emails and click your links.
- Browse the Marketplace. Visit the Google Workspace Marketplace and search for tools specific to your workflow. New apps are added regularly.
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What We Corrected on This Page in August 2026
Three claims here were wrong, and one framing was out of date.
Correction one: not all plans include the core apps. The old Key Terms block ended with the sentence “All plans include core apps.” Google’s own editions table excludes Gmail from four Essentials editions and Workspace Studio from nine editions in total.
Correction two: G Suite and Google Workspace are not identical. Our FAQ said the apps are the same under both names. The G Suite legacy editions exclude the Gemini app, Google Vids, Google Workspace Studio and Gemini Notebook, so the rosters differ.
Correction three: our core list stopped at eleven. Google’s contract names twenty Main Core Services. Sites, Tasks, Groups, Contacts, Apps Script, Gemini app, Gemini Notebook and Workspace Studio were all missing, and the table above now names them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Google Workspace apps?
Google Workspace apps are the cloud-based productivity tools in Google’s business suite, formerly called G Suite. Core apps include Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Calendar, Keep, and Meet.
The Google Workspace Marketplace offers hundreds of additional third-party apps that integrate with these core tools.
Is G Suite the same as Google Workspace?
Yes. Google rebranded G Suite to Google Workspace in October 2020. The rosters differ, though. The G Suite legacy editions exclude the Gemini app, Google Vids, Google Workspace Studio and Gemini Notebook. All G Suite integrations and marketplace apps continue to work with Google Workspace.
How much does Google Workspace cost?
Business Starter costs $7/user/month. Business Standard costs $14/user/month. Business Plus costs $22/user/month. Enterprise pricing is custom.
All plans include Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Calendar, Meet, and Chat.
What happened to Google Hangouts?
Google Hangouts was fully transitioned to Google Meet and Google Chat between 2020 and 2022. Meet handles video and audio calls, while Chat handles messaging.
Both are now core Google Workspace apps integrated directly into Gmail.
What is the Google Workspace Marketplace?
The Google Workspace Marketplace is the official directory for discovering and installing third-party apps that integrate with Workspace. It includes tools for CRM, project management, email tracking, document signing, and more.
Browse it at workspace.google.com/marketplace.
How many apps are in Google Workspace?
Google publishes no single answer. Its Services Summary names 21 Main Core Services, its marketing homepage shows 16 tiles, and its Learning Center runs two different 14-item lists. Only ten services appear on all four, so the defensible number is the contractual one: 21.
What is the difference between a core service and a Marketplace app?
A core service carries Google’s 99.9% uptime SLA and Google technical support, and it is enumerated in the Workspace Services Summary. A Marketplace app is third-party software that gets neither, and Google says its support team cannot debug third-party code. Admins allow Marketplace apps through an allowlist, and removing an app from that list cuts off access even for users who already installed it.
Which Google Workspace apps have been discontinued?
Jamboard, Currents and Hangouts. Jams stopped being editable on 1 October 2024 and Google deleted Jam files on 31 December 2024, pointing users to FigJam, Lucidspark and Miro. Currents data deletion began on 8 August 2023, with spaces in Google Chat as the migration path.
Do all Google Workspace plans include Gmail?
No. Google’s own editions table excludes Gmail from Essentials Starter, Google Workspace Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus. Google’s marketing FAQ says the opposite, claiming every plan provides a custom business email.
Is Google Workspace Studio included in my plan?
Probably not, unless you are on a Business or Enterprise tier. Google launched Workspace Studio on 3 December 2025 and completed rollout on 19 March 2026. Its own editions table excludes Workspace Studio from nine editions, including both G Suite legacy plans, all four Essentials editions and all three Frontline tiers.
Is Google Workspace discontinued?
No, Google Workspace is an active, paid product, and Google still sells Business Starter, Standard and Plus. The question usually traces to the legacy free G Suite edition, which Google moved commercial users off in 2022. Google’s admin help on transitioning from a free edition states that commercial accounts must move to a paid Google Workspace subscription.
Does Google have a single Google Workspace app?
No single app installs all of Google Workspace, because each service ships as its own app. Google’s Learning Center page on getting Workspace apps on mobile lists them one by one, from Gmail and Calendar to Drive, Docs and Meet.

Jayson is a long-time columnist for Forbes, Entrepreneur, BusinessInsider, Inc.com, and various other major media publications, where he has authored over 1,000 articles since 2012, covering technology, marketing, and entrepreneurship. He keynoted the 2013 MarketingProfs University, and won the “Entrepreneur Blogger of the Year” award in 2015 from the Oxford Center for Entrepreneurs. In 2010, he founded a marketing agency that appeared on the Inc. 5000 before selling it in January of 2019, and he is now the CEO of EmailAnalytics and OutreachBloom.



