G-Suite for Nonprofits offers full G-Suite however, it has far fewer core apps than Office and caps cloud storage at 30GB per user.
For charities that engage in teaching G-Suite comes with the added advantage of Google Classroom – the LMS developed by Google for school classrooms which can be appropriated for other educational uses.
Both Office 365 and G-Suite come with “app builders”, allowing you to interface with databases in a simple format.
Choosing between Office 365 and G-Suite is tough and it depends on several factors, including the age and digital experience of your staff. People who have worked in offices over the past two decades are likely to be familiar with the Microsoft Office suite – particularly the desktop version – while younger people and more recent graduates are likely to have collaborated intensely using Google Docs.
Both Office 365 and G-Suite offer similar levels of functionality across the core apps – with Google perhaps having a more user-friendly and collaborative interface while Office offers more advanced functionality for spreadsheet aficionados.
Office 365 “Donation” (where your charity receives the software as a donation from Microsoft) includes the web version of Office apps (no Desktop software) and includes Exchange and Outlook to allow you to manage the email accounts of up to 300 users. Cloud storage is capped at 50Gb per user.
Office 365 Premium (the one that includes desktop versions of the apps) is available at £2.30 per user per month (down from £9.40 user/month for regular businesses – representing a 75% discount).
G-Suite for Nonprofits offers full G-Suite however, it has far fewer core apps than Office and caps cloud storage at 30GB per user.
For charities that engage in teaching G-Suite comes with the added advantage of Google Classroom – the LMS developed by Google for school classrooms which can be appropriated for other educational uses.
Both Office 365 and G-Suite come with “app builders”, allowing you to interface with databases in a simple format.
Choosing between Office 365 and G-Suite is tough and it depends on several factors, including the age and digital experience of your staff. People who have worked in offices over the past two decades are likely to be familiar with the Microsoft Office suite – particularly the desktop version – while younger people and more recent graduates are likely to have collaborated intensely using Google Docs.