🆚 Google Docs vs. Microsoft Teams

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Docs is much more popular than Microsoft Teams.
🌎 Google Docs is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia.
🌍 Microsoft Teams is more popular in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Brunei Darussalam.

Google Docs

Microsoft Teams

Type

Online collaboration tool

About

Google Docs is a cloud-based document solution that provides real-time collaboration and powerful tools for creating, editing and sharing documents.

Microsoft Teams is a proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration.

It supports persistent chat one-on-one or in channels, HD audio and video meetings with screen sharing, recording and transcription, real-time co-authoring of documents via OneDrive or SharePoint, calendar and Outlook integration, task and polling tools, and webinar and live event capabilities for up to thousands of participants.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

workspace.google.com

microsoft.com #3

Pricing

Free version ✔️15 GB

Basic (100 GB)$1.99/month

Standard (200 GB)$2.99/month

Premium (2TB)$9.99/month

AI Premium (2 TB)$19.99/month

Google WorkspaceBusiness Starter (30 GB)$84/user/year
Business Standard (2 TB)$168/user/year
Business Plus (5 TB)$264/user/year

Free version ✔️Group calling for up to 60 minutes and 100 participants

Microsoft 365Personal$9.99/month
Family$12.99/month
Business Basic$72/user/year
Business Standard$150/user/year
Business Premium$264/user/year

Microsoft Teams Essentials$48/user/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Docs online collaboration tool is 11 times more popular than Microsoft Teams.

Total websites

Market share

Online Collaboration

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Docs is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, while Microsoft Teams is more popular in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Brunei Darussalam.

United States

United Kingdom

Russia

France

Germany

India

Canada

Japan

Vietnam

Brazil

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Online Collaboration category.

🥇 Most popular in Saudi Arabia in the Video Conferencing category.
🥇 Most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Arab Emirates in the Video Conferencing category.
🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Video Conferencing category.
🥈 Second most popular in Saudi Arabia in the Online Collaboration category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Docs is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Microsoft Teams is more commonly used on government and military sites.

Education/Reference

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Sports

Blogs/Wiki

Government/Military

Internet Services

Online Shopping

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

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