Google Puts The Squeeze On Free Apps
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Google Puts The Squeeze On Free Apps
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#2I don't know. I agree with Google on this one. There should be more people paying for this awesome service.
And to be honest, 50 accounts is still a lot. Having 50 or so employees in a company is a fairly large company, companies with that many people can fork up $50/user/year
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#3My advice to Google is to lower the user threshold, possibly as low as 12-25 and create a middle-tier pricing option.
1. Bootstrapped 2. SMB 3. Enterprise
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#4I don't know. I agree with Google on this one. There should be more people paying for this awesome service. And to be honest, 50 accounts is still a lot. Having 50 or so employees in a company is a fairly large company, companies with that many people can fork up $50/user/year
The question isn't really "can they" but "will they"? A lot of big companies have very cheap office deals.
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#5We use the paid gmail system in our office and it's the best thing that ever happened to our email infrastructure! Pretty cheap and super easy.
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#6My advice to Google is to lower the user threshold, possibly as low as 12-25 and create a middle-tier pricing option. 1. Bootstrapped 2. SMB 3. Enterprise
Yeah, the prices are currently:
0-50 users: $0
50+ users: 50 * 50 = $2500 - ouch!Re: Google Puts The Squeeze On Free Apps
#7I don't know. I agree with Google on this one. There should be more people paying for this awesome service. And to be honest, 50 accounts is still a lot. Having 50 or so employees in a company is a fairly large company, companies with that many people can fork up $50/user/year
The only reason Google's competitors have not been charging for these kind of services is because Google hasn't been. I imagine many competitors want Google to make this move as then it allows then to do the same and start building some much needed revenue.
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#8My advice to Google is to lower the user threshold, possibly as low as 12-25 and create a middle-tier pricing option. 1. Bootstrapped 2. SMB 3. Enterprise
Yeah, the prices are currently: 0-50 users: $0 50+ users: 50 * 50 = $2500 - ouch!
Yikes, I thought it was 0-50 for free and any users past that were $50. So 51 users would be $50/yr. I guess you really have to justify that 51st employee :).
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, the prices are currently: 0-50 users: $0 50+ users: 50 * 50 = $2500 - ouch!
Yikes, I thought it was 0-50 for free and any users past that were $50. So 51 users would be $50/yr. I guess you really have to justify that 51st employee :).
Well, companies can upgrade well before they hit 50 users. You get extra space, no ads and premium support.
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#10My advice to Google is to lower the user threshold, possibly as low as 12-25 and create a middle-tier pricing option. 1. Bootstrapped 2. SMB 3. Enterprise
Yeah, the prices are currently: 0-50 users: $0 50+ users: 50 * 50 = $2500 - ouch!
For a company with 50+ employees, $2500 per year is not a major expense, relative to rent and payroll. Still vastly cheaper than MS Office.