Google has announced pricing updates and flexible payment options for its Google Workspace platform.
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The collaboration suite, which launched in October 2020, will see a price increase; however, customers can keep the cost down by signing up for an annual plan.
Google has stated that the changes in pricing are to reflect the value of its products better.
Steve Holt, Vice President, Strategy, Google Workspace, commented: "Since launching Google Workspace in October 2020, we’ve delivered hundreds of new features to fuel secure collaboration from anywhere, including more than 300 in 2022 alone.
The updates range from improvements to our world-class security and reliability that are required by our largest customers, to tools that increase the simplicity and helpfulness desired by smaller teams.
"The power of our apps running in the cloud is that these enhancements are immediately available to all our customers, increasing the value we deliver.
"We’re announcing a few updates to our pricing to reflect the value in our products, alongside expanded commitment options to lock in the lowest pricing, providing our customers with more choice."
Google is introducing an annual plan option for all editions of its Workspace suite to allow organisations to commit to a longer-term agreement and give customers the ability to lock in the platform for the lowest per-user price.
The annual plan option will be available to customers from March 14, Google has confirmed.
Any customer who signs up for the annual plan will have access to the current prices that are available to flexible plan customers.
Users who are currently on a flexible plan subscription are set to see the price rise for Google Workspace Business editions.
Flexible plans offer customers the option to pay as they go for Google Workspace, with no commiment. This means that customers can add or delete user accounts at any time.
