Google Docs Editors

This article is about the office suite. For the online word processing software, see Google Docs.

Google Docs Editors
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseMarch 9, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-03-09)
Written inJavaScript, Java
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, macOS, ChromeOS
PlatformWeb application
Available in100 languages[citation needed]
Type
Websitegoogle.com/docs

Google Docs Editors is a web-based productivity office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. The suite includes:

It used to also include Google Fusion Tables until it was discontinued in 2019.[2] The Google Docs Editors suite is available freely for users with personal Google accounts: through a web application, a set of mobile apps for Android and iOS, and a desktop application for Google's ChromeOS. It is also available to enterprise customers utilizing Google Workspace and individuals at educational institutions through Workspace for Education.

Availability

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The Google Docs Editors suite is available free of charge for users with personal Google accounts. It is also offered as part of Google's business-centered service, Google Workspace.[3][4]

Competition

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The suite mainly competes with Microsoft Office and iWork software suites.[5] It pioneered real-time collaborative editing since its inception in 2006, while Microsoft Office introduced it in 2013.[6]

The suite can open and save files in Microsoft Office file formats like .docx, .xlsx and .pptx . Microsoft Office is a paid suite of productivity apps while Google Docs Editors Suite is available for free to users with private Google accounts. It is also offered as part of Google's business-oriented Google Workspace service, which ran until October 2020 under the name G Suite, a monthly subscription service that unlocks additional features.[7][8]

iWork competes with Google Docs Editors on features and real-time collaboration, but is primarily used on Apple platforms like macOS and iOS.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Google Docs: Free Online Documents for Personal Use". www.google.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Notice: Google Fusion Tables Turndown - Fusion Tables Help". support.google.com. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "G Suite - Choose a Plan". Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Announcing Google Workspace, everything you need to get it done, in one location". Google Cloud Blog.
  5. ^ Nield 2017-06-26T08:40:23.176Z, David. "Google Docs vs Microsoft Office Online vs Apple iWork for iCloud: battle of the online office suites". T3. Retrieved October 6, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Warren, Tom (May 4, 2015). "Microsoft brings real-time collaborative editing to Office 2016". The Verge. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Google Workspace (ehemals G Suite): Preismodelle" (in German). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "Announcing Google Workspace, everything you need to get it done, in one location". Google Cloud Blog.
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