DFE funding G-suite or Office365

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Hi

 

Has any one carried out comparisons between these different platforms for Primary Education. Would be interested in your thoughts?

 

Thank you

[jmak]

A couple of years ago pre-Covid. Key points (IMHO)

 

Despite the concern of it being more different, G Suite is easier to get to grips with for users and admins

 

G Suite is easier to set up

 

O365 offers more configurability and administrator control than 0365

 

G Suite was originally designed more with education in mind whereas O365 was designed for enterprise, BUT the MS offering had come on a lot, especially in the last year.

 

Bottom line: G Suite offers way more than you need in and is easier all round. We ended up going with O365 because that's what our partner school had already selected.

[TwistedHelixis]

I do find G Suite way easier to manage, it's almost as though MS can make even more money if their products are overly complicated, through training or something.

 

Staff still prefer MS Office over Google office apps but picked G Suite a number of years ago when given a demo of both.

 

EDIT - I would just like to add that although we haven't had Chromebooks for long, what a dream they are to setup and handout compared to laptops

Edited January 20, 2021 by TwistedHelixis

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Here's some guidance provided by "The Key" Feature comparison: G Suite for Education and Office 365 Education | The Key for School Leaders (thekeysupport.com)