Boosting Productivity with Top Free Google Workspace Tools for SMBs

Many businesses migrate from Microsoft 365 to Google  G Suite (read our Microsoft Office 365 G Suite Migration Guide) for enhanced mobility, simpler pricing, and reduced Admin dependency. Google Docs, sheets, and slides are a comparable replacement for Microsoft’s Office products while Google’s G Suite email system is efficient and accessible. The best part of moving to Google however, is their diverse and rich ecosystem. Harnessing this ecosystem can amp your productivity. Let’s explore the top free G Suite tools.

Five Free G Suite Tools (Google Apps) To Enhance Your Productivity

Here is a list of the top five free G Suite Tools for enhanced team collaboration and increased productivity particularly for SMBs (small and mid-sized businesses)

Weekdone Weekly Reporting

All managers plan on meeting with their workers. However, sometimes the best-laid plans do not come to fruition. When the team misses regular meetings, managers are lost as to what projects their employees are working on, and employees do not have the opportunity to ask questions or raise concerns.

Weekdone is a tool for managers who want to improve team collaboration. It is a weekly reporting application that allows employees to fill in progress reports, plans, and problems. It helps managers achieve organizational alignment by setting structured goals. They can then use it to keep track of weekly plans and progress, provide valuable feedback, and move everyone in a unified direction. The app helps managers and employees communicate and keep the managers apprised of the project status.

Lumin PDF for G Suite

Love them or hate them, PDFs are an integral part of all business-critical data. But how can you manage and edit them in the Google-verse? Lumin is a cloud-based PDF editing and document workflow software used by 75+ million users. It seamlessly integrates into G-Suite and allows you to edit (comment, highlight, tag), send, and e-sign PDF documents.

Zipbooks

Not all small businesses can afford state of the art accounting software to help them ensure that they are on the right page financially. Zipbooks is a completely free accounting software for contractors, small businesses and accountants. It helps with budget allocation for clients, freelancers, and agencies and sends this information to finance departments. Zipbooks also allows users to track time for project management. Additionally, business owners can use the auto-billing and online invoicing features to ensure receipt of payments.

Hive

Hive is a project management platform that is perfect for small businesses. With its visual interface and simple drag-and-drop features, Hive makes it easy to manage projects of all sizes. And because it integrates with various other software programs, you can use Hive to streamline your workflows, save time, and complete your job successfully from one single productivity platform.

Hive Free, the program’s Free Forever plan, offers complete project management functionality to teams of up to 10 people.

Marq

Marq, previously known as Lucidpress, is a cutting-edge solution that aids organizations in fulfilling the ever-increasing need for content creation. By employing Marq, creative teams can effortlessly synchronize their vision with the objectives of the sales and marketing teams, propelling the company forward. The tool provides drag-and-drop templates and collaborative capabilities, streamlining the process for busy marketers to design brochures, flyers, social media posts, posters, business cards, and other materials.

Backup for Google Workspace

All your business-critical data on Google is just a mistaken click, sync error, or a ransomware attack from damaging data loss. CloudAlly’s Backup for Google Workspace secures  Gmail, Google Drives (Shared/Team Drive), Calendars, Contacts, Tasks, and metadata with AWS backup and smart recovery with unlimited retention. You can also pause backups and export inactive accounts to save on license costs and ease on/off boarding. It includes unlimited point-in-time restore with historical snapshots/versions, and smart granular, hierarchical and keyword restore by date, attachment or keyword. Start a free 14-day trial.