Google Workspace
Google Workspace is an email hosting provider based in USA, founded in 2006. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 87/100, a strong signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Google Workspace is Google's business productivity suite with professional email hosting on your own domain (Gmail for business), calendar, Docs, Drive, Meet, and Chat. Hosted email includes IMAP/SMTP access, spam and phishing protection, admin controls, and mobile sync - the standard choice for teams that want business email bundled with collaboration tools.
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What Google Workspace Discloses
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29 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
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What Customers Say About Google Workspace
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What people are saying
GoDaddy Google Sites frustration“I switched my domain hosting from cpanel to GoDaddy a few weeks ago and have had nothing but frustration ever since. Everything was working well in cpanel, google workspace, custom url to a google site, naked redirect, mailchimp, and gmail. Now, the only thing I can get to work is gmail. Both GoDaddy and Google…”
OkUnderstanding9871Read on Reddit ↗
Finally figured out how to use my domain email with Gmail (no Workspace, using forwarding + SMTP)“just posting this in case it helps someone because this took me way longer than it should have lol i have a domain email through my host (namecheap), and all i wanted was: * keep using my domain email (not switch to “@gmail”) * use gmail as my main inbox * not pay for google workspace i assumed this would be…”
DamienReddickRead on Reddit ↗
Should you get Google Workspace from your web hosting provider or directly from Google?“It's possible to purchase Google Workspace from some web hosts like Squarespace, SiteGround, InMotion Hosting, or KnownHost; these are all resellers. I would argue it's better to purchase the subscription directly from Google Workspace, not from your web hosting provider. Reasons: * Google usually offers lower…”
ZGeekieRead on Reddit ↗
Bluehost is stopping contact form emails from popular plugins at the server and not notifying WordPress customers“Client of ours had a record breaking October, clear until Halloween. They said no emails came through from either of their Bluehost hosted websites using Gravity Forms on that day so we started triage trying to figure out the cause. **Here's what we did:** 👉 sent test forms via the live site - noted they arrived…”
joeyoungbloodRead on Reddit ↗
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Google Workspace holds 10U across 1 rack. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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Where Google Workspace Ranks
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Is Google Workspace a good email hosting provider?
Google Workspace has a HRI™ of 87/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4.4/5 from 1,287 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 80–89 indicates a strong, well-reviewed provider.
What type of provider is Google Workspace?
Google Workspace is an email hosting provider listed in HostList's Email Hosting directory. Email hosting runs professional mailboxes on a custom domain separately from website hosting. Browse the independent ranking at hostlist.io/best/email-hosting.
Where is Google Workspace based?
Google Workspace is headquartered in USA. Email hosting providers are ranked at hostlist.io/best/email-hosting.
How does Google Workspace compare to other email hosting providers?
Google Workspace is ranked against other email hosting providers by HRI™, using trust, completeness, freshness, and performance signals. Its current HRI is 87/100. See the full provider list at hostlist.io/best/email-hosting.
- Google Workspace HRI 71 to 87, Trust up 5, Performance up 11
- HostList verified Founded year for Google Workspace
- Google Workspace added to the directory, USA
What People Say About Google Workspace
Public mentions from X, Reddit, and other social platforms. Unfiltered and not part of the HRI score, shown for context.
just posting this in case it helps someone because this took me way longer than it should have lol i have a domain email through my host (namecheap), and all i wanted was: * keep…
just posting this in case it helps someone because this took me way longer than it should have lol i have a domain email through my host (namecheap), and all i wanted was: * keep…
Hello devs, I purchased a domain through Namecheap where I set up the DNS Records to point towards Google, as I use Google Workspace for emails. I had to change the DNS Server to…
Hello devs, I purchased a domain through Namecheap where I set up the DNS Records to point towards Google, as I use Google Workspace for emails. I had to change the DNS Server to…
Hi All, Helping a friend with a new business and they already had a domain with Crazy Domains setup. They then wanted email hosting and preferred the all one bill and the cost of …
Hi All, Helping a friend with a new business and they already had a domain with Crazy Domains setup. They then wanted email hosting and preferred the all one bill and the cost of …
How Google Workspace's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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