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Google Workspace

Google Workspace is Google's bundled suite of cloud productivity apps — Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and Meet — used by businesses and schools worldwide. It ranks around #9 among collaboration tools with roughly 15.2% usage share, and it's usually the first tool a team turns on because every document, spreadsheet, and slide deck is live-collaborative and version-tracked by default. Teams reach for it because there's no install, no file-locking, and comments/suggestions turn any doc into a lightweight review workflow.

Quick facts
Type: Bundled office/productivity suite (docs, sheets, slides, drive, video calls)
Made by: Google
Cost: Freemium — free personal tier, paid Business/Enterprise tiers per seat
Best for: Teams that need real-time collaborative documents and spreadsheets without managing a server
Primary use case: Shared docs, spreadsheets, and slide decks that multiple people edit simultaneously

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Example

Google Sheets ships with Apps Script, a JavaScript-based scripting layer that can read/write cells, trigger on edits, and call external services — turning a spreadsheet into a small automated app.

// Apps Script bound to a Google Sheet
function onEdit(e) {
  const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
  const range = e.range;

  // when someone marks column C as "Done", stamp today's date in column D
  if (range.getColumn() === 3 && range.getValue() === "Done") {
    sheet.getRange(range.getRow(), 4).setValue(new Date());
  }
}

// send a Slack-style alert via UrlFetchApp when a row is added
function notify(message) {
  UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://hooks.example.com/notify", {
    method: "post",
    contentType: "application/json",
    payload: JSON.stringify({ text: message })
  });
}

Getting started

No install is required — everything runs at docs.google.com, sheets.google.com, and drive.google.com with any Google account. For automation, open a Sheet, then Extensions → Apps Script to write and run scripts directly against that document.

# 1. Go to sheets.google.com and create a blank sheet
# 2. Extensions -> Apps Script opens the built-in code editor
# 3. Paste a function like onEdit() above, then click Run once to authorize
# 4. Triggers -> add a trigger to run automatically on edit/time/form-submit

Best for: Teams and classrooms that want zero-setup, always-synced documents and spreadsheets with built-in comments, version history, and sharing permissions — and occasionally need light automation via Apps Script instead of a full backend.