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Google Workspace vs Proton Mail for Business
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for email hosting. Proton Mail for Business has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Proton Mail for Business has the lower entry price — Google Workspace starts at $8.4/user/mo, Proton Mail for Business at $7.99/user/mo. Free tier: Google Workspace No, Proton Mail for Business No. HIPAA: Google Workspace Yes, Proton Mail for Business Yes.
As of 2026-11-01 · figures link to their source below STALE
Side by side
Google Workspace
$8.4/user/mo entryProton Mail for Business
$7.99/user/mo entrySources — Google Workspace: workspace.google.com (verified 2026-11-01) STALE · 2026-09-02 · Proton Mail for Business: proton.me (verified 2026-10-12) STALE · 2026-09-02
Key features
Google Workspace: Custom domain Gmail with 99.9% uptime SLA; End-to-end S/MIME encryption (Business Plus and Enterprise); Gemini AI writing assistant built into Gmail; Spam/phishing/malware blocking (99.9% catch rate per vendor); Google Vault eDiscovery and retention (Business Plus+); DLP and data classification (Enterprise); SAML 2.0 SSO and 2-step verification; SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 certified; HIPAA BAA available via Admin console
Proton Mail for Business: End-to-end and zero-access encryption for all stored mail (no Proton access to content); HIPAA BAA available to all Proton users — contact [email protected]; SOC 2 Type II audited and ISO 27001 certified; GDPR compliant; governed by Swiss law with Data Processing Agreement included; Password-protected emails to non-Proton recipients; Encrypted calendar, cloud storage (Drive), VPN, and password manager in suite; Easy Switch migration tool from Google Workspace and Microsoft 365; 30-day money-back guarantee