As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates Google Workspace 2.5/5 and Infomaniak kSuite 3.5/5 in Business Email & Office Suites. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 0 of the 6 judges pick Google Workspace and 6 pick Infomaniak kSuite. Google Workspace scores higher on 1 of 7 criteria (Mail, domains & deliverability). Infomaniak kSuite scores higher on 6 of 7 criteria (European sovereignty, Migration, open standards & exit, Administration, identity & partner management, plus 3 more). Provenance — Google Workspace: Rest of world; Infomaniak kSuite: UK / wider Europe. Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
Infomaniak kSuite is ahead on six of seven criteria: sovereignty 7.7 to 4.7 and migration and portability 6.0 to 4.3, with 6 judges leaning kSuite on both; administration and identity 6.8 to 5.2 and calendar and office 6.8 to 6.0, with 5 judges leaning kSuite on both; pricing transparency 7.0 to 6.8; and security and compliance 6.0 to 5.8, where 1 judge leans Google Workspace, 2 lean kSuite and 3 tie. Google Workspace's edge is mail and deliverability, 5.7 to 5.3 — 2 judges lean Google Workspace, 4 tie, 0 lean kSuite; its verdict lists Gmail through Slides on every plan and euro prices for three tiers, while kSuite's mail split 4 to 6, lower scores citing no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or distribution lists. Five judges' computed totals put kSuite ahead, 6.3 to 6.6 against 5.1 to 5.7 — the lean flips by criterion; that split is the answer.
Choose Google Workspace if
You need a suite bought mainly for business email: mail and deliverability is the one criterion where the bench leans Google Workspace — 5.7 to 5.3, with 2 judges leaning Google Workspace, 4 tying and 0 leaning Infomaniak kSuite.
You want public documentation of mail features such as Exchange ActiveSync, native MAPI, distribution lists or catch-all before signing: for Infomaniak kSuite the judges found no public information on these, and its mail scores ran from 4 to 6.
Your team works in Gmail, Meet, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides — the verdict lists that bundle on every plan — and email, where Google Workspace holds the bench's only lean, is your core workload.
Choose Infomaniak kSuite if
You need data kept on the vendor's own infrastructure: Infomaniak kSuite's verdict records its own Swiss data centres and data stated never to leave them; sovereignty is 7.7 to 4.7 with 6 judges leaning kSuite, while Google Workspace's privacy policy states servers operate worldwide and data may be processed outside the user's country.
You are migrating in from another provider: migration and portability is 6.0 to 4.3 with 6 judges leaning Infomaniak kSuite, and its verdict calls getting in free and documented; the judges found no public information on what the Google Workspace Migrate tool carries over.
You run room booking, CalDAV/CardDAV sync and SAML/SCIM single sign-on: administration and identity is 6.8 to 5.2 and calendar and office 6.8 to 6.0, with 5 judges leaning Infomaniak kSuite on both.
Your procurement weighs the judges' totals: five judges with computed totals put Infomaniak kSuite ahead, 6.3 to 6.6 against 5.1 to 5.7.
You need published prices before contact: pricing transparency is 7.0 to 6.8, with 1 judge leaning Infomaniak kSuite and 5 tying.
Read this comparison as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The Small Firm Owner
Runs a tax and accounting firm of twelve in Lower Saxony. Every member of staff lives in Outlook, the shared "kanzlei@" mailbox is the busiest address in the office, and the meeting room is booked by shouting across the corridor. Wants mail on the firm's own domain that arrives, a shared calendar and address book on every phone, a move from the old provider that does not lose a single client thread, and a per-user price that is still the price in the second year.
Google Workspace
Infomaniak kSuite
This judge's pick
Criterion by criterion
Mail, domains & deliverability
Google Workspace
Custom-domain mail is confirmed, with IMAP documented, send-as aliases with per-address signatures, delegation across the organisation (read, send, delete, contacts), server-side rules and forwarding, and phishing and spam protection that blocks more than 99.9% of attacks. Delegation covers our shared kanzlei mailbox style of working. But we found no public information on Outlook connectivity (MAPI or Exchange ActiveSync), on SPF, DKIM, DMARC or catch-all — and my whole staff lives in Outlook.
Infomaniak kSuite
Custom-domain mail is fully documented with IMAP on port 993 (SSL) and authenticated SMTP on 587 with STARTTLS, SPF, DKIM and DMARC plus anti-spam and anti-virus are stated, and the address model lets several of my staff work one shared mailbox each with their own revocable device password — that is exactly how our kanzlei@ address runs. Send limits (500 E-Mails / 24H paid), a 3 GB attachment ceiling and unlimited mailbox storage on paid plans are published. We found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native Outlook (MAPI) access — the documented Outlook set-up runs over IMAP — nor on catch-all, distribution lists, out-of-office replies or server-side rules.
Calendar, contacts & office apps
Google Workspace
The bundle includes Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides with interoperability with Office files on all plans, shared drives per plan, video meetings up to 24 hours, and appointment booking from the Standard plan — that is the core of what a twelve-person office writes and plans with. We found no public information on free/busy lookup, room and resource booking, CalDAV or CardDAV sync to phones, or Outlook calendar sync, which is exactly the shared-calendar-on-every-phone question I need answered.
Infomaniak kSuite
CalDAV and CardDAV sync reaches iPhone, Android (via kSync), macOS and Windows Outlook through a documented configuration wizard, meeting rooms can be created with capacity and location, searched for a chosen time slot and carry a shareable calendar each, and OnlyOffice co-edits Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats in the browser with kDrive storage, kMeet video and kChat in the bundle. We found no public information on booking approval workflows, delegated calendar access, a company-wide address book or tasks.
Security, encryption & compliance archiving
Google Workspace
Two-step verification, encryption in transit, S/MIME at Enterprise, and Vault to retain, archive and search data with eDiscovery from the Plus plan are stated, and the Cloud Data Processing Addendum is incorporated into the agreement — the archive matters most for a tax office. We found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, legal hold, a transparency report on authority requests, or certifications such as ISO 27001 with their scope, and encryption at rest is not stated on the captured pages either.
Infomaniak kSuite
Encryption at rest and in transit, one-click mail encryption with OpenPGP and ECC, two-factor with backup codes, anti-spam and anti-virus, 30-day mail restoration, ISO 27001 covering the information security management system, annual penetration tests, a bug bounty and a GDPR/FADP data processing agreement are all on the record, with a stated policy of no access to customer data without an explicit request. We found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies or legal hold — which matters to a Steuerkanzlei — nor on a transparency report on authority requests or admin-enforced two-factor.
Administration, identity & partner management
Google Workspace
An admin console is documented — administrators apply data region policies by organisational unit and can view status reports — and endpoint management is listed per plan, with Secure LDAP, security center, context-aware access and access transparency at Enterprise, plus Standard, Enhanced and Premium support tiers. We found no public information on single sign-on as such, SCIM provisioning, exportable audit logs, reseller accounts for managing several customers, or stated support response times.
Infomaniak kSuite
The manager offers roles from legal representative down to external users with limited rights, an activity log, unified account security review and a documented REST API with an OpenAPI file and OAuth 2.0; single sign-on via SAML 2.0 and automated provisioning via SCIM 2.0 work with Microsoft Entra ID and Okta on the Enterprise tier, and support answers by phone and ticket seven days a week. We found no public information on mobile device policies with remote wipe, exportable audit logs, stated response times, or partner and reseller accounts managing several customer organisations.
Migration, open standards & exit
Google Workspace
A Google Workspace Migrate tool for data migration is available from the Standard plan, IMAP is documented, email account migration is an explicit API use case, and users can export a copy of their contents and delete their whole account — a real door in and out for our client correspondence. We found no public information on whether the tool moves whole organisations with calendars, contacts and permissions from Exchange or Microsoft 365, on coexistence during the move, on CalDAV and CardDAV access, or on a stated data-return period after cancellation.
Infomaniak kSuite
A free expert migration moves domain names, websites and email addresses with the old service running until the transfer completes — the advice to cancel the old contract only after migration fits, old emails and folders transfer automatically, calendars and contacts move by ICS and vCard files, IMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV keep everything on standard protocols, and deletion of data including backups after termination is stated. We found no public information on a documented tool that moves a whole organisation from Microsoft 365 or Exchange together with permissions, on admin-side export of the entire organisation, or on a stated data-return period.
European sovereignty
Google Workspace
Google Ireland Limited is named as controller for users in the European Economic Area, the Cloud Data Processing Addendum is published, and administrators can choose a European Union data region — but only on covered editions (Business Standard and Plus, not the Starter plan), while the privacy policy states plainly that Google operates servers worldwide and data may be processed outside one's own country. The parent is Google LLC in California. We found no public information on named hosting infrastructure, subprocessors and their locations, or certifications such as ISO 27001 or BSI C5 on the captured pages.
Infomaniak kSuite
Everything sits in the company's own Swiss data centres with a stated policy of never transferring data outside its own infrastructure, the firm is employee-controlled with a foundation protecting its independence, the legal framework is described as GDPR and Swiss FADP with protection from the Cloud Act, an ISO 27001 certificate and a published data processing agreement are on record, and subcontractors for payments, two-factor SMS and website forms are named. The contracting entity and hosting are Swiss rather than EU, however, and the named subcontractors appear without their locations.
Pricing transparency
Google Workspace
Every business tier carries a public per-user monthly price with the regular price after the introductory year spelled out — €3.40 then €6.80 for Starter, €6.80 then €13.60 for Standard, €10.55 then €21.10 for Plus, the offer applying to the first 20 users for 12 months for new customers — alongside pooled storage of 30 GB, 2 TB and 5 TB per person, a 16% saving with a one-year commitment, a 300-user cap on business plans, and all plans billed monthly in euro. That second-year number is exactly what I plan around. What the pages do not state is VAT treatment or prices for add-ons such as the Enhanced and Premium support upgrades.
Infomaniak kSuite
Every tier is priced per user in Swiss francs with storage, address counts, room counts, version history and send limits attached, the regular price after the first-year discount is printed plainly — "Business -50% im ersten Jahr CHF 7.34 3.67 pro Benutzer / Monat" — an optional kDrive starts at CHF 5.35 / Monat, and prices are stated exclusive of VAT. We found no public information on minimum users or term, a monthly-billing option, or the price of Premium Support, and the captured pages give different figures for what a CHF 1.76 per-user plan includes.
Sovereignty, side by side
Dimension
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Infomaniak kSuite
Legal entity
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Hosting location
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Hosting options
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Open source
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Data processing agreement
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Transfer impact assessment
Not determined
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Facts, side by side
Only facts both products carry under the same definition — anything else would not be a fair row.
Pricing · Standard price
EUR · 6.8 · per user per month · first 20 users, 12 months (new customers only) · 13.61
Questions about Google Workspace and Infomaniak kSuite
Which is better, Google Workspace or Infomaniak kSuite?
As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates Infomaniak kSuite higher: 3.5/5 against 2.5/5. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 0 of the 6 judges pick Google Workspace and 6 pick Infomaniak kSuite. Which one fits depends on the criteria that matter to you; the table on this page shows both side by side, and each judge’s reading has its own page. Both were scored by the same AI bench under the same rubric, from public evidence only, as the methodology describes.
Is Google Workspace or Infomaniak kSuite European?
Google Workspace is not European by provenance (Rest of world). Infomaniak kSuite is European (UK / wider Europe). Provenance is read from each company’s own legal pages: who builds it and who owns it.
Where do Google Workspace and Infomaniak kSuite store customer data?
Per the vendors’ own pages as captured — Google Workspace: its pages as captured do not say. Infomaniak kSuite: Default not stated; pages mention Switzerland.
Do Google Workspace and Infomaniak kSuite have a free plan?
As of 6 Nov 2026, Infomaniak kSuite’s own pages state a free plan; Google Workspace’s pages as captured do not. Each product page links the pricing page it was read from.