
This new option won’t include premium features like custom email or multi-account management. In the coming months, we’ll provide an option for you to move your non-Google Workspace paid content and most of your data to a no-cost option. On the support page, which acts as an announcement page of some sort, the company added a paragraph that reads:

Instead of forcing people to pay or shutting down G Suite legacy accounts altogether, Google is going to offer a third option. For instance, a Hacker News thread attracted more than a thousand comments. But the company probably didn’t expect this kind of reaction from tech-savvy Google customers who had been using G Suite legacy accounts for more than a decade. Google is under no obligation to offer a free service forever. In 2012, Google stopped offering the free tier.

For instance, you could buy a domain name for your family name and use it for your email addresses Originally called Google Apps for Your Domain, that feature was completely free at first and wasn’t specifically targeted toward business customers. In 2006, following the launch of Gmail and Google Calendar, Google offered the ability to add a custom domain name to your Google account. They range from $6 to $18 per user per month. The company offers different plans with a software-as-a-service approach, such as Business Starter, Business Standard and Business Plus. Google’s productivity subscription package is now primarily designed for businesses. Google Workspace as it exists today is a very different product from its predecessor.

As spotted by Ars Technica and following customer backlash, Google has updated its support page and says that it plans to offer more options to existing users. Earlier this month, Google announced that it would kill free Google Workspace accounts that were using the G Suite legacy free edition.
