G Suite, which competes directly with Microsoft's Office 365, is raising its prices for the first time. G Suite Basic will raise prices from $5 per user per month to $6.

As of early April, prices for Google's productivity and collaboration software suite are set to rise. The increase brings G Suite pricing closer to that of rival Office 365.

Google has been advancing the capabilities of its groundbreaking office productivity suite in recent years, and now business customers will see their first-ever price increase for the cloud service.

Why would you pay for G Suite when Google's apps are free? Most folks know that Gmail and the various Google apps like Docs and Sheets are available for free.

The G Suite Business package now costs $12 per user per month, up from $10. However, Google said the price of its premium G Suite Enterprise package will remain at $25 per user per month.

Google will raise prices on G Suite — the company's productivity suite, and its rival to Microsoft Office — for the first time ever, according to a corporate blog post on Wednesday.

Google's office productivity suite, G Suite, now has two billion monthly active users, having passed that milestone at the end of last year. G Suite boss Javier Soltero shared the number with ...