Google Workspace Business Starter
USD7.00
Price
- Billed: per user per month
- What it includes: 30 GB pooled storage per user, Meet for 100, Gemini in Gmail
Digital-native businesses · Online brands, e-commerce, SaaS, apps, agencies and platforms · Oman, UAE, Qatar
Technology for digital-native businesses
You started in the cloud, with no server room and maybe no office. We look at the apps your team already uses, then tidy them into one setup for email, invoicing, customers, hosting, security and AI that grows with you.
Who sets this up for you
Zoho Authorized Partner
Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work and Google Cloud Premier Partner; also an AWS partner.
Since 2007
with 1,500+ active cloud customers across the Middle East.
Offices in Dubai, Muscat (head office) and Doha
with local invoices in OMR, AED and QAR, cloud consumption included.
350,000+ users migrated
since 2007.
A large team of certified engineers
across Google, Microsoft and Zoho, working remotely, the way you do.
Partners and products we connect
A digital-native business runs on software from day one: no paper files, no server room, often no fixed office. Gulf Infotech (in the Middle East since 2007), a Zoho, Microsoft and Google partner, sets up the email, Zoho One business apps, cloud hosting, security and AI these companies run on, in Oman, the UAE and Qatar.
The real problem
What do digital-native businesses need from their IT?
Rarely more apps. Most digital-native teams we meet chose their tools fast and well, then grew around them.
The typical picture: a dozen subscriptions on different cards, two staff still on personal Gmail, nobody who owns the admin console, and a leaver who can still open the shared drive.
Quotes go out from a document template, customer details sit in a chat app, and the cloud bill grows faster than revenue.
Growth brings questions too.
VAT registration, UAE e-invoicing from 2027 and larger customers asking where your data is stored all land on the founder's desk.
We sort these out once, so the next twenty hires plug into a setup that already works.
What we use
Which product solves which digital-native requirement?
Business requirement → Product we use → Outcome for you
| Business requirement | Product we use | Outcome for you |
|---|---|---|
| Email, calendar, files and meetings for a remote-first team | Zoho Workplace, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace; many digital natives choose Google Workspace | Every person on your domain, files in shared drives the company owns, not personal accounts |
| All business apps under one licence | Zoho One: email, Books, CRM, automation and more than 50 apps | One sign-in, one bill and data that flows between apps |
| Quotations, invoices, VAT and receivables | Zoho Books | A quote becomes an invoice without retyping; VAT reports built from real data |
| Leads, deals, renewals and follow-ups | Zoho CRM with workflow automation | Trials, renewals and follow-ups chased by rules, not memory |
| Customer support and website chat | Zoho Desk and Zoho SalesIQ | Every ticket and chat tracked to an answer |
| A shop, café, kiosk or pop-up next to the online store | Zoho POS, an add-on (not part of Zoho One) | Counter sales land in the same books as online orders |
| Hosting your app, website or API | Microsoft Azure, Huawei Cloud, Google Cloud or AWS; see web and app hosting | The platform and region chosen for your workload, set up and invoiced locally |
| A cloud bill that keeps rising | Cloud cost optimisation | Idle resources and oversized instances found and fixed |
| Customers who ask where their data is stored | Data residency | A clear, documented answer per platform |
| Sign-in to every app, and access removed when people leave | JumpCloud, Cloud Identity or Microsoft Intune | One identity per person; leavers' access removed from one place |
| Phishing, spoofed domains and fake invoice emails | Email security and DMARC | Your domain cannot be used to fool your customers |
| Laptops in homes, cafés and co-working spaces | Endpoint security | Malware stopped wherever the laptop is |
| Mail and files in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 | Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backup | Restore a deleted folder or a departed user's mailbox |
| AI assistants for the whole team | Claude for business, Microsoft Copilot or Gemini | Company accounts with admin controls, not personal AI subscriptions |
| Work passed between apps by hand | AI and automation with Zoho Flow, Gemini Workflow Builder, Copilot Studio or Power Automate | New orders, sign-ups and tickets move on their own |
Where to start
For a team of up to about ten, we usually start with Google Workspace or Zoho Workplace for email and Zoho Books for invoicing. Move to Zoho One when you also need CRM, a help desk and automation, because one suite then replaces several separate subscriptions. Cloud hosting comes in when you run your own product.
How it fits
How do the pieces fit together?
Team
Email and files
Zoho Workplace, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, on your own domain from day one.
Money
Zoho One for the business
quotations, invoices, customers, support and automation in one suite.
Zoho OneTeam
Identity and security around everything
one sign-in per person, protected email and laptops, backed-up data.
Insight
AI on top
Claude, Copilot or Gemini on company accounts, working with your own data.
What does Google Workspace and Zoho cost?
Google Workspace is priced per user. Zoho Books is priced per organisation, which suits small teams with a few finance users.
Google Workspace Business Standard
USD14.00
Price
- Billed: per user per month
- What it includes: 2 TB pooled storage per user, Meet for 150 with recording, Gemini in Gmail, Docs and Meet
Google Workspace Business Plus
USD22.00
Price
- Billed: per user per month
- What it includes: 5 TB pooled storage per user, Meet for 500, Vault and eDiscovery
Zoho Books Standard
USD15.00
Price
- Billed: per organisation per month
- What it includes: 3 users
Zoho Books Professional
USD25.00
Price
- Billed: per organisation per month
- What it includes: 5 users
Zoho One
Contact us
- What it includes: Pricing in OMR, AED or QAR on request
Prices as of October 2026 · billed annually (annual upfront commitment) · exclude VAT (Oman and UAE 5%, Qatar none). Zoho sets regional prices, so your country page may show official local prices.
Licences are one component: deployment and security configuration, migration, training and support are separate, paid components. Companies formed within the last two years, and in Oman only holders of a valid Riyada card, get our startup rate on their first project for one year: 20% off our Zoho setup and support hours and off our Google Workspace setup and training.
GCC rules
Which GCC rules and data-location facts affect digital businesses?
VAT
Oman and the UAE charge 5%; Qatar has no VAT. Online sales to customers in another country can follow different rules, so check them with your tax adviser.
VAT by country
UAE e-invoicing
Structured e-invoices through an accredited service provider become mandatory from 1 January 2027 for businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more, and from 1 July 2027 for everyone else. B2B and B2G sales are in scope, so a SaaS company invoicing other businesses is too. B2C sales are excluded until further notice. Zoho is an accredited service provider. See UAE e-invoicing.
Oman e-invoicing
Zoho Books does not support Oman's Fawtara e-invoicing. We keep your VAT invoicing correct in Zoho Books today.
Microsoft 365 in the UAE
A tenant created in the UAE stores its data (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Copilot) in Microsoft's UAE data centres. Microsoft's full commitment that data at rest stays in the UAE needs its Advanced Data Residency (ADR) licence, which must cover 100% of paid licences. ADR does not move a tenant created elsewhere; that needs a paid migration to a new tenant. Oman has no Microsoft 365 local region.
Cloud regions
Azure has regions in the UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and Qatar (Doha). Google Cloud has Doha and Dammam, but none in the UAE. AWS has a UAE region and a Bahrain region. Huawei Cloud has Riyadh, with an Abu Dhabi (UAE) region upcoming. None of the four has a region in Oman.
Zoho and Google Workspace
Zoho's data centre follows your sign-up country: UAE accounts are served from Dubai and Abu Dhabi, while Oman and Qatar accounts are served from Zoho's US data centre. Google Workspace is provisioned in Google's default region.
Customer data
Your compliance team decides what your customers' data needs; we configure each platform to match.
The stack
Solutions used on this page
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Zoho One
the full business suite, more than 50 apps.
Google Workspace
email, files and meetings for remote teams.
Zoho Books
quotations, invoices and VAT.
Zoho CRM
leads, deals and renewals.
Cloud
Azure, Huawei Cloud, Google Cloud and AWS.
JumpCloud
one identity for every app and device.
Claude for business
AI for the whole team.
Your country
Digital-native support in your country
the startup rate for new Omani companies and Riyada card holders, from our head office in Muscat.
the startup rate for companies formed in the UAE in the last two years, from Dubai.
the startup rate for companies formed in Qatar in the last two years, from Doha.
email, files and meetings, invoiced in OMR.
email, files and meetings, invoiced in AED.
email, files and meetings, invoiced in QAR.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is a digital-native business?
A digital-native business was built on software from the start: online brands and e-commerce stores, SaaS and app companies, agencies, delivery and platform businesses, and remote-first teams. It has no legacy systems to replace, but it often has too many apps with no one owning them. We help such companies in Oman, the UAE and Qatar put email, finance, customers, hosting and security on a clean footing.
Should we use Google Workspace or Zoho Workplace?
Both give you business email on your domain, shared files and meetings. Many digital-native teams prefer Google Workspace because they already know Gmail, Docs and Meet, and Gemini is included in every Business plan. Zoho Workplace suits teams that run on Zoho, and its email is included in Zoho One. Microsoft 365 is the third option. We recommend after seeing how your team works.
What does Zoho One include?
Zoho One is Zoho's full business suite, with more than 50 apps under one licence: email, Zoho Books for quotations and invoices, Zoho CRM, help desk, automation and more. It makes sense once you need several Zoho apps, because one licence then replaces separate subscriptions and the data flows between them. Zoho POS for shops and outlets is not part of Zoho One; it is a separate add-on.
Which cloud should we host our app on: Azure, Google Cloud or AWS?
It depends on your stack, where your users are and where your data has to stay. Azure has regions in the UAE and Qatar, Google Cloud in Doha and Dammam, AWS in the UAE and Bahrain, and Huawei Cloud in Riyadh, with Abu Dhabi upcoming. We start with a short, free cloud assessment, then recommend a platform and region and invoice consumption locally in OMR, AED or QAR.
Can our data stay in the UAE or Qatar?
Often, yes. A Microsoft 365 tenant created in the UAE stores its data in Microsoft's UAE data centres, and Microsoft's full commitment needs the Advanced Data Residency licence on every paid licence. Zoho UAE accounts are served from Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Azure, Google Cloud and AWS have local regions too. Oman has no in-country region on these platforms.
Do you offer a startup rate?
Yes. Companies formed within the last two years get 20% off our services on their first project, for one year: Zoho setup, development and support, and Google Workspace setup and training. In Oman only, a valid Riyada card qualifies whatever the company's age. Licences stay at the vendor's list price. Older digital-native companies pay our standard rate. See startups for the documents we ask for.
Can Zoho Books handle e-invoicing?
In the UAE, yes: Zoho is an accredited e-invoicing service provider for the mandate that starts in 2027, and the add-on is available from Books Professional. Sales to other businesses are in scope; sales to consumers are excluded for now. In Oman, Zoho Books does not support Fawtara e-invoicing. Qatar has no VAT, so Zoho's Qatar edition of Books has no VAT features.
Tidy your stack before the next hire
Tell us which apps you use today, how many people you have and where you operate, and we will map the table above to a costed, dated plan.