[2] The Google Docs Editors suite is available freely for users with personal Google accounts: through a web application, a set of mobile apps for Android and iOS, and a desktop application for Google's ChromeOS.

[5] It pioneered real-time collaborative editing since its inception in 2006, while Microsoft Office introduced it in 2013.

Microsoft Office is a paid suite of productivity apps while Google Docs Editors Suite is available for free to users with private Google accounts.

It is also offered as part of Google's business-oriented Google Workspace service, which ran until October 2020 under the name G Suite, a monthly subscription service that unlocks additional features.

[7][8] iWork competes with Google Docs Editors on features and real-time collaboration, but is primarily used on Apple platforms like macOS and iOS.