Instead of a $20 or $30 standalone plan, Google added a few dollars to its business tiers and applied the Gemini generative AI to all plans.

Google is extending Gemini features to all Workspace subscribers and increasing the price of all Business and Enterprise plans.

There is a catch, though: as it makes this change, Google is increasing the price of all Workspace plans. Jerry Dischler, Google’s president of cloud applications, tells me companies will pay roughly $2 more per month per user for the AI-enabled Workspace than they were paying before.

What's that? You don't want to pay $20 for Gemini? Well then Google will just put it in anyway and raise the price. Hooray?

In the past, Workspace users only got access to the Gemini app as part of their productivity subscription. To access the Gemini side panel in Gmail and Drive, companies had to pay $20 or $30 per user/month for Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise,

Google has just made a significant announcement that will redefine how users approach work in the Google Workspace environment. By integrating advanced AI capabilities directly into Workspace for Business and Enterprise users,