Google to loosen up Apps for Business contracts

From InfoWorld: Google will allow companies to sign up users for its paid Apps for Business hosted collaboration and communication suite on a month-to-month basis, without having to commit them to an annual contract.

Called the Flexible Plan, this new option will become available globally in the coming weeks and will let companies pay $5 per user per month, providing more flexibility to add and drop employees from month to month.

Google will continue to offer its existing billing model of $50 per user per year, which requires a one-year contract.

The Flexible Plan will be available to any company that signs up for Apps for Business online.

Google envisions the Flexible Plan as being most attractive to small businesses, because their staff and cash flow can change dramatically in a short period of time, Google said in a blog post on Tuesday.

In addition, Google will now charge Apps for Business customers at the end of each month, as opposed to up front, and will add the option of direct debit payments in the U.S., UK, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

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