Google Workspace starts off like a dream—it promises seamless tools, sleek integration, and the power of Google behind your business. But once you’re past the honeymoon phase, it becomes a frustrating maze of disconnected products, confusing admin panels, and impossible account recovery processes.I bought my domain through Google Domains (great!). Then Google sold it to Squarespace without my input (not great). I lost access to DNS because I deleted the original admin account—and there’s no easy way to recover or edit that without jumping through flaming hoops.Google Sites is painfully basic. Workspace billing is clunky. Support can’t help with domains anymore. And even though Workspace shows my domain as “verified,” I still can’t edit the DNS to point my email elsewhere.TL;DR: Too many moving parts, too little transparency, and zero user empathy.If you're a solo founder or just want to run your email and website cleanly, I'd skip Workspace and use a combo like:Zoho or Namecheap for emailSquarespace or Notion for your siteA proper domain host with real supportGoogle Workspace could be amazing—but right now, it feels like a tangled legacy system pretending to be startup-friendly.
