Google Sites
Google Sites is a web tool for creating sites for teams, projects, or events without programming skills.
What Google Sites is
Google Sites is a web tool for creating sites for teams, projects, or events without programming skills. Its drag-and-drop editor uses an automatic grid layout, and users can choose premade templates or make their own. Collaborators can edit together in real time. Sites can include Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Charts, YouTube videos, calendars, maps, and Drive files; users can also embed web pages or sections and add HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Owners publish using a web address and choose who can view the site, including people outside their organization who do not have a Google Workspace account. Published sites can be viewed on computers, phones, and tablets, but editing requires a computer. Sites includes hosting and supports custom domains. A free offering is listed, while Google Workspace Business Starter costs $7 a month per user, Business Standard costs $14 a month per user, and Business Plus costs $22 a month per user. Sites and embedded content count toward Drive storage quota.
Good
- Drag-and-drop editing with an automatic grid layout
- Collaborators can co-edit in real time
- Supports Google files, calendars, maps, and YouTube videos
- Owners can control published-site access
- Includes hosting and custom domain support
Watch out
- Editing requires a computer
- Sites content counts toward Drive storage
- No code export is listed
- No e-commerce is listed
Who it suits
Google Sites suits people building simple sites for teams, projects, or events without programming skills. It may also fit organizations sharing internal information or knowledge-base content with controlled access.
Verdict
Google Sites combines visual editing, collaboration, Google content embeds, and sharing controls for team and project sites. Note that editing is computer-only and site content uses Drive storage quota.
Plans and prices
From Google Sites's own pricing page, checked 19 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $7 a month | Google Sites is included among Google Workspace applications. · 30 GB pooled storage per person. · Pricing page states that plans are billed monthly. · billed monthly |
| Google Sites | Free | No standalone Sites price is listed on the product page; the page offers Sites for work and sign-in. |
| Google Workspace Business Starter | $7 a month | 30 GB pooled storage per user · maximum 300 users · per user/month; all plans billed monthly |
| Google Workspace Business Standard | $14 a month | 2 TB pooled storage per user · maximum 300 users · per user/month; all plans billed monthly |
| Google Workspace Business Plus | $22 a month | 5 TB pooled storage per user · maximum 300 users · per user/month; all plans billed monthly |
| Google Workspace Enterprise | Priced on request | 5 TB pooled storage per user or upgrade for more · no minimum or maximum user limit · Contact sales |
The facts
Each one read from Google Sites's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- People outside an organization can access a site without a Google Workspace account, and site owners can restrict access through sharing settings.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Collaborators can co-edit sites in real time and see changes instantly.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Sites supports drag-and-drop editing with an automatic grid layout that scales to different devices.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Embedding
- Sites allows users to embed pages or sections from websites and add HTML, CSS, or JavaScript code.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Users can add Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Charts, YouTube videos, calendars, maps, and Google Drive files to a site.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- Google describes Sites as a tool to create sites for teams, projects, and events, and showcases internal information and knowledge-base uses.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- Users publish a site by entering its web address and can decide who can see the published site.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Google Sites lets users create sites for a team, project, or event without programming skills.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Storage limit
- Sites and the content embedded in sites count toward the user's Drive storage quota.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- Google says it provides customer support for Sites as a core service, according to the scope of support for each app.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Templates
- Google Sites provides premade site templates and lets users create custom templates.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser support
- Google lists Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Safari among the browsers supported for viewing Sites.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Device support
- Published sites can be viewed on computers, phones, or tablets, but editing requires a computer.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2008checked 9 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, USAchecked 9 Sep 2026
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