Gopher for Groups vs Magic Cell — Google Workspace

Gopher for Groups vs Magic Cell Notifications

Name: Gopher for Groups
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

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Gopher for Groups

5.0·3reviews·672,035+installs

Dig into your Google Groups settings and root out the hidden risks. Adds Google Groups administrative mojo to any Google Sheet.

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	Gopher for Groups	Magic Cell Notifications
Tagline	“Dig into your Google Groups settings and root out the hidden risks. Adds Google Groups administrative mojo to any Google Sheet.”127 chars	“Use this add-on to setup Google Sheet notifications when specific cells reach set values. Monitor Google Sheets with email or web hook notifications”148 chars
Description	1315 / 16000 chars8% used	3173 / 16000 chars20% used
Screenshots	5 images	1 images
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Platforms	Google Workspace	Google Workspace
Developer	Amplified Labs	Not so Magic Apps Limited
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Feature comparison between Gopher for Groups and Magic Cell Notifications
Metric	Gopher for Groups	Magic Cell Notifications
Rating	★ 5.0 ★	3.9 ★
Total reviews	3	★ 132
Active installs	672,035+	482,709+
Free plan	—	★ Yes
Pricing	Not available	Free of charge with paid features

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Gopher for Groups

Google Groups are a very powerful permissions, communications, and collaboration tool in G Suite for EDU districts, but auditing and managing their access settings can be a challenge at scale. Gopher for Groups lets you gain visibility and control of critical Google Groups access and permissions settings that impact the security of domain resources and communications. Group owners sometimes make risky edits to critical settings like “Who can join” or “Who can post” in ways admins can’t easily discover. Default settings for new groups are likely too permissive for a typical school environment. Group settings are overwhelmingly many, and are extremely time-consuming to update at scale via Google’s user interface. How Gopher for Groups boosts your administrative game: - Quickly import all Google Groups settings available via Google’s APIs. - Filter for key privacy or online safety risks, such as permissive join or posting settings. - Perform advanced group membership analysis to account for all owners and managers, identify nested groups, and look for groups with membership set to “all in domain.” - Make all your group settings right in the sheet. Use the power of Sheets filters to limit which groups you want to update. - Preview all changes before bulk-committing them to Google’s APIs

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Magic Cell Notifications

Use Magic Cell Notifications to monitor cells within your Google Sheet and automatically notify you via email or webhook such as Slack/Discord/Google Chat/Microsoft Teams when pre-set criteria or values are reached. The applications for this add-on are vast and the additional options allow for personalisation and flexibility to meet your needs. There are 4 different types of monitoring that you can setup using MCN 1. Single cell notifications (Monitor one specific cell) 2. Row (Monitor an entire row) 3. Column (Monitor an entire column) 4. Range (Monitor a specific range of cells) Each one of these methods allows you to monitors cells using the following criteria: equal to greater than less than not equal to changes contains When using this add-on you can load a sidebar menu to set up notification rules on your Google Sheet. You can add as many rules as you like and the add-on will keep a track of them on a dedicated worksheet. You can view this worksheet and even amend the rules directly on the sheet. Once the spreadsheet is changed and the values reach the notification rules you have set you will automatically receive an email/Slack notification to inform you. You can also add multiple email addresses to one notification rule simply by separating them by a comma. If you are using email notifications you can now also add CC and BCC addresses to your notifications easily MCN runs on 4 occasions, which you can turn on and off using the menu, and these are the triggers of the add-on. 1. Edit (A user edit to the Google Sheet) 2. Form Submission (A linked Google Form is submitted) 3. Hourly (Once per hour) 4. Daily (Once a day) You can also personalise the email or Slack notifications using your own text and can even use HTML to format and improve the look and layout of your messages. MCN also gives you the ability to insert fields from your Google Sheet directly into the email but please see the user guide for more information on what fields you can insert: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-v-s7V9RKpEorHYlqfzee1USJPUSFnHs7OF33sijqoQ/edit#heading=h.2dlkaj15y0ks Additional features of the add-on include the ability to turn off and deactivate rules from your rule sheets at the click of a button. You can now get MCN to highlight in your worksheets where the latest match or change has taken place. MCN does web hooks and it has been tested and also works with Slack, IFTTT (76 characters), Zapier, Discord, Google Chat & Microsoft Teams. **Paid Features** Magic Cell Notifications has now become a subscription service for all of the features available. The free version (Basic) still exists and should solve many users' needs however the Basic version is limited by the number of each type of rule you can have. Basic Free Version Single & Multi Rules - Limited to 5 rules Column, Row & Range Rules - Limited to 1 rule Annual Subscription Chargers £9.99 per year single user (Unlimited Rules) £99.99 per year domain* wide subscription (Unlimited Users & Rules) * Domain subscriptions cannot be for ‘gmail.com’ accounts but where you have a paid Google Domain and you would like all users to have Full accounts.

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Is Gopher for Groups or Magic Cell Notifications cheaper?

Magic Cell Notifications is the cheaper option — it offers a free plan (Free of charge with paid features). Gopher for Groups starts at Not available. Both publish their pricing on the Google Workspace Marketplace; AppRanks mirrors what's listed on each refresh cycle.

Which has better reviews, Gopher for Groups or Magic Cell Notifications?

Gopher for Groups has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 3 reviews) compared to Magic Cell Notifications (3.9★ from 132 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Gopher for Groups or Magic Cell Notifications?

Gopher for Groups holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 3.9★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Gopher for Groups or Magic Cell Notifications?

Both apps are one-click installs from the Google Workspace Marketplace. Magic Cell Notifications has the deeper published review base (132 vs 3), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large Google Workspace Marketplace admins?

Gopher for Groups typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (3 reviews). Magic Cell Notifications typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (132 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Gopher for Groups and Magic Cell Notifications?

Migration support varies by app and category. Gopher for Groups and Magic Cell Notifications both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Gopher for Groups" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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