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Spanning Backup for G Suite™ backs up Gmail™, GDrive™, Team Drive™, Calendars, Contacts and Sites to the cloud so if your users' data is deleted or corrupted you can restore it immediately.
| Metric | Harmony Email and Collaboration | Spanning Backup for G Suite |
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| Rating | ★ 4.8 ★ | 4.5 ★ |
| Total reviews | 13 | ★ 208 |
| Active installs | 6,460,071+ | 5,282,404+ |
| Free plan | ★ Yes | — |
| Pricing | Free of charge trial | Not available |
Harmony Email and Collaboration edges out Spanning Backup for G Suite on rating (4.8★ vs 4.5★), but the gap is small enough that pricing fit and feature differentiation should drive the decision more than the headline number.
On pricing, Harmony Email and Collaboration offers a free tier (Free of charge trial) while Spanning Backup for G Suite starts at Not available. For early-stage teams validating fit, the free-tier path lets you run the app on real workloads before committing budget.
Spanning Backup for G Suite has the larger user base (208 reviews vs 13), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Harmony Email and Collaboration's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage admins who need fast install and low risk should default to Harmony Email and Collaboration; mid-market and enterprise admins with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Spanning Backup for G Suite's 208-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Harmony Email and Collaboration's broader-but-shallower coverage.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Google Workspace Marketplace listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: Harmony Email and Collaboration audit • Spanning Backup for G Suite audit
Harmony Email and Collaboration is the cheaper option — it offers a free plan (Free of charge trial). Spanning Backup for G Suite starts at Not available. Both publish their pricing on the Google Workspace Marketplace; AppRanks mirrors what's listed on each refresh cycle.
Harmony Email and Collaboration has the higher average rating (4.8★ from 13 reviews) compared to Spanning Backup for G Suite (4.5★ from 208 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Harmony Email and Collaboration holds the higher average rating (4.8★ vs 4.5★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Google Workspace Marketplace. Spanning Backup for G Suite has the deeper published review base (208 vs 13), 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.
Harmony Email and Collaboration typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (13 reviews). Spanning Backup for G Suite typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (208 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.
Migration support varies by app and category. Harmony Email and Collaboration and Spanning Backup for G Suite 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 Harmony Email and Collaboration" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.