Google Apps for business no longer free

Small businesses looking to take advantage of Google’s business apps package will no longer be able to do so for free.

The service, which has the search giant’s Gmail email product at its heart, will now cost all businesses $50 per user, per year.

Existing business users currently using the service for free will be unaffected.

A blog posted by Clay Bavor, director of product management, Google Apps explains more about the decision to remove the free options.