Google and Microsoft offer proffesional website application to make people easy build up company website. However, this website is not odinary web hosting. Both of them do not offer similar just like other web hosting offered. They offer something like collection data in one place, so customer easier to comunicate with branch office around the world.

Microsoft offer 3 plans:
1. OfficeLive Basic (Free)
2. OfficeLive Essentials ($19.95)
3. OfficeLive Premium ($39.95)

Google offer 3 plans:
1. Standard (Free)
2. Premier ($50 per user/year)
3. Education (Free)

Google apps suitable for:
1. Small business
2. Entreprise
3. School
4. Family

You can take a look for more in
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/offic … fault.aspx
https://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/a … s_spe.html

This offer will be much useful to grow business by minimizing IT budget.