Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is seeing increased demand for its G Suite of productivity software for businesses that competes against Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office and Office 365. In March, G Suite had 6 million paying businesses, up from 5 million in February, Alphabet executive Javier Soletero told CNBC. The executive said G Suite is growing at an "incredibly healthy" and "surprising rate." IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES. Soltero said Google Meets, its video conferencing and collaboration tool, which is part of G Suite, has 25 times more users than it did in January. In addition to Google Meets, G Suite includes Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive and Google Calendar. G Suite is part of Google's cloud business, which generated $2.61 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter. With employees around the globe working from home, schools shifting to e-learning, and cities around the world ordering shelter in place rules, demand for productivity and collaboration tools have been surging. For Google, seeing an uptick in its G Suite is welcome news giving its core advertising business, which makes up more than 80% of its revenue in 2019, is taking a huge hit as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread. While Google hasn't issued a warning like rivals Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) about an advertising spending slowdown, the tech stock isn't expected to be immune. Google isn't the only tech company seeing increased demand for its collaboration tools. Microsoft's Teams surpassed 44 million daily active users in March, which is more than double the 20 million it had at the end of November. Meanwhile, Zoom Video (NASDAQ: ZM), the popular video conferencing app, had 200 million daily active users as of March, up from a peak of 10 million at the end of December. 10 stocks we like better than MicrosoftWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Microsoft wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of March 18, 2020 Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Teresa Kersten, an employee of LinkedIn, a Microsoft subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Randi Zuckerberg, a former director of market development and spokeswoman for Facebook and sister to its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Donna Fuscaldo has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Alphabet (A shares), Alphabet (C shares), Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Zoom Video Communications and recommends the following options: long January 2021 $85 calls on Microsoft, short January 2021 $115 calls on Microsoft, and short May 2020 $120 calls on Zoom Video Communications. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source