Compare Google Workspace editions

Google Workspace offers subscription options for individuals, small businesses, large organizations, and schools. Compare editions in these categories:

  • Business—Productivity suites for businesses with 1-300 users
  • Education—Discounted suites for qualifying educational institutions
  • Enterprise—Adds premium security and advanced controls for unlimited users
  • Essentials—Productivity and collaboration tools without Gmail

To find out your edition, go to What's my subscription and payment plan?

Compare Education editions

K–12 and higher-education institutions may qualify for our Education editions, which provide a suite of productivity tools tailored for teaching and learning. Use these tables to compare the following editions and add-ons, available to qualified education institutions:

  • Education Fundamentals—A foundational suite of secure and easy-to-use tools — provided at no cost — that help improve collaboration, productivity, and class management. Provides access to apps like Google Docs, Classroom, Meet, Gmail, Forms, Chat and more.
  • Education Standard—A paid edition that builds on the functionality of Education Fundamentals and helps you proactively protect your education institution from digital threats with advanced security and analytics tools.
  • Education Plus—A paid edition that is our most comprehensive solution, including everything in Education Fundamentals and Standard and more, providing advanced security and insights and easy-to-use tools that enrich and personalize learning
Suite wide Service specific

Service availability

Usage and support

User access options

Reports and monitoring

Security and data management

Migration products

Endpoint management

3rd-party app integration

Gmail

Drive and Docs editors

Groups / Groups for Business

Google Meet

Google Chat

Calendar

Classroom and Assignments

Service availability

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Gmail and Calendar ✔ 
Groups for Business ✔ 
Chat and chat rooms ✔ 
Storage and collaboration: Drive, Docs editors ✔ 
Sites ✔ 
Tasks ✔ 
Notetaking with Keep
Video conferencing with Meet ✔ 
Directory management ✔ 
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance
Additional Google services
Colab to collaboratively develop data science and machine learning models (as an additional Google service, no user licenses required)
Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ (add-on)
Gemini app with enterprise-grade data protections*   ✔ 
Gemini for Google Workspace*
AppSheet Core     ✔   ✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist (across Google and third-party services)    

✔**

Integrate third-party repositories in Cloud Search     ✔**
Index third-party data using Cloud Search     ✔**
Google Vids    

* Compare Gemini app offerings.
** For third-party services your organization must have at least 500 user licenses and a Google Cloud Search certified partner.

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Usage and support

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Cost Free* Fee per user
Allowed number of users Any number
99.9% uptime guarantee
Purchase additional pooled storage
Standard Support
Email, document, photo storage 100 TB pooled storage
Additional pooled cloud storage**     20 GB per user

* For qualified educational institutions
** Education customers can also purchase Google Workspace Additional Storage, which adds 10 TB to pooled storage per subscription.

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User access options

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Supported browsers
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets)
Offline access
Microsoft Outlook
IMAP and POP mail clients
 

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Security and data management

Security policies and data protection

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
2-Step Verification
Security keys for 2-Step Verification
Set session length for Google Cloud services
Collaboration with trusted external domains
Basic data exports
Enforced SSL connections
Password monitoring and strength control
Set session length for Google services
Data loss prevention (DLP)
Generative AI security protections ✔* ✔* ✔*
Multi-party approval for sensitive actions  
Advanced data exports  
Control access based on user and device context  
Cloud Identity Premium security management
(no separate license required)
 
Client-side encryption  

* Requires a Google Workspace with Gemini add-on.

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Security dashboards & investigation tools

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Enterprise Plus
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See log events below)

Security investigation tool
Log event reporting with premium features:

See also below:

 

Security dashboard reports
(See dashboard reports below)
 
Security health page
(See settings analyses below)
 

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Data regions

  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Data regions for Education *
Set a single data at rest region policy for everyone in your organization     ✔ ✔ 
Set data at rest region policies for organizational units or groups   
Basic data regions reports
(Includes data at rest, versions, and policy summaries)
 

* Users who don't have a supported edition for Data regions for Education aren't covered by data region policies—even if you apply a data region policy to their organizational unit.

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Security investigation tool: Common use cases

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Use the security investigation tool to end meetings  
Investigate file sharing  
Transfer a Drive file from an unknown owner  
Investigate users across data sources  
Search and investigate user log events  
Investigate and take action on suspicious session cookies  
Investigate Chat messages to moderate content and protect your data  
Investigate reports of malicious emails  
Use the investigation tool to view sensitive content  

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Log events of user and admin activity

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Admin data action log events
Admin log events
Calendar log events
Chat log events
Chrome log events
Chrome Sync log events
Classroom log events
Cloud Search log events
Contacts log events
Context Aware Access log events
Device log events
Directory Sync log events
Drive log events
Graduation log events
Groups Enterprise log events
Groups log events
Keep log events
LDAP log events
Looker Studio log events
Meet log events
Meet recordings in Drive log events
OAuth log events
Profile log events
Rule log events
SAML log events
Takeout log events
Tasks log events
User log events
Vault log events
Voice log events
Access Transparency log events  
Assignments log events  
Gmail log events  
Chrome browsers events    
Devices events    
Gmail messages    
Users events    

† Performed with the security investigation tool, which provides premium reporting features.

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Security Dashboard reports

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
DLP incidents report  
Top policy incidents report  
User login attempts report  
Failed device password attempts report  
Compromised device events report  
Suspicious device activities report  
OAuth grant activity report  
OAuth grants to new apps report  
Sensitive content transfer on Chrome report  
Users with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report  
Domains with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report  
Domain types with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report  
Chrome threat protection summary report  
Chrome data protection summary report  
Chrome high risk users report​​​  
Chrome high risk domains report   
Suspicious attachments report  
File exposure report  
Authentication report  
Custom settings report  
Encryption report  
Message delivery report  
Spam filter report  
User report  
Spoofing report  

† Requires Chrome Enterprise Premium

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Security health page reports

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus

Device management settings that can be monitored 

  • Blocking of compromised mobile devices
  • Mobile management
  • Mobile password requirements
  • Device encryption
  • Mobile inactivity reports
  • Auto account wipe
  • Application verification
  • Installation of mobile applications from unknown sources
  • External media storage
 

Security settings that can be monitored

  • Two-step verification for users
  • Two-step verification for admins
  • Security key enforcement for admins
  • Security key enforcement for users
 

Gmail settings that can be monitored

  • Automatic email forwarding
  • Comprehensive mail storage
  • Bypassing spam filters for internal senders
  • POP and IMAP access for users
  • DKIM, SPF records, & DMARC
  • Approved senders without authentication
  • Approved domain senders
  • Email whitelist IPs
  • Add spam headers setting to all default routing rules
  • MX record configuration
  • MTA-STS configuration
  • Attachment safety
  • Links and external images safety
  • Spoofing and authentication safety
 

Drive settings that can be monitored

  • Drive sharing settings
  • Warning for out-of-domain sharing
  • Access Checker
  • Drive add-ons
  • Access to offline docs
  • Desktop access to Drive
  • File publishing on the web 
  • Google sign-in requirement for external collaborators
 

Hangouts settings that can be monitored

  • Hangouts out of domain warning
 

Groups settings that can be monitored

  • Groups creation and membership
 

Marketplace apps settings that can be monitored

  • Google Workspace Marketplace applications usage
 

Calendar settings that can be monitored

  • Calendar sharing policy
 

Sites settings that can be monitored

  • Access to Calendar when offline
 

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Migration products

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Migrate email (< 100 users)
Migrate email, calendars, contacts, files (many tools)
Migrate from Gmail or other webmail
Migrate from Outlook
Have users migrate their data
Migrate data with Google Workspace Migrate  

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Endpoint management

Device security settings

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  Education Fundamentals** Education Standard Education Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Basic passcode enforcement (mobile)
Google Credential Provider for Windows (standalone)
Network management
(ChromeOS, meeting room hardware)
Advanced endpoint management*
Strong passcode enforcement  
Network management (mobile)  
Mobile device security policies  
Android work profiles  
Enterprise endpoint management*
iOS data protection  
Mobile device certificates  
Context-Aware Access  

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgrade to Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features

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Device management

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  Education Fundamentals** Education Standard Education Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Basic mobile device management
Fundamental management for computers
Endpoint verification
Company-owned device inventory (endpoints)
Remote account sign-out
Remote account wipe (mobile)
Block devices
Drive for desktop
Advanced endpoint management*
Advanced mobile management  
Zero-touch enrollment for Android devices  
Admin approval of devices  
Remote device wipe  
Windows device management  
Enterprise endpoint management*
Company-owned device inventory (Android)  
Company-owned device inventory (iOS)  
Mobile device management rules  
BeyondCorp Alliance partner integrations  

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgrade to Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features
‡ Remote device wipe of Windows 10 devices also requires Windows device management

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Mobile app management

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  Education Fundamentals** Education Standard Education Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Public and private app management (Android)  
Advanced endpoint management*
Public app management (iOS)  
Android app runtime permissions  
Selectively distribute mobile apps to users  
Publish private Android web apps  
Managed Android app settings configurations  
Enterprise endpoint management*
Private iOS app management  

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgrade to Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features

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Device details

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  Education Fundamentals** Education Standard Education Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Basic device details (mobile)
Basic endpoint details
(computer & smart home devices)
Basic device reports (Chrome & mobile)
Advanced endpoint management*
Advanced device reports (mobile)   
Enterprise endpoint management*
Devices log events  

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgrade to Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features

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Gmail

Email addresses and mailing lists

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Your email address (you@yourcompany.com)
Additional addresses per user (sales@yourcompany.com)
Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com)
Admin-controlled mailing lists
User-controlled mailing lists
Personalized email campaigns with mail merge  

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Email usage and limits

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Email storage (shared with documents and photos) 100 TB pooled cloud storage
Attachment size limit (sending) 25 MB
Attachment size limit (receiving) 50 MB
Recipients per message (To, Cc, Bcc fields combined) 2,000 (500 external)
Unique recipients per day
(Each unique address counts once.)
3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts)


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Email security and compliance

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Junk email filtering and virus blocking
Gmail ads turned off
Custom filtering and content policies
Email and chat retention policies
Allowed IP addresses
User-managed denylists
Enforced-compliance footers
Option to disable IMAP & POP access
Vault for email/IM eDiscovery and archiving
Gmail data loss prevention (DLP) 
S/MIME encryption for email
Advanced phishing and malware protection
Gmail log search in BigQuery  
Malware detection in email attachments (Security Sandbox)  
Client-side encryption for email  
Use optical character recognition to read images  

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Advanced email delivery options

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Catch-all address
Email routing options for split and dual delivery 
Inbound gateway
Outbound gateway (for entire organization)
Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses)
Receiving from multiple POP addresses 

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Groups/Groups for Business

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Email list groups
Groups for content sharing, calendar invitations
Collaborative Inboxes and message moderation
User managed groups
Configuration groups for use by admins
Target audience groups (preset sharing options)  
Inspect group membership  
Restrict group membership  
Dynamic groups (manage membership automatically)   
View members of nested groups (indirect members)  

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Google Meet

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  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Maximum meeting length 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours
Maximum number of participants per meeting 100 1,0001
External participants
Secure meetings
Presentations and screen sharing
App for Android and iOS
Hand raising
Raise a room's hand using Meet hardware
Moderation controls
Add Meet video to Microsoft Outlook
Custom backgrounds
Closed Captions, viewer initiated
Add co-hosts to meetings
Reactions
Generative AI in Meet **
Meet eCDN
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)* U.S. only
Control Slides presentations  
Record meetings & save them to Drive    
In-domain live streaming (maximum number viewers)     100k
Noise cancellation    
Breakout rooms    
Polls    
Q&A    
Track attendance (requires 2 or more attendees)    
Set recording quality for screen shares    
Live translated captions    
Automatic meeting recording, transcripts, and notes    
Client-side encryption for audio and video  

Powered by Google Voice
** Requires a Google Workspace with Gemini add-on.
† Dependent on Google Calendar limit of 200 invitees.
1After 500, the next 500 join as View only.

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Classroom and Assignments

 

  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Education Plus
Originality reports for student assignments 5 assignments per course Unlimited 
Classroom add-ons    
Peer comparison on originality reports    
Practice sets    
Designate users with analytics data access    
Designate users with temporary class access    
SIS roster import     U.S. only

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