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. 

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Compare Education editions

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Use these tables to compare the following editions, available to qualified education institutions:

• Education—Suite of productivity apps for teaching and learning
• Enterprise for Education—Suite of apps with premium features for security, data control, and customization

General	Email	Other services
Core services Usage and support User access options Security and data protection Reports and audit logs 3rd-party app integration Device management	Email addresses and mailing lists Email usage and limits Email security and compliance Advanced email delivery options	Drive and online docs editors Google Meet Calendar

Core services

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Gmail and Calendar	✔	✔
Groups and collaborative inboxes	✔	✔
Chat and chat rooms	✔	✔
Storage and collaboration: Drive, Docs editors	✔	✔
Video conferencing with Meet	✔	✔
Directory management	✔	✔
Other Google services: Blogger, YouTube, and more	✔	✔
Vault for eDiscovery and information governance	✔	✔
Cloud Search for internal search and assist (across Google services)		✔

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Usage and support

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Cost	Free*	Fee per user
Allowed number of users	Any number	Any number
Email, document, photo storage per user	Unlimited**	Unlimited**
99.9% uptime guarantee	✔	✔
24/7 phone support	✔	✔***

* For qualified educational institutions
** Accounts with 4 or fewer users get 1 TB per user
*** Faster response times when you purchase 200 or more user licenses

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User access options

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Supported browsers	✔	✔
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets)	✔	✔
Works without Internet (offline access)	✔	✔
Microsoft Outlook	✔	✔
IMAP and POP mail clients	✔	✔

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Security and data protection

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2-Step Verification	✔	✔
Security key management for 2-Step Verification	✔	✔
Enforced SSL connections	✔	✔
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues	✔	✔
Collaboration with trusted external domains	✔	✔
Password monitoring and strength control	✔	✔
Data loss prevention (DLP)	✔	✔
Access control based on user, device context		✔
Choose a geographic location for your data		✔
Security center: Prevent, detect, remediate threats		✔

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Reports and audit logs

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Usage trends of apps and users (many reports)	✔	✔
Audit logs of user and admin activity (many logs)	✔	✔
Advanced Drive auditing and reports	✔	✔
Originality reports for student assignments	5 per course	Unlimited
Exporting reports to BigQuery		✔
Access Transparency logs of admin activity		✔

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3rd-party app integration

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Single sign-on (SSO) using Google as IdP	✔	✔
Single sign-on (SSO) using a 3rd-party IdP	✔	✔
App catalog of 200+ preconfigured SAML apps	✔	✔
Auto-provisioning of SAML apps (maximum number)	Unlimited	Unlimited
Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps and services	✔	✔
Manage access to password vaulted apps		✔

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Device management

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Fundamental endpoint management (many features)	✔	✔
Advanced endpoint management (many features)	✔	✔
Enterprise endpoint management (many features)		✔

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Drive and online docs editors

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Shared drives for teams	✔	✔
Advanced Drive auditing and reports (Drive audit log)	✔	✔
Advanced Drive sharing permissions	✔	✔
Manage Document Approvals	✔	✔
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields)	✔	✔
Turn Docs creation on or off	✔	✔
Drive data loss prevention (DLP)	✔	✔
Connected Sheets		✔

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Meet

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Calendar

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Group calendars	✔	✔
Resource booking (rooms, buildings, equipment)	✔	✔
Add video conferencing to events	✔	✔
Sync Exchange and Google calendars	✔	✔
Set a default duration for events	✔	✔
Automatically free unused meeting rooms		✔

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