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

Education editions

• Education Fundamentals

  Provides access to core and additional Google services for qualifying schools and universities.
  Add-on features available with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade

• Education Standard (available April 2021)

  Same features as in Education Fundamentals with premium security and IT features.
  Add-on features available with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade

• Teaching and Learning Upgrade (available April 2021)

  Premium teaching and learning features that can be added to Education Fundamentals or Education Standard.

• Education Plus

  Includes all the features in Education Standard and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.

 

General	Email	Service details
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 Docs editors Groups / Groups for Business Google Meet Calendar Classroom and Assignments

Core services

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Gmail and Calendar	✔	✔	✔	✔
Groups for Business	✔	✔	✔	✔
Chat and chat rooms	✔	✔	✔	✔
Storage and collaboration: Drive, Docs editors	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sites	✔	✔	✔	✔
Video conferencing with Meet	✔	✔	✔	✔
Directory management	✔	✔	✔	✔
Additional Google services: Blogger, YouTube, and more	✔	✔	✔	✔
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance	✔	✔	✔	✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist (across Google services)				✔

 

Usage and support

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Cost	Free*	Fee per user
Allowed number of users	Any number	Any number
99.9% uptime guarantee	✔	✔	✔	✔
24/7 phone support	✔	✔	✔	✔**
Email, document, photo storage	100 TB pooled storage
Additional pooled cloud storage			100 GB per user ★	20 GB per user

* For qualified educational institutions
** Faster response times when you purchase 200 or more user licenses

User access options

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

 

Security and data protection

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
2-Step Verification	✔	✔	✔	✔
Security keys 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)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Control access based on user and device context				✔
Choose a geographic location (data region) for your data		✔		✔
Security center: Security dashboard		✔		✔
Security center: Security investigation tool		✔		✔
Security center: Security health page		✔		✔

 

Reports and audit logs

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Usage trends of apps and users	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audit logs of user and admin activity	✔	✔	✔	✔
Advanced Drive auditing and reports	✔	✔	✔	✔
Export reports to BigQuery		✔		✔
Google Meet attendance reports			✔ ★	✔
Access Transparency logs of admin activity				✔

 

3rd-party app integration

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Single sign-on (SSO) using Google as IdP	✔	✔	✔	✔
Single sign-on (SSO) using a 3rd-party IdP	✔	✔	✔	✔
App catalog of 200+ preconfigured SAML apps	✔	✔	✔	✔
Autoprovisioning of SAML apps (maximum number)	Unlimited
Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps and services	✔	✔	✔	✔
Manage access to password-vaulted apps		✔		✔

 

Device management

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Fundamental endpoint management  (many features)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Advanced endpoint management  (many features)		✔		✔
Enterprise endpoint management  (many features)		✔		✔

Email addresses and mailing lists

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Your email address ([e-mail])	✔	✔	✔	✔
Additional addresses per user ([e-mail])	✔	✔	✔	✔
Addresses at multiple domains ([e-mail])	✔	✔	✔	✔
Admin-controlled mailing lists	✔	✔	✔	✔
User-controlled mailing lists	✔	✔	✔	✔

Email usage and limits

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Your email address ([e-mail])	100 TB pooled cloud storage
Additional addresses per user ([e-mail])	25 MB
Addresses at multiple domains ([e-mail])	50 MB
Admin-controlled mailing lists	2,000 (500 external)
User-controlled mailing lists	3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts)

Email security and compliance

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	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	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gmail log search in BigQuery		✔		✔
Malware detection in email attachments (Security sandbox)		✔		✔

Advanced email delivery options

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

Drive and Docs editors

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Shared drives for teams	✔	✔	✔	✔
Advanced Drive auditing and reports (Drive audit log)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Drive data loss prevention (DLP)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Turn Docs creation on or off	✔	✔	✔	✔
Target audience groups (preset sharing options)		✔		✔
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields)		✔		✔
Manage document approvals				✔
Connected Sheets				✔

 Groups/ Groups for Business

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	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)		✔		✔
Dynamic groups (manage membership automatically)		✔		✔

Google Meet

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Maximum number of participants per meeting	100		250
External participants	✔	✔	✔	✔
Secure meetings	✔	✔	✔	✔
Presentations and screen sharing	✔	✔	✔	✔
App for Android and iOS	✔	✔	✔	✔
Hand raising	✔	✔	✔	✔
Moderation controls	✔	✔	✔	✔
Digital whiteboarding	✔	✔	✔	✔
Custom backgrounds	✔	✔	✔	✔
Closed Captions, viewer initiated	✔	✔	✔	✔
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)	U.S. only			✔
Record meetings & save them to Drive	*	✔	✔	✔
In-domain live streaming			Up to 10K viewers ★	Up to 100K viewers
Noise cancellation			✔ ★	✔
Breakout rooms			✔ ★	✔
Polls			✔ ★	✔
Q&A			✔ ★	✔
Track attendance			✔ ★	✔

* Google Workspace for Education customers can continue recording meetings until temporary recordings become available later in 2021. Temporary recordings will let Google Workspace for Education customers record a meeting and share the recording within their organization for up to 30 days before the recording expires.

Calendar

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Team calendars	✔	✔	✔	✔
Resource booking (rooms, buildings, equipment)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Add video conferencing to events	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sync calendars with Microsoft Exchange	✔	✔	✔	✔
Set a default duration for events	✔	✔	✔	✔
Automatically free unused meeting rooms				✔

Classroom and Assignments

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	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Originality reports for student assignments	5 assignments per course		Unlimited ★
Peer comparison on originality reports			✔ ★	✔

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