Compare Gmail features
Gmail features and capabilities are different depending on which G Suite edition you have.
Use the tables to compare:
- G Suite Enterprise
- G Suite Business (includes G Suite for Education)
- G Suite Basic (includes special editions for nonprofits and government agencies)
Email usage
| G Suite Enterprise | G Suite Business | G Suite Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email storage (shared with documents and photos) | Unlimited * | Unlimited * | 30 GB |
| Attachment size limit | 25 MB | 25 MB | 25 MB |
| Maximum recipients per message | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Maximum recipients/day per user (outside your domain) | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
* G Suite Business or G Suite for Education accounts with fewer than 5 users get 1 TB per user.
Addresses and mailing lists
| G Suite Enterprise | G Suite Business | G Suite Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your email address (you@yourcompany.com) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Additional addresses per user (sales@yourcompany.com) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com) |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mailing lists (administrator controlled) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mailing lists (user controlled) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Email security and business controls
| G Suite Enterprise | G Suite Business | G Suite Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junk email filtering and virus blocking | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gmail ads turned off | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Custom filtering and content policies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Email retention policies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| IP address whitelisting | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| User-managed blacklists | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Enforced compliance footers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Email/IM search, retention, eDiscovery (Google Vault) | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ * |
| Gmail data loss prevention (see note below) | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Gmail log search in BigQuery | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Gmail integration with third-party archiving tools | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| S/MIME encryption for email | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
* Google Vault is available with G Suite Basic as a paid add-on.
As of Jan 31, 2017, Gmail data loss prevention (DLP) is available only with G Suite Enterprise. Customers who are licensed with G Suite Business on Mar 31, 2017 can continue to use Gmail DLP until Jan 31, 2020, provided they continuously renew their G Suite Business license during that time period.
Access options
| G Suite Enterprise | G Suite Business | G Suite Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supported browsers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mobile phones and tablets | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Offline mail and Docs editors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| IMAP and POP mail support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Microsoft® Outlook®support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Migration services
| G Suite Enterprise | G Suite Business | G Suite Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migrate data using the Admin console | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mail, contacts and calendar migration from Exchange, IBM® Notes®, and other webmail hosts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Email import from webmail host | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multi-user import from Microsoft Exchange® | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multi-user import from IBM Notes | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Administrative controls
| G Suite Enterprise | G Suite Business | G Suite Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Option to disable IMAP/POP access | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Other email delivery options
| G Suite Enterprise | G Suite Business | G Suite Basic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catch-all address | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Email routing (user and domain level) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Inbound gateway | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Outbound gateway (for entire domain) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Receive mail from multiple POP addresses (Mail Fetcher) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
See more features: G Suite feature comparison chart
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