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
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Compare Essentials editions
Essentials editions are designed to provide seamless integration with your existing email solution. Use these tables to see exactly which features are included with the following editions:
- Essentials Starter—Collaboration and video conferencing at no cost for teams of up to 100 users. (Or if you signed up for Essentials Starter before June 3, 2022, teams can have up to 25 users.)
- Essentials—Collaboration and video conferencing, additional security features, pooled storage, and policy controls. Essentials edition is no longer available for new customers.
- Enterprise Essentials—Collaboration and video conferencing with more participants and advanced features, more pooled storage, and enterprise-grade security and management.
- Enterprise Essentials Plus—More advanced security and compliance controls for greater productivity and collaboration, with 5 TB of pooled storage per user.
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Service availability
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Calendar | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Drive storage and Docs editors | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Video conferencing with Meet | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Digital whiteboarding with Jamboard | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Tasks | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Directory management | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Sites | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Notetaking with Keep | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chat and chat spaces | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* |
Groups for Business | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Additional Google services (admin managed) | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist |
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✔ Only Google services |
✔* Only Google services |
Gemini for Google Workspace (add-on) | ✔* | ✔* | ||
Gemini app (as an additional Google service, no user licenses required). Learn more |
✔* | ✔* | ||
Gemini Advanced † (as a core service with enterprise-grade data protections, user license required). Learn more |
✔* | ✔* | ||
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance | ✔* | ✔* | ||
AppSheet Core | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on
Note: If your organization has Essentials Starter or an email-verified account for Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, or Enterprise Essentials Plus, users can access additional services that aren't admin-managed, such as Google Groups and Photos.
Identity management
Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Add or remove existing user accounts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Assign a super admin role | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Create and delete user accounts | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Assign custom admin roles | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Manage user profiles | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Usage and support
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Number of users | 100† | Any number | Any number | Any number |
Email, document, photo storage per user | 15 GB | 100 GB per user, up to a maximum of 2 TB†† | 1 TB per user†† | 5 TB†† |
99.9% uptime guarantee | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Standard Support | ✔ | |||
Enhanced Support | ✔ | ✔ |
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† If you signed up for Essentials Starter before June 3, 2022, the user limit is 25 per team.
†† Storage is pooled across all users.
User access options
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Supported browsers | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Offline access | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Microsoft Outlook | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Reports and monitoring
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Highlights reports summarizing metrics and trends | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Apps-usage reports (organization wide) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
User- and admin-specific activity reports | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Carbon footprint report | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Audit and investigation tool Log event reporting (See log events below) |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Drive DLP data protection insights report | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Google Meet attendance reports | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Export reports to BigQuery | ✔* | |||
VirusTotal reports | ||||
Log-event exports to Google Security Operations | ||||
Work Insights reports for users | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Security and data management
Security policies and data protection
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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2-Step Verification (admin managed) | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
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 | ✔* | ✔* | ||
Generative AI security protections | ✔†† | ✔†† | ||
Drive data protection insights report | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Set session length for Google services | ✔* | |||
Data loss prevention (DLP) | ✔* | |||
Control access based on user and device context (Context-Aware Access) |
✔* | |||
Cloud Identity Premium security management (no separate license required) |
✔* | |||
Advanced data exports | ✔ | |||
Client-side encryption | ||||
Assured Controls for managing compliance & security requirements (add-on) |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
†† Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
Security dashboards & investigation tools
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Audit and investigation tool Log event reporting (See log events below) |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Security investigation tool
See also below: |
✔* | |||
Security dashboard reports (See dashboard reports below) |
✔* | |||
Security health page (See settings analyses below) |
✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Data regions
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Fundamental data regions | ||||
Set a single data at rest region policy for everyone in your organization | ✔* | |||
Enterprise data regions † | ||||
Set data at rest region policies for organizational units or groups | ✔* | |||
Basic data regions reports (Includes data at rest, versions, and policy summaries) |
✔* | |||
Set data region processing policies (including for organizational units and groups) |
✔* | |||
Advanced settings for data regions | ✔* | |||
Assured Controls data regions (add-on) | ||||
Advanced data regions reports (Includes data processing by region and service, and data at rest by service) |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† Users who don't have a supported edition for Enterprise data regions aren't covered by data region policies—even if you apply a data region policy to their organizational unit.
Security investigation tool: Common use cases
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Essentals Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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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 |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† Users can't report inappropriate chat messages for investigations.
Log events of user and admin activity
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* Requires verifying your domain.
† Performed with the security investigation tool, which provides premium reporting features.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Security Dashboard reports
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* Requires verifying your domain
† Requires Chrome Enterprise Premium
Security health page reports
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Device management settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Security settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Gmail settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Drive settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Hangouts settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Groups settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Marketplace apps settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Calendar settings that can be monitored
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✔* | |||
Sites settings that can be monitored
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✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Endpoint management
Device security settings
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Essentials Starter |
Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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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 | ✔* | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† This feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
Device management
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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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 | ✔ | ✔ |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† This feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
Mobile app management
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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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 | ✔* | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† This feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
Device details
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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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) | ✔* | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† This feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
3rd-party app integration
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Single sign-on (SSO) using a 3rd-party IdP |
✔ |
✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
Single sign-on (SSO) using Google as IdP | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
App catalog of 200+ preconfigured SAML apps | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Autoprovisioning of SAML apps (maximum number) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps & services | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Other admin features
Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Admin SDK (APIs to manage users and services, create reports, and more) | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Upgrade directly to a Google Workspace Business or Enterprise edition with Gmail | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Drive and Docs editors
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Essentials Starter |
Essentials* | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Drive for desktop | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Connected Sheets | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Advanced Drive logs and reports (Drive log events) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Drive sharing permissions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Shared drives | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Manage document approvals | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Turn Docs creation on or off | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Delegate access to Connected Sheets | ✔ | ✔ | ||
eSignature | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Smart chip data extraction | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Generative AI in Docs, Sheets, & Slides † | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Drive inventory export | ✔ | |||
Drive file suggestions in Chrome browser address bar | ✔ | |||
Organizational branding (custom templates) | ✔ | |||
Drive data loss prevention (DLP) | ✔** | |||
Trust rules for Drive sharing permissions | ✔** | |||
Client-side encryption for Drive files | ✔** |
* New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
** Requires verifying your domain.
† Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
Groups / Groups for Business
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Groups for content sharing and 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 (direct & indirect) in all groups | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
Note: If your organization has Essentials Starter or an email-verified account for Essentials, Enterprise Essentials, or Enterprise Essentials Plus, Google Groups is available to users but isn't admin-managed.
Google Meet
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* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.
† Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
†† Powered by Google Voice.
††† Dependent on Google Calendar limit of 200 invitees.
1After 500, the next 500 join as View only.
Google Chat
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Set spaces history option for users | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* |
Turn chat history on or off | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | |
Automatically accept chat invitations | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | |
Allow or restrict external chat | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | |
Allow or restrict Chat apps | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | |
Turn external spaces on or off | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | |
Use discoverable spaces | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
External chat for 1:1 and group direct messages | ✔* | |||
Control file sharing in Chat | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to the Essentials edition are no longer available.