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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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 |
Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise (add-on) | ✔* | ✔* | ||
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance | ✔* | ✔* | ||
AppSheet Core | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to 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, 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 | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to 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 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 | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.
Security and data management
Security and data protection
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Set session length for Google Cloud services | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
2-Step Verification (admin managed) | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Security keys for 2-Step Verification | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | |
Enforced SSL connections | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Data protection insights report | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Password monitoring and strength control | ✔* | ✔* | ||
Set session length for Google Cloud services | ✔ | |||
Data exports | ✔ | |||
Advanced data exports | ✔ | |||
Fundamental data regions | ✔* | |||
Collaboration with trusted external domains | ✔ | |||
Data loss prevention (DLP) | ✔* | |||
Control access based on user and device context (Context-Aware Access) |
✔* | |||
Set session length for Google services | ✔ | |||
Security center: Security dashboard | ✔* | |||
Security center: Security investigation tool | ✔* | |||
Security center: Security health page | ✔* | |||
Enterprise data regions | ✔* | |||
Cloud Identity Premium | ✔*† |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.
† You do not need to purchase a separate Cloud Identity Premium subscription.
Reports and audit logs
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Essentials Starter | Essentials** | Enterprise Essentials | Enterprise Essentials Plus | |
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Usage trends of apps and users | ✔ (basic) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Audit logs of user and admin activity | ✔ (basic) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Google Meet attendance reports | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Export reports to BigQuery | ✔* | |||
Access Transparency logs of admin activity | ✔* | |||
Work Insights report for users | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to 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 | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.
† 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 | ✔ | ✔ |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.
† 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 | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.
† 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) | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.
† 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 | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to 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 | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to 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 auditing and reports (Drive audit log) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Shared drives for teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Advanced Drive sharing permissions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Manage document approvals | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Turn Docs creation on or off | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Delegate access to Connected Sheets | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Smart chip data extraction | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Drive data loss prevention (DLP) | ✔* | |||
Trust rules for Drive sharing permissions | ✔* | |||
Organizational branding (custom templates) | ✔ | |||
Client-side encryption for Drive files | ✔* | |||
Drive file suggestions in Chrome browser address bar | ✔ |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.
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 | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to 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 Essentials edition are no longer available.
† Powered by Google Voice.
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 | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.