Compare Google Workspace editions

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.

Suite wide	Service specific
Service availability Identity management Usage and support User access options Security and data management Reports and audit logs Endpoint management 3rd-party app integration Other admin features	Drive and Docs editors Groups / Groups for Business Google Meet Google Chat

Service availability

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	Essentials Starter	Essentials**	Enterprise Essentials	Enterprise Essentials Plus
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			✔ 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
Add or remove existing user accounts	✔	✔	✔	✔
Assign a super admin role	✔	✔	✔	✔
Create and delete user accounts		✔*	✔*	✔*
Assign custom admin roles		✔*	✔*	✔*
Manage user profiles		✔*	✔*	✔*

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** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.

Usage and support

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	Essentials Starter	Essentials**	Enterprise Essentials	Enterprise Essentials Plus
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
Supported browsers	✔	✔	✔	✔
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Offline access	✔	✔	✔	✔
Microsoft Outlook		✔*	✔*	✔*

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** 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
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				✔*†

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** 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
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				✔*

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** 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
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
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			✔	✔

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** 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
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
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)			✔*	✔*

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** 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
Single sign-on (SSO) using a 3rd-party IdP	✔ Microsoft (OIDC) only	✔*	✔*	✔*
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				✔*

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** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.

Other admin features

	Essentials Starter	Essentials**	Enterprise Essentials	Enterprise Essentials Plus
Admin SDK (APIs to manage users and services, create reports, and more)		✔*	✔*	✔*
Upgrade directly to a Google Workspace Business or Enterprise edition with Gmail		✔*	✔*	✔*

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** 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
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				✔

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** 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
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				✔*

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** 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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	Essentials Starter	Essentials**	Enterprise Essentials	Enterprise Essentials Plus
Maximum meeting length	60 minutes	24 hours	24 hours	24 hours
Maximum number of participants per meeting	100	100	250	1,000
External participants	✔	✔	✔	✔
Secure meetings	✔	✔	✔	✔
Presentations and screen sharing	✔	✔	✔	✔
App for Android and iOS	✔	✔	✔	✔
Digital whiteboard	✔	✔	✔	✔
Add Meet video to Microsoft Outlook	✔	✔	✔	✔
Works with Meet room hardware	✔	✔	✔	✔
Hand raising	✔	✔	✔	✔
Raise a room's hand using Meet hardware	✔	✔	✔*	✔
Reactions	✔	✔	✔	✔
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)†		✔	✔	✔
Record meetings & save them to Drive		✔	✔	✔
Breakout rooms		✔	✔	✔
Polls		✔	✔	✔
Q&A		✔	✔	✔
Track attendance (requires 5 or more attendees)		✔	✔	✔
Add co-hosts to meetings		✔	✔	✔
Control Slides presentations		✔	✔	✔
Noise cancellation			✔	✔
Set recording quality for screen shares			✔	✔
In-domain and trusted domain live streaming (maximum number viewers)				100k
Transcribe meetings & save them to Drive				✔
Client-side encryption for audio and video				✔*

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** 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
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				✔*

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** New subscriptions to Essentials edition are no longer available.