Compare Google Workspace editions

Google Workspace offers subscription options for individuals, small businesses, large organizations, and schools. 

Compare Business editions (1-300 users)

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Use these tables to compare the following editions, available to customers with 1-300 users:

• Business Starter—Professional productivity suite with 30 GB storage per user
• Business Standard—Enhanced productivity suite with 2 TB pooled storage per user
• Business Plus—Advanced productivity suite with 5 TB pooled storage per user

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 Google Chat Calendar

Core and additional services

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Gmail and Calendar	✔	✔	✔
Groups for Business	✔	✔	✔
Chat and chat spaces	✔	✔	✔
Drive storage and Docs editors	✔	✔	✔
Video conferencing with Meet	✔	✔	✔
Directory management	✔	✔	✔
Sites	✔	✔	✔
Tasks	✔	✔	✔
Additional Google services: Blogger, YouTube, and more	✔	✔	✔
Guest access spaces		✔	✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist (across Google services, only)		✔	✔
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance			✔

Usage and support

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Number of users	1-300	1-300	1-300
Email, document, photo storage per user	30 GB	2 TB pooled*	5 TB pooled*
99.9% uptime guarantee	✔	✔	✔
24/7 phone support	✔	✔	✔

*Requires 5 or more users (1 TB if 4 or fewer users).

User access options

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business 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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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
2-step verification	✔	✔	✔
Security keys for 2-step verification	✔	✔	✔
Enforced SSL connections	✔	✔	✔
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues	✔	✔	✔
Password monitoring and strength control	✔	✔	✔
Collaboration with trusted external domains		✔	✔
Choose a location (data region) for your data		✔	✔
Data protection insights report		✔	✔
Set session length for Google services			✔

Reports and audit logs

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Usage trends of apps and users (many reports)	✔	✔	✔
Audit logs of user and admin activity (many logs)	✔	✔	✔
Advanced Drive auditing and reports		✔	✔
Google Meet attendance reports			✔

3rd-party app integration

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business 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)	3	Unlimited	Unlimited
Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps and services			✔

Device management

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Fundamental endpoint management  (many features)	✔	✔	✔
Android app management			✔
Advanced endpoint management  (many features)			✔
Enterprise endpoint management (see below)
Selectively distribute mobile apps			✔
Devices audit log			✔
Report inactive company owned devices			✔
Company owned Android devices			✔

Email addresses and mailing lists

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business 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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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Email storage (shared with documents and photos)	30 GB	2TB	5TB
Attachment size limit (sending)	25 MB
Attachment size limit (receiving)	50 MB
Recipients per message (To, Cc, Bcc fields combined)	2,000 (500 external)
Unique recipients per day. Each unique address counts once	3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts)

Email security and compliance

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business 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			✔

Advanced email delivery options

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business 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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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Turn Docs creation on or off	✔	✔	✔
Shared drives for teams		✔	✔
Advanced Drive auditing and reports (Drive audit log)		✔	✔
Advanced Drive sharing permissions		✔	✔
Manage document approvals		✔	✔
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields)		✔	✔
Organizational branding (custom templates)		✔	✔

Google Meet

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Maximum number of participants per meeting	100	150	250
External participants	✔	✔	✔
Secure meetings	✔	✔	✔
Presentations and screen sharing	✔	✔	✔
App for Android and iOS	✔	✔	✔
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)*	✔	✔	✔
Digital whiteboard	✔	✔	✔
Noise cancellation		✔	✔
Hand raising		✔	✔
Breakout rooms		✔	✔
Record meetings & save them to Drive		✔	✔
Polls		✔	✔
Q&A		✔	✔
Track attendance (requires 5 or more attendees)			✔

* Powered by Google Voice 

Google Chat

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	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Turn chat history on or off	✔	✔	✔
Set space history option for users	✔	✔	✔
Automatically accept chat invitations	✔	✔	✔
External chat for 1:1 and group direct messages	✔	✔	✔
Allow or restrict chat bots	✔	✔	✔
Guest access spaces		✔	✔
Control file sharing in Chat			✔

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