Upgrade your G Suite subscription

If you have G Suite Basic or G Suite Business, you can upgrade your subscription if you’re either:

Still in your free trial period
Using the Flexible Plan for G Suite billing
Signed up for business email via your personal Gmail account and using unlocked G Suite Basic features

Eligible G Suite Business customers can upgrade to G Suite Enterprise. Eligible G Suite Basic customers can upgrade to G Suite Business or G Suite Enterprise. Upgrading gives you access to more features and administrator controls. Compare G Suite subscriptions.

UPGRADE TO G SUITE BUSINESS UPGRADE TO G SUITE ENTERPRISE

How to upgrade

Step 1: Upgrade your G Suite subscription

Do you already have Vault? If so, make sure you don’t accidentally lose data. Follow these steps before upgrading.

When you upgrade, everyone gets the same subscription. For example, you can’t upgrade some users to use G Suite Business features while others keep using G Suite Basic.

Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
From the Admin console Home page, go to Billing.
Under Available upgrades, next to G Suite Business or G Suite Enterprise, click Find Out More.
In the bottom right, click Get started.
(Optional) In the Promotion Code field, enter any promotional code you may have.
Click Continue.
Check the box that appears on the screen to indicate that you have read the terms of the agreement and click Continue.

If you previously purchased Drive storage or Google Vault licenses: In some cases, these licenses for Drive storage and Vault may remain assigned after you upgrade. To avoid charges for these licenses, check and remove any individual Drive and Vault licenses from users who received G Suite Business or G Suite Enterprise licenses.

If you purchased your G Suite account from a reseller, contact your reseller if you need assistance with your upgrade.

(Optional) Step 2: Set up archiving with Google Vault

If you haven’t yet set up archiving with Google Vault, see Get started: Vault administrators.

Benefits of upgrading

G Suite Basic to G Suite Business

Besides all the features included with G Suite Basic, when you upgrade to G Suite Business, you get the following enhanced business services:

Unlimited storage
Google Vault and Cloud Search
Advanced Drive controls
Audit and reporting features
Mobile audits and alerts
See more benefits

G Suite Basic to G Suite Enterprise

Besides all the features included with G Suite Basic, when you upgrade to G Suite Enterprise, you get the following enhanced business services and administrative controls:

Unlimited storage
Google Vault and Cloud Search
Up to 30 participants in Hangouts Meet
Information privacy protection and IRM (Information Rights Management)
Advanced Drive controls
Audit and reporting features
Mobile audits and alerts
Enhanced Drive security
Email and image scanning
Gmail log analysis in BigQuery
Advanced security via keys and S/MIME encryption
Automated mobile device management
See more benefits

G Suite Business to G Suite Enterprise

Besides all the features included with G Suite Business, when you upgrade to G Suite Enterprise, you get the following enhanced business services and additional administrative controls:

Up to 30 participants in Hangouts Meet
Enhanced Drive security
Email and image scanning
Gmail log analysis in BigQuery
Advanced security via keys and S/MIME encryption
Automated mobile device management
See more benefits

Costs of upgrading

There are no fees for upgrading your G Suite subscription. See pricing for each subscription.

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