Essentials editions

This page is for using a Google Workspace Essentials edition with your domain. If you don’t have a domain, you can instead sign up for Essentials Starter at no cost for a team of up to 100 users. Learn more

With a Google Workspace Essentials edition for your domain, you get many of the features of other editions of Google Workspace but without the cost of services that you might not need, such as Gmail. You have 2 options:

• Enterprise Essentials—Collaboration and video conferencing with advanced features, 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

If you need Gmail, sign up instead for a Google Workspace Business edition.

Enterprise Essentials

With the Enterprise Essentials edition, you get a set of collaboration and video conferencing tools including Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Meet, and Google Chat. It offers your organization advanced policy controls, pooled storage, and enterprise-grade security and management.

You can use Enterprise Essentials with your domain or with only a business email address. This section describes the features that you can use if you verify your domain. Learn about features available using only an email address.

To get Enterprise Essentials, sign up for the Essentials Starter edition and then upgrade to Enterprise Essentials using your Google Admin console. Optionally, verify your domain to unlock the full feature set listed here. For details, see Set up Essentials for your domain.

SIGN UP    COMPARE EDITIONS  How sign-up works

You can also buy Enterprise Essentials through a Google Sales representative or local reseller.

Switch to Enterprise Essentials edition

When you use Enterprise Essentials with your domain, you get:

Google Meet, Drive, and other collaboration tools for your domain

Google Drive for cloud storage Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for content creation Google Chat for efficient group and direct messaging Google Meet for secure meetings Google Tasks for tracking your tasks on your computer or phone Google Calendar for easy scheduling and sharing of meetings and other events, and reminders Pooled cloud storage for all users in your organization

Administrative controls

Account (identity) management features, such as the ability to create user accounts and manage user profiles Advanced security features, such as admin-managed 2-Step Verification and password monitoring and enforcement On and off controls for core services On and off controls for additional services, such as YouTube, Google Photos, and Google Play Additional policy controls, such as sharing and feature settings, for these core services: Drive and Docs Chat Meet Groups Sites

Enterprise Essentials Plus

The Enterprise Essentials Plus edition includes everything in Enterprise Essentials, plus more advanced security and compliance controls for greater productivity and collaboration, with 5 TB of pooled storage per user.

If you have Enterprise Essentials and have verified your domain, you can upgrade to Enterprise Essentials Plus using your Google Admin console. For details, see Set up Essentials for your domain.

SIGN UP    COMPARE EDITIONS

You can also buy Enterprise Essentials Plus edition through a Google Sales representative or local reseller.

Switch to Enterprise Essentials Plus edition

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Essentials

Google no longer offers the Essentials edition to new customers. This edition includes a subset of the features available in Enterprise Essentials or Enterprise Essentials Plus. It also differs in its billing and storage options. For details, see How Essentials billing works.

Next steps

• Set up Essentials for your domain

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