Compare Cloud Identity features and editions
Some products might not include every feature. See the tables below for the differences between Cloud Identity Premium Edition and the free edition of Cloud Identity.
Note: For a list of features that are available for each of the different G Suite editions, see Compare G Suite Editions. Use the drop-down list at the top of the page to filter by various categories, such as Gmail or Calendar.
Device management
| Cloud Identity Premium |
Cloud Identity Free |
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| Basic Mobile Management |  |
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| Advanced Mobile Management | |
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| Device inventory | |
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| Basic passcode enforcement | |
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| Advanced passcode enforcement | |
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| Remote account wipe | |
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| Security policies | |
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| Application management | |
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| Network management | |
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| Remote device wipe | |
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| Reporting | |
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| Application auditing | |
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| Company-owned devices | |
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| Mobile audit | |
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| Android | |
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| Apple® iOS® | |
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| MDM rules | |
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Directory
| Cloud Identity Premium |
Cloud Identity Free |
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|---|---|---|
| Basic directory management | |
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| Organizational units and groups | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| User lifecycle management | |
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| Admin managed groups | |
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| Groups for business | |
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| Google Cloud Directory Sync (Synchronize Active Directory and LDAP directories with Google) |
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| Admin roles and privileges | |
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| Google Admin App (Android and iOS®) | |
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| Admin SDK/API | |
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| Secure LDAP | |
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* The free edition of Cloud Identity, by default, increases your user cap by 50. You may contact Support to request more users if needed. To learn more about user caps in Cloud Identity, see Your Cloud Identity free edition user cap.
Security
| Cloud Identity Premium |
Cloud Identity Free |
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| User security management | |
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| Self-service password recovery | |
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| 2-Step verification (2SV) including security key management | |
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| 2SV enforcement controls | |
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| 2SV enforcement controls with security key management | |
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| 2SV enforcement controls with security key enforcement | |
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| Password strength alert | |
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| First-party session management | |
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| Password management | |
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| Google security center | |
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Single sign-on (SSO) and auto user provisioning
| Cloud Identity Premium |
Cloud Identity Free |
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|---|---|---|
| Set up SSO using Google as an identity provider to access a pre-integrated list of third-party SAML apps | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Set up SSO using Google as an Identity provider to access custom SAML apps | |
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| Set up SSO using a third-party identity provider with Google as a service provider | |
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| Auto user provisioning | |
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Reporting
| Cloud Identity Premium |
Cloud Identity Free |
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| Admin console audit log | |
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| Login audit log | |
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| Security reports | All events | All events |
| SAML audit log | |
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| Groups audit log | |
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| Token audit log | |
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| Mobile audit log | |
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| Aggregate reports | Identity | Identity |
| Account activity reports | |
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Chrome browser
| Cloud Identity Premium |
Cloud Identity Free |
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| User Policies/Reporting | |
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| Chrome Sync | |
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Billing and support
| Cloud Identity Premium |
Cloud Identity Free |
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| Billing | |
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| Subscription and license management | |
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| Support | 24x7 Email, Chat, Phone, Online |
Community support |
| SLA | 99.9% | |