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

Service availability
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Chat and chat spaces ✔ ✔ ✔
Digital whiteboarding with Jamboard ✔ ✔ ✔
Drive storage and Docs editors ✔ ✔ ✔
Video conferencing with Meet ✔ ✔ ✔
Directory management ✔ ✔ ✔
Sites ✔ ✔ ✔
Tasks ✔ ✔ ✔
Notetaking with Keep ✔ ✔ ✔
Gmail and Calendar ✔* ✔* ✔*
Groups for Business ✔* ✔* ✔*
AppSheet Core ✔* ✔* ✔*
Additional Google services ✔* ✔* ✔*
Colab to collaboratively develop data science and machine learning models (as an additional Google service, no user licenses required) ✔ ✔ ✔
Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ (add-on) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Gemini app with enterprise-grade data protections**  ✔ ✔ ✔
Gemini for Google Workspace** ✔ ✔ ✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist
(across Google services, only)		   ✔* ✔*
Google Vids   ✔ ✔
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance     ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
** Compare Gemini app offerings.
 

Usage and support
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Number of users 1-300 1-300 1-300
Email, document, photo storage per user 30 GB pooled 2 TB pooled 5 TB pooled
Purchase additional pooled storage ✔ ✔ ✔
99.9% uptime guarantee ✔ ✔ ✔
Standard Support ✔ ✔ ✔
 

User access options
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Supported browsers ✔ ✔ ✔
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets) ✔ ✔ ✔
Offline access ✔ ✔ ✔
Microsoft Outlook  ✔* ✔* ✔*
IMAP and POP mail clients ✔* ✔* ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Migration products
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Migrate email (< 100 users) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Migrate email, calendars, contacts, files (many tools) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Migrate from Gmail or other webmail ✔* ✔* ✔*
Migrate from Outlook ✔* ✔* ✔*
Have users migrate their data ✔* ✔* ✔*
Migrate from Exchange   ✔* ✔*
Migrate data with Google Workspace Migrate   ✔* ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Reports and monitoring
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Highlights reports summarizing metrics and trends  ✔ ✔ ✔
Apps-usage reports (organization wide) ✔ ✔ ✔
User- and admin-specific activity reports ✔ ✔ ✔
Carbon footprint report ✔ ✔ ✔
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See log events below)		 ✔ ✔ ✔
Drive DLP data protection insights report   ✔* ✔*
Google Meet attendance reports     ✔
Log-event exports to Google Security Operations      
Export reports to BigQuery      
VirusTotal reports      
Work Insights reports for users      
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Security and data management
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
2-Step Verification ✔* ✔* ✔*
Security keys for 2-Step Verification ✔* ✔* ✔*
Set session length for Google Cloud services ✔ ✔ ✔
Collaboration with trusted external domains ✔* ✔* ✔*
Basic data exports ✔  ✔ ✔
Enforced SSL connections ✔ ✔ ✔
Password monitoring and strength control ✔* ✔* ✔*
Generative AI security protections   ✔ ** ✔ **
Drive data protection insights report   ✔ ✔
Set session length for Google services     ✔*
Data loss prevention (DLP)      
Control access based on user and device context
(Context-Aware Access)		      
Advanced data exports      
Client-side encryption      
Assured Controls for managing compliance & security requirements (add-on)      
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
** Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
 

Security dashboards & investigation tools
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues ✔ ✔ ✔
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See specific log events below)		 ✔ ✔ ✔

Security investigation tool
Log event reporting with premium features:

      
Security dashboard reports      
Security health page      
 

Data regions
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Fundamental data regions
Set a single data at rest region policy for everyone in your organization     ✔ ✔ 
Enterprise data regions
Set data at rest region policies for organizational units or groups      
Basic data regions reports
(Includes data at rest, versions, and policy summaries)		      
Set data region processing policies
(including for organizational units and groups)		      
Advanced settings for data regions      
Assured Controls data regions (add-on) 
Advanced data regions reports 
(Includes data processing by region and service, and data at rest by service)		      
 

Log events of user and admin activity
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Admin data action log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Admin log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Calendar log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Chat log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Chrome log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Chrome Sync log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Cloud Search log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Contacts log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Context Aware Access log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Device log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Directory Sync log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Drive log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Graduation log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Groups Enterprise log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Groups log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Jamboard log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Keep log events ✔ ✔ ✔
LDAP log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Looker Studio log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Meet log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Meet recordings in Drive log events  ✔ ✔ ✔
OAuth log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Profile log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Rule log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
SAML log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Takeout log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Tasks log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
User log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Vault log events ✔ ✔ ✔
Voice log events  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Access Transparency log events      
Chrome browsers events       
Devices events       
Gmail log events      
Gmail messages       
Users events      
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Device security settings
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Basic passcode enforcement (mobile) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Google Credential Provider for Windows (standalone) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Network management (excluding mobile) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Advanced endpoint management**
Strong passcode enforcement     ✔*
Network management
(ChromeOS, meeting room hardware)		     ✔*
Mobile device security policies     ✔*
Android work profiles     ✔*
Enterprise endpoint management**
iOS data protection      
Mobile device certificates      
Context-Aware Access      
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
** Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
 

Device management
  Business Starter Business Standard Business 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     ✔*
Enterprise endpoint management**
Company-owned device inventory (Android)     ✔*
Company-owned device inventory (iOS)      
Mobile device management rules      
BeyondCorp Alliance partner integrations      
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
** Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
 

Mobile app management
  Business Starter Business Standard Business 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     ✔*
Enterprise endpoint management**
Private iOS app management      
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
** Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
 

Device details
  Business Starter Business Standard Business 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)      ✔*
Enterprise endpoint management**
Devices audit log     ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
** Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
 

3rd-party app integration
  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     ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Email addresses and mailing lists
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Your email address (you@yourcompany.com) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Additional addresses per user (sales@yourcompany.com) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Admin-controlled mailing lists ✔* ✔* ✔*
User-controlled mailing lists ✔* ✔* ✔*
Personalized email campaigns with mail merge   ✔* ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Email usage and limits
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Email storage (shared with documents and photos) 30 GB* 2 TB* 5 TB*
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)*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Email security & compliance
  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 ✔* ✔* ✔*
Advanced phishing and malware protection ✔* ✔* ✔*
Advanced email attachment scanning (Security Sandbox)   ✔* ✔*
Vault for email/IM eDiscovery and archiving     ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Advanced email delivery options
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Catch-all address ✔* ✔* ✔*
Email routing options for split and dual delivery  ✔* ✔* ✔*
Inbound gateway ✔* ✔* ✔*
Outbound gateway (for entire organization) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses) ✔* ✔* ✔*
Receiving from multiple POP addresses  ✔* ✔* ✔*
       
* Requires verifying your domain.
 

Drive and Docs editors
  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Google Drive for desktop ✔ ✔ ✔
Turn Docs creation on or off ✔ ✔ ✔
Connected Sheets ✔ ✔ ✔
Advanced Drive logs and reports (Drive log events) ✔ ✔ ✔
Drive sharing permissions ✔ ✔ ✔
Shared drives membership, creation, and external moves ✔ ✔ ✔
Generative AI in Docs, Sheets, & Slides† ✔ ✔ ✔
Proofread documents † ✔ ✔ ✔
Shared drives advanced sharing, access, and storage limits   ✔ ✔
eSignature   ✔ ✔
Smart chip data extraction   ✔ ✔
Manage document approvals   ✔ ✔
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields)   ✔ ✔
Organizational branding (custom templates)   ✔ ✔
Organizational branding (default templates and themes)      ✔
       
* They can comment on and edit files that are directly shared with them from shared drives.
† Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
‡ Only Google Slides, Forms, and Sites.
 

Google Meet

  Business Starter Business Standard Business Plus
Maximum meeting length 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours
Maximum number of participants per meeting 100 150 500
External participants ✔ ✔ ✔
Secure meetings ✔ ✔ ✔
Presentations and screen sharing ✔ ✔ ✔
App for Android and iOS ✔ ✔ ✔
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)* ✔ ✔ ✔
Digital whiteboard ✔ ✔ ✔
Add Meet video to Microsoft Outlook ✔ ✔ ✔
Hand raising ✔ ✔ ✔
Raise a room's hand using Meet hardware ✔ ✔ ✔
Reactions ✔ ✔ ✔
Generative AI in Meet ** ✔ ✔ ✔
Meet eCDN ✔ ✔ ✔
Noise cancellation   ✔ ✔
Breakout rooms†   ✔ ✔
Record meetings & save them to Drive   ✔ ✔
Polls   ✔ ✔
Q&A   ✔ ✔
Add co-hosts to meetings†   ✔ ✔
Control Slides presentations   ✔ ✔
Transcribe meetings & save them to Drive   ✔ ✔
Set recording quality for screen shares   ✔ ✔
Track attendance (requires 2 or more attendees)     ✔
Automatic meeting recording, transcripts, and notes     ✔
       
* Powered by Google Voice.
** Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
† Dependent on Google Calendar limit of 200 invitees
 

Google Chat
  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 external chat ✔ ✔ ✔
Allow or restrict Chat apps ✔ ✔ ✔
Use discoverable spaces ✔ ✔ ✔
Turn external spaces on or off   ✔ ✔
Chat Interoperability for interaction between Chat and non-Chat users (add-on)   ✔ ✔
Control file sharing in Chat     ✔
Automatically delete Chat messages for your organization     ✔
 
Use these tables to see exactly which features are included with the following enterprise-grade editions:

  • Education Fundamentals
    Provides access to core and additional Google services for qualifying schools and universities.
    Add-on features available with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade
  • Education Standard
    Same features as in Education Fundamentals with premium security and IT features.
    Add-on features available with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade
  • Teaching and Learning Upgrade
    Premium teaching and learning features that can be added to Education Fundamentals or Education Standard.
  • Education Plus
    Includes all the features in Education Standard and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.

Service availability
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Gmail and Calendar ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Groups for Business ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Chat and chat rooms ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Digital whiteboarding with Jamboard ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Storage and collaboration: Drive, Docs editors ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Sites ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Tasks ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Notetaking with Keep ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Video conferencing with Meet ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Directory management ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Additional Google services ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Colab to collaboratively develop data science and machine learning models (as an additional Google service, no user licenses required) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ (add-on) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Gemini app with enterprise-grade data protections*   ✔   ✔ 
Gemini for Google Workspace* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
AppSheet Core     ✔     ✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist (across Google and third-party services)      

✔**
Integrate third-party repositories in Cloud Search       ✔**
Index third-party data using Cloud Search       ✔**
Google Vids       ✔
         
*Compare Gemini app offerings.
** For third-party services your organization must have at least 500 user licenses and a Google Cloud Search certified partner.
 

Usage and support
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Cost Free* Fee per user
Allowed number of users Any number Any number
99.9% uptime guarantee ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Purchase additional pooled storage ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Standard Support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Email, document, photo storage 100 TB pooled storage
Additional pooled cloud storage**     100 GB per user ★ 20 GB per user
         
* For qualified educational institutions
** Education customers can also purchase Google Workspace Additional Storage, which adds 10 TB to pooled storage per subscription.
★ Marks where the Teaching and Learning Upgrade adds value to Education Fundamentals or Standard edition
 

User access options
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Supported browsers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Offline access ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Microsoft Outlook ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
IMAP and POP mail clients ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
 

Reports and monitoring
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Enterprise Plus
Highlights reports summarizing metrics and trends  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Apps-usage reports (organization wide) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
User- and admin-specific activity reports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Carbon footprint report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See log events below)		 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Drive DLP data protection insights report        
Google Meet attendance reports     ✔ ★ ✔
Export reports to BigQuery   ✔   ✔
VirusTotal reports   ✔   ✔
Log-event exports to Google Security Operations        
Work Insights reports for users        
         
★ Marks where the Teaching and Learning Upgrade adds value to Education Fundamentals or Standard edition
 

Security and data management
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
2-Step Verification ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Security keys for 2-Step Verification ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Set session length for Google Cloud services ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Collaboration with trusted external domains ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Basic data exports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Enforced SSL connections ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Password monitoring and strength control ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Set session length for Google services ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Data loss prevention (DLP) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Generative AI security protections ✔* ✔*   ✔*
Advanced data exports   ✔ ✔ ✔
Control access based on user and device context   ✔   ✔
Cloud Identity Premium security management
(no separate license required)		   ✔   ✔
Client-side encryption   ✔   ✔
         
* Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
 

Security dashboards & investigation tools
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Enterprise Plus
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See log events below)		 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Security investigation tool
Log event reporting with premium features:

See also below:

  

✔

  

✔
Security dashboard reports
(See dashboard reports below)		   ✔   ✔
Security health page
(See settings analyses below)		   ✔   ✔
 

Data regions
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Data regions for Education *
Set a single data at rest region policy for everyone in your organization     ✔   ✔ 
Set data at rest region policies for organizational units or groups    ✔   ✔
Basic data regions reports
(Includes data at rest, versions, and policy summaries)		   ✔   ✔
* Users who don't have a supported edition for Data regions for Education aren't covered by data region policies—even if you apply a data region policy to their organizational unit.
 

Security investigation tool: Common use cases
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Use the security investigation tool to end meetings   ✔   ✔
Investigate file sharing   ✔   ✔
Transfer a Drive file from an unknown owner   ✔   ✔
Investigate users across data sources   ✔   ✔
Search and investigate user log events   ✔   ✔
Investigate and take action on suspicious session cookies   ✔   ✔
Investigate Chat messages to moderate content and protect your data   ✔   ✔
Investigate reports of malicious emails       ✔
Use the investigation tool to view sensitive content       ✔
 

Log events of user and admin activity

  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Admin data action log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Admin log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Calendar log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Chat log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Chrome log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Chrome Sync log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Classroom log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Cloud Search log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Contacts log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Context Aware Access log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Device log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Directory Sync log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Drive log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Graduation log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Groups Enterprise log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Groups log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Jamboard log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Keep log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
LDAP log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Looker Studio log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Meet log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Meet recordings in Drive log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
OAuth log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Profile log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Rule log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
SAML log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Takeout log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Tasks log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
User log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Vault log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Voice log events ✔ ✔† ✔ ✔†
Access Transparency log events   ✔†   ✔†
Assignments log events   ✔†   ✔†
Chrome browsers events       ✔†
Devices events       ✔†
Gmail log events       ✔†
Gmail messages       ✔†
Users events       ✔†
† Performed with the security investigation tool, which provides premium reporting features.
 

Security Dashboard reports
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
DLP incidents report   ✔   ✔
Top policy incidents report   ✔   ✔
User login attempts report   ✔   ✔
Failed device password attempts report   ✔   ✔
Compromised device events report   ✔   ✔
Suspicious device activities report   ✔   ✔
OAuth grant activity report   ✔   ✔
OAuth grants to new apps report   ✔   ✔
Sensitive content transfer on Chrome report   ✔†   ✔†
Users with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report   ✔†   ✔†
Domains with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report   ✔†   ✔†
Domain types with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report   ✔†   ✔†
Chrome threat protection summary report   ✔†   ✔†
Chrome data protection summary report   ✔†   ✔†
Chrome high risk users report​​​   ✔†   ✔†
Chrome high risk domains report    ✔†   ✔†
Suspicious attachments report   ✔   ✔
File exposure report   ✔   ✔
Authentication report   ✔   ✔
Custom settings report   ✔   ✔
Encryption report   ✔   ✔
Message delivery report   ✔   ✔
Spam filter report   ✔   ✔
User report   ✔   ✔
Spoofing report   ✔   ✔
       
† Requires Chrome Enterprise Premium
 

Security health page reports
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus

Device management settings that can be monitored 

  • Blocking of compromised mobile devices
  • Mobile management
  • Mobile password requirements
  • Device encryption
  • Mobile inactivity reports
  • Auto account wipe
  • Application verification
  • Installation of mobile applications from unknown sources
  • External media storage
   ✔   ✔

Security settings that can be monitored

  • Two-step verification for users
  • Two-step verification for admins
  • Security key enforcement for admins
  • Security key enforcement for users
   ✔   ✔

Gmail settings that can be monitored

  • Automatic email forwarding
  • Comprehensive mail storage
  • Bypassing spam filters for internal senders
  • POP and IMAP access for users
  • DKIM, SPF records, & DMARC
  • Approved senders without authentication
  • Approved domain senders
  • Email whitelist IPs
  • Add spam headers setting to all default routing rules
  • MX record configuration
  • MTA-STS configuration
  • Attachment safety
  • Links and external images safety
  • Spoofing and authentication safety
   ✔   ✔

Drive settings that can be monitored

  • Drive sharing settings
  • Warning for out-of-domain sharing
  • Access Checker
  • Drive add-ons
  • Access to offline docs
  • Desktop access to Drive
  • File publishing on the web 
  • Google sign-in requirement for external collaborators
   ✔   ✔

Hangouts settings that can be monitored

  • Hangouts out of domain warning
   ✔   ✔

Groups settings that can be monitored

  • Groups creation and membership
   ✔   ✔

Marketplace apps settings that can be monitored

  • Google Workspace Marketplace applications usage
   ✔   ✔

Calendar settings that can be monitored

  • Calendar sharing policy
   ✔   ✔

Sites settings that can be monitored

  • Access to Calendar when offline
   ✔   ✔
 

Migration products
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Migrate email (< 100 users) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Migrate email, calendars, contacts, files (many tools) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Migrate from Gmail or other webmail ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Migrate from Outlook ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Have users migrate their data ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Migrate data with Google Workspace Migrate   ✔   ✔
 

Device security settings
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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   ✔   ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
iOS data protection   ✔   ✔
Mobile device certificates   ✔   ✔
Context-Aware Access   ✔   ✔
* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgrade to Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features
 

Device management
  Education Fundamentals** Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education 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   ✔   ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
Company-owned device inventory (Android)   ✔   ✔
Company-owned device inventory (iOS)   ✔   ✔
Mobile device management rules   ✔   ✔
BeyondCorp Alliance partner integrations   ✔   ✔
         
* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgradeto Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features
‡ Remote device wipe of Windows 10 devices also requires Windows device management
 

Mobile app management
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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   ✔   ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
Private iOS app management   ✔   ✔
         
* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgrade to Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features
 

Device details
  Education Fundamentals** Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education 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)    ✔   ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
Devices log events   ✔   ✔
         
* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
** Add Endpoint Education Upgradeto Education Fundamentals to get all endpoint management features
 

3rd-party app integration
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education 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) Unlimited
Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps and services ✔  ✔  ✔  ✔
 

Email addresses and mailing lists
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Your email address (you@yourcompany.com) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Additional addresses per user (sales@yourcompany.com) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Admin-controlled mailing lists ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
User-controlled mailing lists ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Personalized email campaigns with mail merge   ✔   ✔
 

Email usage and limits
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Email storage (shared with documents and photos) 100 TB pooled cloud storage
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
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education 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 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Gmail data loss prevention (DLP)  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
S/MIME encryption for email ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Advanced phishing and malware protection ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Gmail log search in BigQuery   ✔   ✔
Malware detection in email attachments (Security Sandbox)   ✔   ✔
Client-side encryption for email   ✔   ✔
Use optical character recognition to read images   ✔   ✔
 

Advanced email delivery options
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Catch-all address ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Email routing options for split and dual delivery  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Inbound gateway ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Outbound gateway (for entire organization) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Receiving from multiple POP addresses  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
 

Drive and Docs editors
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Drive for desktop ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Turn Docs creation on or off ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Connected Sheets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Advanced Drive logs and reports (Drive log events) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Shared drives ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Drive data loss prevention (DLP) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Smart chip data extraction ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Organizational branding (custom templates) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Generative AI in Docs, Sheets, & Slides* ✔ ✔   ✔
Proofread documents * ✔ ✔   ✔
Delegate access to Connected Sheets   ✔   ✔
Target audience groups (preset sharing options)   ✔   ✔
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields)   ✔   ✔
Trust rules for Drive sharing permissions   ✔   ✔
Client-side encryption for Drive files   ✔   ✔
eSignature       ✔
Drive inventory export   ✔   ✔
Manage document approvals       ✔
Organizational branding (default templates and themes) **       ✔
         
* Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on
** Only Google Slides, Forms, and Sites
 

Groups / Groups for Business
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Email list groups ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Groups for content sharing, 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 of nested groups (indirect members)   ✔   ✔
 

Google Meet
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Maximum meeting length 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours
Maximum number of participants per meeting 100 250 1,0001
External participants ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Secure meetings ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Presentations and screen sharing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
App for Android and iOS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Hand raising ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Raise a room's hand using Meet hardware ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Moderation controls ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Digital whiteboard ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Add Meet video to Microsoft Outlook ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Custom backgrounds ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Closed Captions, viewer initiated ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Add co-hosts to meetings† ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Reactions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Generative AI in Meet ** ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Meet eCDN ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)* U.S. only ✔
Control Slides presentations   ✔ ✔ ✔
Record meetings & save them to Drive     ✔ ★ ✔
In-domain live streaming (maximum number viewers)    

10k ★

100k
Noise cancellation     ✔ ★ ✔
Breakout rooms†     ✔ ★ ✔
Polls     ✔ ★ ✔
Q&A     ✔ ★ ✔
Track attendance (requires 2 or more attendees)     ✔ ★ ✔
Set recording quality for screen shares     ✔ ✔
Live translated captions     ✔ ✔
Automatic meeting recording, transcripts, and notes     ✔ ✔
Client-side encryption for audio and video   ✔   ✔
 
* Powered by Google Voice
** Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
† Dependent on Google Calendar limit of 200 invitees.
1After 500, the next 500 join as View Only
★ Marks where the Teaching and Learning Upgrade adds value to Education Fundamentals or Standard edition.
 

Google Chat
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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 external chat ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Allow or restrict Chat apps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Turn external spaces on or off ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integrate Chat with a third-party archiving solution ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Use discoverable spaces ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Chat data loss prevention (DLP) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically delete Chat messages for your organization   ✔   ✔
Control file sharing in Chat   ✔   ✔
Moderate Chat content   ✔   ✔
 

Google Calendar
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Team calendars ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Resource booking (rooms, buildings, equipment) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Add video conferencing to events  ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically add events to calendars ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Sync calendars with Microsoft Exchange ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Set a default duration for events ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Set up appointment schedules ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically free unused meeting rooms ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Allow users to share working location ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Let users view analytics about their time allocation   ✔   ✔
Client-side encryption for event descriptions   ✔   ✔
 

Classroom and Assignments
  Education Fundamentals Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade Education Plus
Originality reports for student assignments 5 assignments per course Unlimited ★
Classroom add-ons     ✔  ✔
Peer comparison on originality reports     ✔ ★ ✔
Practice sets     ✔ ★ ✔
Designate users with analytics data access       ✔
Designate users with temporary class access       ✔
SIS roster import       U.S. only
         
★Marks where the Teaching and Learning Upgrade adds value to Education Fundamentals or Standard edition
 
Use these tables to compare the following editions, available to qualified education institutions:

  • Enterprise Standard — Complete suite of productivity and collaboration apps with flexible storage, and enterprise-grade security and management.
  • Enterprise Plus — Complete productivity and collaboration with flexible storage and the most advanced security and compliance controls.

Service availability
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Gmail  ✔ ✔
Calendar ✔ ✔
Groups for Business ✔ ✔
Chat and chat spaces ✔ ✔
Digital whiteboarding with Jamboard ✔ ✔
Drive storage and Docs editors ✔ ✔ 
Video conferencing with Meet ✔ ✔
Directory management ✔ ✔
Sites ✔ ✔
Tasks ✔ ✔
Notetaking with Keep ✔ ✔
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance ✔ ✔ 
Additional Google services ✔ ✔ 
Colab to collaboratively develop data science and machine learning models (as an additional Google service, no user licenses required) ✔ ✔
Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ (add-on) ✔ ✔
Gemini app with enterprise-grade data protections* ✔ ✔
Gemini for Google Workspace* ✔ ✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist
 

✔

Only Google services

✔†

Google and third-party services
AppSheet Core ✔** ✔**
Google Vids ✔ ✔
Integrate third-party repositories in Cloud Search   ✔*
Index third-party data using Cloud Search   ✔*
* Compare Gemini app offerings.
** Requires verifying your domain.
† For third-party services your organization must have at least 500 user licenses and a Google Cloud Search certified partner.
 

Usage and support

  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Number of users Any number Any number
Email, document, photo storage per user 5 TB per user with ability to request more*
Purchase additional pooled storage ✔ ✔
99.9% uptime guarantee ✔ ✔
Enhanced Support ✔ ✔
     
* Google Workspace provides flexible pooled storage that is shared across the organization. For customers with 5 or more users, more storage may be available at Google's discretion upon reasonable request. Learn how to request storage.
 

User access options
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Supported browsers ✔ ✔
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets) ✔ ✔
Offline access ✔ ✔
Microsoft Outlook ✔ ✔
IMAP and POP mail clients ✔ ✔
 

Migration products
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Migrate email, calendars, contacts, files (many tools) ✔ ✔
Migrate from Exchange ✔ ✔
Migrate from Outlook ✔ ✔
Migrate from IMAP servers ✔ ✔
Migrate from HCL Notes ✔ ✔
Migrate from Gmail or other webmail ✔ ✔
Have users migrate their data ✔ ✔
Migrate data with Google Workspace Migrate ✔ ✔
 

Reports and monitoring
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Highlights reports summarizing metrics and trends  ✔ ✔
Apps-usage reports (organization wide) ✔ ✔
User- and admin-specific activity reports ✔ ✔
Carbon footprint report ✔ ✔
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See log events below)		 ✔ ✔
Drive DLP data protection insights report ✔ ✔
Google Meet attendance reports ✔ ✔
Log-event exports to Google Security Operations ✔ ✔
Export reports to BigQuery ✔ ✔
VirusTotal reports   ✔
Work Insights reports for users   ✔
 

Security policies and data protection
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
2-Step Verification ✔ ✔
Security keys for 2-Step Verification ✔ ✔
Set session length for Google Cloud services ✔ ✔
Collaboration with trusted external domains ✔ ✔
Basic data exports ✔ ✔
Enforced SSL connections ✔ ✔
Password monitoring and strength control ✔ ✔
Generative AI security protections ✔† ✔†
Drive data protection insights report ✔ ✔
Set session length for Google services ✔ ✔
Data loss prevention (DLP) ✔ ✔
Control access based on user and device context
(Context-Aware Access)		 ✔ ✔
Cloud Identity Premium security management
(no separate license required)		 ✔ ✔
Advanced data exports   ✔
Client-side encryption   ✔
Assured Controls for managing compliance & security requirements (add-on)   ✔
     
† Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
 

Security dashboards & investigation tools
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues ✔ ✔
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See specific log events below)		 ✔ ✔

Security investigation tool
Log event reporting with premium features:

See also below:

 ✔ ✔
Security dashboard reports
(See dashboard reports below)		 ✔ ✔
Security health page
(See settings analyses below)		 ✔ ✔
 

Data regions
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Fundamental data regions
Set a single data at rest region policy for everyone in your organization   ✔ ✔ 
Enterprise data regions *
Set data at rest region policies for organizational units or groups   ✔ 
Basic data regions reports
(Includes data at rest, versions, and policy summaries)		   ✔ 
Set data region processing policies
(including for organizational units and groups)		   ✔ 
Advanced settings for data regions   ✔
Assured Controls data regions (add-on) **
Advanced data regions reports 
(Includes data processing by region and service, and data at rest by service)		   ✔
     
* Users who don't have a supported edition for Enterprise data regions aren't covered by data region policies—even if you apply a data region policy to their organizational unit.
** Requires purchasing the Assured Controls data regions add-on
 

Security investigation tool: Common use cases

  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Use the security investigation tool to end meetings ✔ ✔
Investigate file sharing ✔ ✔
Transfer a Drive file from an unknown owner ✔ ✔
Investigate users across data sources ✔ ✔
Search and investigate user log events ✔ ✔
Investigate and take action on suspicious session cookies ✔ ✔
Investigate Chat messages to moderate content and protect your data ✔* ✔
Investigate reports of malicious emails   ✔
Use the investigation tool to view sensitive content   ✔ 
     
* Users can't report inappropriate chat messages for investigations.
 

Log events of user and admin activity

  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Admin data action log events ✔† ✔†
Admin log events ✔† ✔†
Calendar log events ✔† ✔†
Chat log events ✔† ✔†
Chrome log events ✔† ✔†
Chrome Sync log events ✔† ✔†
Cloud Search log events ✔† ✔†
Contacts log events ✔† ✔†
Context Aware Access log events ✔† ✔†
Device log events ✔† ✔†
Directory Sync log events ✔† ✔†
Drive log events ✔† ✔†
Graduation log events ✔† ✔†
Groups Enterprise log events ✔† ✔†
Groups log events ✔† ✔†
Jamboard log events ✔† ✔†
Keep log events ✔† ✔†
Looker Studio log events ✔† ✔†
Meet log events ✔† ✔†
Meet recordings in Drive log events ✔† ✔†
OAuth log events ✔† ✔†
Profile log events ✔† ✔†
Rule log events ✔† ✔†
SAML log events ✔† ✔†
Secure LDAP log events ✔† ✔†
Takeout log events ✔† ✔†
Tasks log events ✔† ✔†
User log events ✔† ✔†
Vault log eventsUsers events ✔† ✔†
Voice log events ✔† ✔†
Devices events ✔† ✔†
Users events ✔† ✔†
Access Transparency log events   ✔†
Chrome browsers events   ✔†
Gmail log events   ✔†
Gmail messages   ✔†
† All searches are performed with the security investigation tool, which provides premium reporting features.
 

Security Dashboard reports
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
DLP incidents report ✔ ✔
Top policy incidents report ✔ ✔
User login attempts report ✔ ✔
Failed device password attempts report ✔ ✔
Compromised device events report ✔ ✔
Suspicious device activities report ✔ ✔
OAuth grant activity report ✔ ✔
OAuth grants to new apps report ✔ ✔
Sensitive content transfer on Chrome report ✔** ✔**
Users with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report ✔** ✔**
Domains with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report ✔** ✔**
Domain types with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report ✔** ✔**
Chrome threat protection summary report ✔† ✔†
Chrome data protection summary report ✔† ✔†
Chrome high risk users report  ✔† ✔†
Chrome high risk domains report  ✔† ✔†
Suspicious attachments report   ✔
File exposure report   ✔
Authentication report   ✔
Custom settings report   ✔
Encryption report   ✔
Message delivery report   ✔
Spam filter report   ✔
User report   ✔
Spoofing report   ✔
** Requires Chrome Enterprise Core
† Requires Chrome Enterprise Premium
 

Security health page reports
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus

Device management settings that can be monitored 

  • Blocking of compromised mobile devices
  • Mobile management
  • Mobile password requirements
  • Device encryption
  • Mobile inactivity reports
  • Auto account wipe
  • Application verification
  • Installation of mobile applications from unknown sources
  • External media storage
 ✔ ✔

Security settings that can be monitored

  • Two-step verification for users
  • Two-step verification for admins
  • Security key enforcement for admins
  • Security key enforcement for users
   ✔

Gmail settings that can be monitored

  • Automatic email forwarding
  • Comprehensive mail storage
  • Bypassing spam filters for internal senders
  • POP and IMAP access for users
  • DKIM, SPF records, & DMARC
  • Approved senders without authentication
  • Approved domain senders
  • Email whitelist IPs
  • Add spam headers setting to all default routing rules
  • MX record configuration
  • MTA-STS configuration
  • Attachment safety
  • Links and external images safety
  • Spoofing and authentication safety
   ✔

Drive settings that can be monitored

  • Drive sharing settings
  • Warning for out-of-domain sharing
  • Access Checker
  • Drive add-ons
  • Access to offline docs
  • Desktop access to Drive
  • File publishing on the web 
  • Google sign-in requirement for external collaborators
   ✔

Hangouts settings that can be monitored

  • Hangouts out of domain warning
   ✔

Groups settings that can be monitored

  • Groups creation and membership
   ✔

Marketplace apps settings that can be monitored

  • Google Workspace Marketplace applications usage
   ✔

Calendar settings that can be monitored

  • Calendar sharing policy
   ✔

Sites settings that can be monitored

  • Access to Calendar when offline
   ✔
 

3rd-party app integration

  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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) Unlimited Unlimited
Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps and services ✔ ✔
 

Device security settings
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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 ✔ ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
iOS data protection ✔ ✔
Mobile device certificates ✔ ✔
Context-Aware Access ✔ ✔
     
*Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
 

Device management
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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 ✔ ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
Company-owned device inventory (Android) ✔ ✔
Company-owned device inventory (iOS) ✔ ✔
Mobile device management rules ✔ ✔
BeyondCorp Alliance partner integrations ✔ ✔
     
* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
 

Mobile app management
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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 ✔ ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
Private iOS app management ✔ ✔
     
*Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
 

Device details
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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)  ✔ ✔
Enterprise endpoint management*
Devices log events ✔ ✔
     
* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management
 

Email addresses and mailing lists

  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Your email address (you@yourcompany.com) ✔ ✔
Additional addresses per user (sales@yourcompany.com) ✔ ✔
Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com) ✔ ✔
Admin-controlled mailing lists ✔ ✔
User-controlled mailing lists ✔ ✔
Personalized email campaigns with mail merge ✔ ✔
 

Email usage and limits

  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Email storage (shared with documents and photos) As much as you need*
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)
* Google Workspace provides flexible pooled storage that is shared across the organization. For customers with 5 or more users, more storage may be available at Google's discretion upon reasonable request. Learn how to request storage.
 

Email security and compliance
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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 ✔ ✔
Gmail data loss prevention (DLP)  ✔ ✔
Use optical character recognition to read images ✔ ✔
Gmail log search in BigQuery ✔ ✔
Gmail integration with a 3rd-party archiving solution ✔ ✔
Advanced phishing and malware protection ✔ ✔
Advanced email attachment scanning (Security Sandbox) ✔ ✔
S/MIME encryption for email   ✔
Client-side encryption for email   ✔
 

Advanced email delivery options

  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Drive for desktop ✔ ✔
Shared drives ✔ ✔
Advanced Drive logs and reports (Drive log events) ✔ ✔
Advanced Drive sharing permissions ✔ ✔
Manage document approvals ✔ ✔
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields) ✔ ✔
Turn Docs creation on or off ✔ ✔
eSignature ✔ ✔
Drive inventory export ✔ ✔
Connected Sheets ✔ ✔
Delegate access via Connected Sheets ✔ ✔
Drive data loss prevention (DLP) ✔ ✔
Trust rules for Drive sharing permissions ✔ ✔
Organizational branding (custom templates) ✔ ✔
Organizational branding (default templates and themes) ** ✔ ✔
Generative AI in Docs, Sheets, & Slides * ✔ ✔
Smart chip data extraction ✔ ✔
Client-side encryption for Drive files   ✔
Drive file suggestions in Chrome Browser address bar   ✔
     
* Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
** Only Google Slides, Forms, and Sites.
 

Groups/ Groups for Business
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Email list groups ✔ ✔
Groups for content sharing, 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 of nested groups (indirect members) ✔ ✔
 

Google Meet
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Maximum meeting length 24 hours 24 hours
Maximum number of participants per meeting 500 1,0001
External participants ✔ ✔
Secure meetings ✔ ✔
Presentations and screen sharing ✔ ✔
App for Android and iOS ✔ ✔
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)* ✔ ✔
Record meetings & save them to Drive ✔ ✔
Hand raising ✔ ✔
Raise a room's hand using Meet hardware ✔ ✔
Noise cancellation ✔ ✔
In-domain and trusted domain live streaming (maximum number viewers) 10k 100k
Breakout rooms† ✔ ✔
Polls ✔ ✔
Q&A ✔ ✔
Track attendance (requires 2 or more attendees) ✔ ✔
Digital whiteboard ✔ ✔
Add Meet video to Microsoft Outlook ✔ ✔
Add co-hosts to meetings† ✔ ✔
Control Slides presentations ✔ ✔
Reactions ✔ ✔
Generative AI in Meet ** ✔ ✔
Transcribe meetings & save them to Drive ✔ ✔
Set recording quality for screen shares ✔ ✔
Meet eCDN ✔ ✔
Automatic meeting recording, transcripts, and notes ✔ ✔
Client-side encryption for audio and video   ✔
* Powered by Google Voice
** Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
† Dependent on Google Calendar limit of 200 invitees.
1After 500, the next 500 join as View only
 

Google Chat
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise 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 external chat ✔ ✔
Allow or restrict Chat apps ✔ ✔
Turn external spaces on or off ✔ ✔
Use discoverable spaces ✔ ✔
Chat data loss prevention (DLP) ✔ ✔
Automatically delete Chat messages for your organization ✔ ✔
Chat Interoperability for interaction between Chat and non-Chat users (add-on) ✔ ✔
Control file sharing in Chat ✔ ✔
Integrate Chat with a third-party archiving solution ✔ ✔
Moderate Chat content   ✔
 

Google Calendar
  Enterprise Standard Enterprise Plus
Team calendars ✔ ✔
Add video conferencing to events ✔ ✔
Automatically add events to calendars ✔ ✔
Resource booking (rooms, buildings, equipment) ✔ ✔
Sync calendars with Microsoft Exchange ✔ ✔
Set a default duration for events ✔ ✔
Set up appointment schedules ✔ ✔
Automatically free unused meeting rooms ✔ ✔
Allow users to share working location ✔ ✔
Let users view analytics about their time allocation ✔ ✔
Client-side encryption for event descriptions   ✔