Google Workspace offers subscription options for individuals, small businesses, large organizations, and schools. Compare editions in these categories:
- Business—Productivity suites for businesses with 1-300 users
- Education—Discounted suites for qualifying educational institutions
- Enterprise—Adds premium security and advanced controls for unlimited users
- Essentials—Productivity and collaboration tools without Gmail
To find out your edition, go to What's my subscription and payment plan?
Compare Business editions (1-300 users)
Use these tables to compare the following editions, available to customers with 1-300 users:
- Business Starter—Professional productivity suite with 30 GB pooled 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
* New Business Starter customers have pooled storage by default. Rollout to existing customers began in May 2023 and will continue over the coming months.
To learn about subscription plans tailored for your specific needs, contact sales.
| Suite wide | Service specific |
|---|---|
Service availability
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| 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
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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 pooled | 2 TB pooled | 5 TB pooled |
| Purchase additional pooled storage | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 99.9% uptime guarantee | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Standard Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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 | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
Migration products
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| 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
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| 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
Security policies and data protection
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| 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) |
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| 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
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| 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) |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Security investigation tool |
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| Security dashboard reports | |||
| Security health page |
Data regions
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| 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) |
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| Set data region processing policies (including for organizational units and groups) |
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| 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) |
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Log events of user and admin activity
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* Requires verifying your domain.
Endpoint management
Device security settings
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 log events | ✔* | ||
* Requires verifying your domain.
** Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management.
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 | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
Gmail
Email addresses and mailing lists
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| 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
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| 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)* |
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* Requires verifying your domain.
Email security & 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 | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
| 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
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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 organization) | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
| Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses) | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
| Receiving from multiple POP addresses | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* Requires verifying your domain.
Drive and Docs editors
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| 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
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| 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) | ✔ |
* Powered by Google Voice.
** Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on.
† Dependent on Google Calendar limit of 200 invitees
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 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 | ✔ |
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