Frontline editions include collaboration and communication tools designed specifically for frontline workers. You have 3 options:
- Frontline Starter—Professional collaboration suite with 5 GB storage per user
- Frontline Standard—Enhanced suite with advanced security and administrative controls
- Frontline Plus—Advanced suite providing frontline workers with useful AI features and the most advanced data protection and compliance controls
You can purchase Frontline editions through Google Sales.
Frontline Starter
The Frontline Starter edition is a set of collaborative productivity apps that offers your frontline workers email, secure video conferencing, shared calendars, online document editing, and much more.
With Frontline Starter, your organization gets Google Workspace services, such as:
- Gmail—Send and receive mail using your professional address, as in bob@ your-company .com.
- Gemini app—Chat with Gemini to get quick answers, kickstart research and brainstorm new ideas. Learn more
- Google Meet—Join secure meetings from a laptop or other device (up to 100 participants).
- Google Calendar—Share calendars to easily schedule meetings and events.
- Google Drive—Collaborate in real time on online documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
- Google Workspace storage—Store and back up files securely in the cloud with 5 GB storage per user.
- Google Chat—Communicate in groups or one-on-one, with text and rich media.
- Google Sites—Create websites without programming experience or knowledge of code.
- AppSheet Core—Build mobile and web applications with no coding experience. Learn more
- Google Voice(add-on subscription)—Give your users phone numbers, auto attendants, and ring groups through a powerful and easy-to-use cloud private phone network. Learn more
- Advanced endpoint management—Have more control over your organization's data. You can require stronger passwords, wipe devices remotely, use Android work profiles, manage iOS apps, and more. Learn more
- Drive log event data—View your users’ activity in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites. Learn more
- Data protection insights report—Review information about Drive files in your organization that contain sensitive data. Learn more
Available as an add-on subscription
Frontline Standard
The Frontline Standard edition includes everything in Frontline Starter, plus additional security and administrative controls, as shown next. To upgrade from Frontline Starter to Frontline Standard:
Manage company-owned devices with administrator controls for:
- Security settings, such as iOS data protection, mobile device certificates, and Context-Aware Access.
- Device management, including company-owned inventory of mobile devices and iOS devices, management rules, and BeyondCorp Alliance partner integrations.
- Private iOS app management.
- Device details, including device log event data and reporting on inactive company-owned devices.
Create and apply rules to control content that users can share in files outside of your organization. Learn more
Create granular access control policies to Google Workspace and SAML applications based on attributes, such as user identity, device security posture, IP address, and geolocation. Learn more
Next-generation eDiscovery and retention solution. Learn more
Enterprise security, app management, and automated device management. Learn more
Frontline Plus
The Frontline Plus edition includes everything in Frontline Standard, plus AI features useful to frontline workers and the most advanced security and compliance controls, as shown next. To upgrade from Frontline Starter or Frontline Standard to Frontline Plus:
| Hosted S/MIME | Enable the S/MIME standard to encrypt incoming and outgoing mail messages. Learn more |
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| Work insights | Get access to detailed metrics on your organization's Google Workspace usage. Learn more |
| Data regions | Access advanced features, such as choosing different geographic locations for your data based on organizational unit or group, plus reporting and auditing. Learn more |
| Client-side encryption (CSE) | Let users add another layer of encryption to Drive files, emails, and more, as well as create new client-side encrypted items. Learn more |
| Security Sandbox | Scan email attachments in a virtual environment for malicious software or files. Learn more |
| Access Transparency | Review logs of actions taken by Google staff when accessing user content. Learn more |
| Gemini AI security protections | Use AI to label your organization’s sensitive content in Drive. Learn more |
| Gemini AI features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet | Access features such as help me write in Gmail, automatic translation in Chat, and note-taking in Meet. Learn more |
| Chat with external users | Chat with people outside your organization and allow them to reply to direct messages. Learn more |
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After getting Frontline, you can upgrade later to a different Google Workspace edition. Learn more
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