Compare Google Workspace editions

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

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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 Usage and support User access options Migration products Reports and log events Security and data management Endpoint management 3rd-party app integration	Gmail Drive and Docs editors Groups / Groups for Business Google Meet Google Chat Calendar

Suite wide

Service specific

Reports and log events

Security and data management

Endpoint management

3rd-party app integration

Gmail

Drive and Docs editors

Groups / Groups for Business

Google Meet

Google Chat

Calendar

Service availability

Compare instead: Enterprise editions | Education editions | Essentials editions

	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	✔*	✔*	✔*
Gemini for Google Workspace (add-on)	✔	✔	✔
Gemini ( gemini.google.com ) (as an additional Google service, no user licenses required). Learn more	✔	✔	✔
Gemini ( gemini.google.com ) ** (as a core service with enterprise-grade data protections, user license required). Learn more	✔	✔	✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist (across Google services, only)		✔*	✔*
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance			✔*

* Requires verifying your domain.
** Requires a Gemini for Google Workspace add-on .

	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
99.9% uptime guarantee	✔	✔	✔
Standard Support	✔	✔	✔

	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Supported browsers	✔	✔	✔
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets)	✔	✔	✔
Offline access	✔	✔	✔
Microsoft Outlook	✔*	✔*	✔*
IMAP and POP mail clients	✔*	✔*	✔*

	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		✔*	✔*

	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Usage trends of apps and users (many reports)	✔	✔	✔
Log events of user and admin activity (many logs)	✔	✔	✔
Advanced Drive logs and reports		✔	✔
Google Meet attendance reports			✔

	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus
Enforced SSL connections	✔	✔	✔
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues	✔	✔	✔
Set session length for Google Cloud services	✔	✔	✔
2-Step Verification	✔*	✔*	✔*
Security keys for 2-Step Verification	✔*	✔*	✔*
Password monitoring and strength control	✔*	✔*	✔*
Collaboration with trusted external domains	✔*	✔*	✔*
Generative AI security protections **		✔	✔
Data protection insights report		✔*	✔*
Set session length for Google services			✔*

	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			✔*

	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	✔*	✔*	✔*

	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			✔*

	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	✔*	✔*	✔*

	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	Viewer only *	✔	✔
Generative AI in Docs, Sheets, & Slides ^†		✔	✔
Proofread documents ^†		✔	✔
Smart chip data extraction		✔	✔
Manage document approvals		✔	✔
Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields)		✔	✔
Organizational branding (custom templates)		✔	✔
Organizational branding (default templates and themes) ^‡			✔

	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 **	✔	✔	✔
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 5 or more attendees)			✔

	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		✔	✔
Control file sharing in Chat			✔
Automatically delete Chat messages for your organization			✔

Compare Google Workspace editions

Compare Business editions (1-300 users)

Service availability

Usage and support

User access options

Migration products

Reports and log events

Security and data management

Security and data protection

Data regions

Endpoint management

Device security settings

Device management

Mobile app management

Device details

3rd-party app integration

Gmail

Email addresses and mailing lists

Email usage and limits

Email security & compliance

Advanced email delivery options

Drive and Docs editors

Google Meet

Google Chat

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