G Suite editions are designed to meet the needs of individuals, small businesses, large organizations, or schools.
View some charts bellow that compares some main features available with G Suite Basic, Business, and Enterprise editions.
Apps
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Messaging: Gmail, Calendar, Contacts |
 |
 |
 |
Storage and collaboration: Drive, Docs, Hangouts |
 |
 |
 |
Web forums and shared inboxes: Groups for Business |
 |
 |
X |
Email and document search, email retention: Vault |
 |
X * |
X |
Other Google services: Blogger, YouTube, and more |
 |
 |
 |
* Google Vault is available with G Suite Basic as a paid add-on.
Email usage
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Email storage (shared with documents and photos) |
Unlimited * |
30 GB |
15 GB |
Attachment size limit |
25 MB |
25 MB |
25 MB |
Email receiving limits per day |
84,400 |
86,400 |
500 |
Email sending limits per day |
2,000 |
2,000 |
500 |
Total recipients per day |
10,000 |
10,000 |
500 |
External recipients per day |
3,000 |
3,000 |
500 |
* G Suite Business or G Suite for Education accounts with fewer than 5 users get 1 TB per user
Usage and support
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Maximum number of users |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
10 |
Email & Drive storage per user |
Unlimited * |
30 GB |
15 GB |
Additional storage buying |
 |
 |
X |
Shared Drive |
 |
X |
X |
Max participents in Hangouts Meet |
150 |
100 |
10 |
Recording in Hangouts Meet |
X |
X |
X |
99.9% uptime guarantee |
 |
 |
X |
24/7 phone support |
 |
 |
X |
Priority email support |
 |
 |
X |
* G Suite Business accounts with 4 or fewer users get 1 TB per user.
Your company brand
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Your custom email address (you@yourcompany.com) |
 |
 |
 |
Your www address in Google Sites (www.yourcompany.com) |
 |
 |
X |
Gmail ads turned off |
 |
 |
 |
Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com) |
 |
 |
X |
Security and business controls
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Password monitoring and strength control |
 |
 |
 |
2-step verification |
 |
 |
 |
Single Sign On (SSO) |
 |
 |
 |
Enforced SSL connections |
 |
 |
 |
User-managed security keys |
 |
 |
X |
Domain-wide admin managed security keys |
 |
X |
X |
Mobile device management |
* |
 |
X |
Mobile audit |
** |
X |
X |
Advanced Drive auditing and reports |
 |
X |
X |
Advanced Drive administrator controls |
 |
X |
X |
Data-loss prevention |
** |
X |
X |
* Some Mobile Device Management features (like Device Owner) are not available in G Suite for Education and can be purchased.
** Not available in G Suite for Education
Contacts, lists, and groups
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Mailing lists (admin controlled) |
 |
 |
 |
Mailing lists (user controlled) |
 |
 |
X |
Global directory (internal contacts) |
 |
 |
 |
Global directory (external contacts) |
 |
 |
X |
Forums and collaborative inboxes |
 |
 |
X |
Access options
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Supported web browsers |
 |
 |
 |
Mobile phones and tablets |
 |
 |
 |
Offline mail and Docs editors |
 |
 |
 |
Voice and video chat |
 |
 |
 |
IMAP and POP mail programs |
 |
 |
 |
Microsoft Outlook® |
 |
 |
 |
Data import (mail, contacts, calendars)
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Migrate data using the Admin console |
 |
 |
X |
Single-user import from Microsoft Outlook |
 |
 |
 |
Email import from webmail host |
 |
 |
 |
Multi-user import from Microsoft Exchange |
 |
 |
X |
Multi-user import from IBM® Notes® |
 |
 |
X |
Enterprise sync options
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Sync user data with your LDAP server |
 |
 |
X |
Use Exchange Calendar with G Suite |
 |
 |
X |
Email security and business controls
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Junk email filtering and virus blocking |
 |
 |
 |
Gmail ads turned off |
 |
 |
 |
Custom filtering and content policies |
 |
 |
X |
Email retention policies |
 |
 |
X |
IP address whitelisting |
 |
 |
X |
User-managed blacklists |
 |
 |
X |
Enforced compliance footers |
 |
 |
X |
Email/IM search, retention, eDiscovery (Google Vault) |
 |
X * |
X |
* Google Vault is available with G Suite Basic as a paid add-on.
Administrative controls
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Option to disable IMAP/POP access |
 |
 |
X |
Other email delivery options
|
G Suite Business |
G Suite Basic |
Free (legacy) |
Catch-all address |
 |
 |
 |
Email routing (user and domain level) |
 |
 |
X |
Inbound gateway |
 |
 |
X |
Outbound gateway (for entire domain) |
 |
 |
X |
Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses) |
 |
 |
 |
Receive mail from multiple POP addresses (Mail Fetcher) |
 |
 |
 |
So, those are some main differences between G Suite editions: Free (Legacy) vs G Suite Basic and G Suite Business. To see the full comparision please visit: https://gsuite.google.com/compare-editions/
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