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

 

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)