Gmail features and capabilities are different depending on your edition of Google Workspace. Use the tables on this page to compare editions in each product category.
Business editions (1-300 users)
Email addresses and mailing lists
Compare instead: Enterprise editions | Education editions
| 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 | ✔** | ✔** |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
** This feature requires signing up with a personal Gmail address or verifying your domain.
Email usage and limits
Compare instead: Enterprise editions | Education editions
| 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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* This feature requires signing up with a personal Gmail address or verifying your domain.
Email security and compliance
Compare instead: Enterprise editions | Education editions
| 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 and POP access | ✔** | ✔** | ✔** |
| Advanced phishing and malware protection | ✔** | ✔** | ✔** |
| Advanced email attachment scanning (Security Sandbox) | ✔** | ✔** | |
| Vault for email/IM eDiscovery and archiving | ✔** |
* This feature requires signing up with a personal Gmail address or verifying your domain.
** This feature requires verifying your domain.
Advanced email delivery options
Compare instead: Enterprise editions | Education editions
| 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 | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* |
* This feature requires verifying your domain.
Education editions
Email addresses and mailing lists
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Enterprise editions
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Education 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 | ✔ | ✔ |
Email usage and limits
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Enterprise editions
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Education Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email storage (shared with documents and photos) | 100 TB pooled cloud storage | ||
| 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) | ||
Email security and compliance
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Enterprise editions
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Education 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 and POP access | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Vault for email/IM eDiscovery and archiving | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gmail data loss prevention (DLP) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| S/MIME encryption for email | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced phishing and malware protection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gmail log search in BigQuery | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Malware detection in email attachments (Security Sandbox) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Client-side encryption for email | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Use optical character recognition to read images | ✔ | ✔ |
Advanced email delivery options
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Enterprise editions
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Education 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 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Enterprise editions
Email addresses and mailing lists
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Education editions
| Enterprise Standard | Enterprise 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 | ✔ | ✔ |
Email usage and limits
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Education editions
| Enterprise Standard | Enterprise Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Email storage (shared with documents and photos) | As much as you need* | As much as you need* |
| Attachment size limit (sending) | 25 MB | 25–50 MB |
| Attachment size limit (receiving) | 35 MB | 35–50 MB |
| Recipients per message (To, Cc, Bcc fields combined) | 2,000 (500 external) | 2,000 (500 external) |
|
Unique recipients per day |
3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts) | 3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts) |
* Google Workspace provides flexible pooled storage that is shared across the organization. For customers with 5 or more users, more storage may be available at Google's discretion upon reasonable request. Learn how to request storage.
Email security and compliance
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Education editions
| Enterprise Standard | Enterprise 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 and POP access | ✔ | ✔ |
| Vault for email/IM eDiscovery and archiving | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gmail data loss prevention (DLP) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Use optical character recognition to read images | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gmail log search in BigQuery | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gmail integration with a 3rd-party archiving solution | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced phishing and malware protection | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced email attachment scanning (Security Sandbox) | ✔ | ✔ |
| S/MIME encryption for email | ✔ | |
| Client-side encryption for email | ✔ |
Advanced email delivery options
Compare instead: Business editions (1-300 users) | Education editions
| Enterprise Standard | Enterprise Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Catch-all address | ✔ | ✔ |
| Email routing options for split and dual delivery | ✔ | ✔ |
| Inbound gateway | ✔ | ✔ |
| Outbound gateway (for entire domain) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Receiving from multiple POP addresses | ✔ | ✔ |
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