Compare Gmail features across Google Workspace editions

Gmail features and capabilities are different depending on your edition of Google Workspace. Use the tables below to compare editions in each product category.

Business

Gmail features for Business editions (1-300 users) 

Email addresses and mailing lists

Compare instead: Enterprise editionsEducation 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.

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Email usage and limits

Compare instead: Enterprise editionsEducation 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)*

* This feature requires signing up with a personal Gmail address or verifying your domain.

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Email security & compliance

Compare instead: Enterprise editionsEducation 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 & 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.

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Advanced email delivery options

Compare instead: Enterprise editionsEducation 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.

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Education

Gmail features for 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  

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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)


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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 & 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  

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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 

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Enterprise

Gmail features for 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

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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
(Each unique address counts once.)

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

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Email security & 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 & 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

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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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