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 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 & 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 & 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
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 | ✔ | ✔ |
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 & 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
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 | ✔ | ✔ |
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) |
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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 & 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 | ✔ |
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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