Elevate education with simple, flexible and secure tools with Google Workspace for Education

Make collaboration easier, streamline instruction and keep your learning environment secure with Google Workspace for Education. Use our tools for free, or add enhanced capabilities to suit the needs of your institution.

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Enhance class instruction

Utilise easy-to-use learning tools for better collaboration and connection.

Boost productivity

Save time by creating, organising, sharing and marking all in one place.

Elevate student work

Help students to hand in their best work with simple tools to support learning.

Protect your school's data

Keep everyone’s work, identity and privacy safe with proactive security features and controls.

Choose the Google Workspace for Education edition that’s right for your institution

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  • Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals1

    (Formerly known as G Suite for Education)

    Bring your school community together with a free suite of tools that enable better communication and collaboration.

    Includes essential education tools and features like:

    Collaboration tools including Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms and more

    Communication tools including Google Meet, Gmail and Chat

    Data loss prevention for Gmail and Drive

    Can be used in compliance with FERPA, COPPA and GDPR

  • Google Workspace for Education Standard

    Level up with advanced security, analytics and controls to safeguard against evolving digital threats.

    Includes everything in Education Fundamentals, as well as:

    Security centre to proactively prevent, detect and remediate threats

    Advanced device and app management to perform audits and enforce security and app access rules

    Gmail log and Classroom log export for insights and analysis in BigQuery

    Audit logs for Drive, devices, LDAP and more to track usage across your domain

  • Teaching and Learning Upgrade

    Enhance instructional impact with advanced video communication, enriched class experiences and tools to drive academic integrity.

    Includes everything in Education Fundamentals, as well as:

    Meetings with up to 250 participants and live streams with up to 10,000 in-domain viewers using Google Meet

    Premium engagement features in Google Meet including interactive Q&As, polls, breakout rooms and more

    Coming soon Classroom add-ons to directly integrate your favourite tools and content

    Unlimited originality reports and the ability to check for peer matches across a private repository of past student work

  • Google Workspace for Education Plus

    (Formerly known as G Suite Enterprise for Education)

    Transform your school with a comprehensive solution incorporating advanced security and analytics, enhanced teaching and learning tools and more.

    Includes everything in Education Standard and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, as well as:

    Live streams with up to 100,000 in-domain viewers using Google Meet

    Sync rosters directly to Classroom from any Management Information System

    Personalised Cloud Search for your domain to make information accessible and easy to find

    Faster response times from a support team of product specialists

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Find answers to commonly asked questions

What editions does Google Workspace for Education offer?

Google Workspace for Education offers Education Fundamentals to all qualifying institutions at no cost (free). For those that want more premium features, Google also offers paid editions including Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Education Plus.

How much does each edition within Google Workspace for Education cost?

Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals is free for all qualifying institutions. Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Education Plus are paid editions. Please contact Sales to learn more.

Are there differences in storage across editions?

All editions provide schools with 100 TB of storage shared across the institution. Additional storage is provided with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Education Plus editions based on the number of licences purchased. Please review our comparison chart for more details or visit our Help Centre.

Can I have more than one edition at the same time?

It depends and varies based on the intended combination of editions.

You must have an Education Fundamentals edition to upgrade to any of the other editions (Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or Education Plus).

You cannot have Education Plus in combination with Education Standard or the Teaching and Learning Upgrade – only Education Fundamentals.

You can have a combination of Education Standard and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade at the same time. Although we believe that the maximum value of those combined editions can be realised in Education Plus, we wanted to be as flexible as possible to school community needs.

Are discounts available and/or are there incentives for longer-term commitments?

Yes, Google offers automatic discounts for customers who contractually commit to a multi-year purchase (two years or more) of Google Workspace for Education Plus. To learn more, please connect with your Google Workspace for Education partner reseller and/or Google for Education representative.

Can I upgrade/downgrade between the editions?

All paid Google Workspace for Education editions are annual subscriptions, and pricing is locked for the duration of the subscription term.

Customers who purchase the Teaching and Learning Upgrade can add Education Standard at any time (and vice versa) as well as upgrade to Education Plus.

Customers can re-evaluate continuing with their subscription or downgrade at the end of their subscription term.

What is the duration of a paid Google Workspace for Education subscription?

All paid Google Workspace for Education editions are available as annual subscriptions, and pricing is locked for the duration of the subscription term. However, institutions can also purchase the Teaching and Learning Upgrade on a monthly subscription, as an alternative to purchasing it as an annual subscription.

Will schools that previously purchased G Suite Enterprise for Education automatically get access to all new features that come with Google Workspace for Education Plus?

Yes, all customers who have purchased G Suite Enterprise for Education will receive new features and functionality that are released to the new Google Workspace for Education editions.

Is it possible to trial the paid Google Workspace for Education editions?

Yes, our authorised Google Workspace for Education partners can provision 60-day trials for Education Plus, Education Standard and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade. 50 licences are provided for the trial.

Where can I learn more?

Visit our Help Centre for more details on Google Workspace for Education.

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  • 1 Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals is free for qualifying institutions. Learn more