Compare Frontline editions

The Frontline editions offer collaboration and communication tools designed specifically for frontline workers.

Frontline editions

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Suite wide Service details

Service availability

Usage and support

User access options

Reports and monitoring

Security and data management

3rd-party app integration

Endpoint management

Gemini features

Gmail

Drive and Docs editors

Google Meet

Google Chat

Groups / Groups for Business

Calendar

Service availability

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Gmail and Calendar โœ” โœ” โœ”
Groups for Business โœ” โœ” โœ”
Chat and chat rooms โœ” โœ” โœ”
Drive storage and Docs editors (includes Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Video conferencing with Meet โœ” โœ” โœ”
Directory management โœ” โœ” โœ”
Sites โœ” โœ” โœ”
Additional Google services โœ” โœ” โœ”
Colab to collaboratively develop data science and machine learning models (as an additional Google service, no user licenses required) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Colab Pro and Colab Pro+ (add-on) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Gemini app with enterprise-grade data protections โœ” โœ” โœ”
AppSheet Core โœ” โœ” โœ”
Gemini Notebook โœ” โœ” โœ”
Google Vids Viewer Only Viewer Only Viewer Only
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance โœ” โœ”
Integrate third-party repositories in Cloud Search โœ”
Index third-party data using Cloud Search โœ”

* Compare Gemini app offerings

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Usage and support

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Number of users Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Email, document, photo storage per user 5 GB 5 GB 5 GB
99.9% uptime guarantee โœ” โœ” โœ”
Standard Support โœ” โœ” โœ”

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User access options

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Supported browsers โœ” โœ” โœ”
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Offline access โœ” โœ” โœ”
Microsoft Outlook โœ” โœ” โœ”
IMAP and POP mail clients โœ” โœ” โœ”

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Reports and monitoring

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Highlights reports summarizing metrics and trends โœ” โœ” โœ”
Apps-usage reports (organization wide) โœ” โœ” โœ”
User- and admin-specific activity reports โœ” โœ” โœ”
Carbon footprint report โœ” โœ” โœ”
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See log events below)		 โœ” โœ” โœ”
Drive DLP data protection insights report โœ” โœ” โœ”
VirusTotal reports โœ” โœ”
Export reports to BigQuery โœ” โœ”
Log-event exports to Google Security Operations โœ”
Work Insights reports for users โœ”
Google Meet attendance reports

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Security and data management

Security policies and data protection

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
2-Step Verification โœ” โœ” โœ”
Security keys for 2-Step Verification โœ” โœ” โœ”
Set session length for Google Cloud services โœ” โœ” โœ”
Collaboration with trusted domains โœ” โœ” โœ”
Basic date export โœ” โœ” โœ”
Enforced SSL connections โœ” โœ” โœ”
Password monitoring and strength control โœ” โœ” โœ”
Drive data protection insights report โœ” โœ” โœ”
Set session length for Google services โœ” โœ”
Data loss prevention (DLP) โœ” โœ”
Control app access based on user and device context
(Context-Aware Access)		 โœ” โœ”
Cloud Identity Premium security management
(no separate license required)		 โœ” โœ”
Advanced data exports โœ”
Client-side encryption โœ”
Assured Controls for managing compliance & security requirements (add-on) โœ”

* Requires a Google Workspace with Gemini add-on

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Security dashboards & investigation tools

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues โœ” โœ” โœ”
Audit and investigation tool
Log event reporting
(See log events below)		 โœ” โœ” โœ”

Security investigation tool
Log event reporting with premium features:

See also below:

 โœ” โœ”
Security dashboard reports
(See dashboard reports below)		 โœ” โœ”
Security health page
(See settings analyses below)		 โœ” โœ”

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Data regions

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Fundamental data regions
Set a single data at rest region policy for everyone in your organization โœ” โœ” โœ”
Enterprise data regions*
Set data at rest region policies for organizational units or groups โœ”

Basic data regions reports

(Includes data at rest, versions, and policy summaries)

 โœ”

Set data region processing policies

(Including for organizational units and groups)

 โœ”
Advanced settings for data regions โœ”
Assured Controls data regions (add-on)**

Advanced data regions reports

(Includes data processing by region and service, and data at rest by service)

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* Users who don't have a supported edition for Enterprise data regions aren't covered by data region policiesโ€”even if you apply a data region policy to their organizational unit.

** Requires purchasing the Assured Controls data regions add-on

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Security investigation tool: Common use cases

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Use the security investigation tool to end meetings โœ” โœ”
Investigate file sharing โœ” โœ”
Transfer a Drive file from an unknown owner โœ” โœ”
Investigate users across data sources โœ” โœ”
Search and investigate user log events โœ” โœ”
Investigate and take action on suspicious session cookies โœ” โœ”
Investigate Chat messages to moderate content and protect your data โœ” โœ”
Investigate reports of malicious emails โœ”
Use the investigation tool to view sensitive content โœ”

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Log events of user and admin activity

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Admin data action log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Admin log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Calendar log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Chat log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Chrome browsers log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Chrome log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Chrome Sync log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Cloud Search log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Contacts log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Context Aware Access log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Data Studio log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Device log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Directory Sync log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Drive log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Gmail log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Graduation log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Groups Enterprise log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Groups log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Jamboard log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Keep log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
LDAP log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Meet log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Meet recordings in Drive log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
OAuth log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Profile log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Rule log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
SAML log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Takeout log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Tasks log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
User log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Vault log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Voice log events โœ” โœ” โœ”
Devices events โœ” โœ”
Users events โœ” โœ”
Access Transparency log events โœ”
Gmail messages โœ”

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Security Dashboard reports

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
DLP incidents report โœ” โœ”
Top policy incidents report โœ” โœ”
User login attempts report โœ” โœ”
Failed device password attempts report โœ” โœ”
Compromised device events report โœ” โœ”
Suspicious device activities report โœ” โœ”
OAuth grant activity report โœ” โœ”
OAuth grants to new apps report โœ” โœ”
Sensitive content transfer on Chrome report โœ”* โœ”*
Users with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report โœ”* โœ”*
Domains with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report โœ”* โœ”*
Domain types with most sensitive content transfer on Chrome report โœ”* โœ”*
Chrome threat protection summary report โœ”* โœ”*
Chrome data protection summary report โœ”* โœ”*
Chrome high risk users report โœ”* โœ”*
Chrome high risk domains report โœ”* โœ”*
Suspicious attachments report โœ”*
File exposure report โœ”*
Authentication report โœ”*
Custom settings report โœ”*
Encryption report โœ”*
Message delivery report โœ”*
Spam filter report โœ”*
User report โœ”*
Spoofing report โœ”*

* Requires Chrome Enterprise Premium

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Security health page reports

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus

Device management settings that can be monitored

  • Blocking of compromised mobile devices
  • Mobile management
  • Mobile password requirements
  • Device encryption
  • Mobile inactivity reports
  • Auto account wipe
  • Application verification
  • Installation of mobile applications from unknown sources
  • External media storage
 โœ” โœ”

Security settings that can be monitored

  • Two-step verification for users
  • Two-step verification for admins
  • Security key enforcement for admins
  • Security key enforcement for users*
 โœ” โœ”

Gmail settings that can be monitored

  • Automatic email forwarding
  • Comprehensive mail storage
  • Bypassing spam filters for internal senders
  • POP and IMAP access for users
  • DKIM, SPF records, & DMARC
  • Approved senders without authentication
  • Approved domain senders
  • Email whitelist IPs
  • Add spam headers setting to all default routing rules
  • MX record configuration
  • MTA-STS configuration
  • Attachment safety
  • Links and external images safety
  • Spoofing and authentication safety
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Drive settings that can be monitored

  • Drive sharing settings
  • Warning for out-of-domain sharing
  • Access Checker
  • Drive add-ons
  • Access to offline docs
  • Desktop access to Drive
  • File publishing on the web
  • Google sign-in requirement for external collaborators
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Hangouts settings that can be monitored

Hangouts out of domain warning

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Groups settings that can be monitored

Groups creation and membership

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Marketplace apps settings that can be monitored

Google Workspace Marketplace applications usage

 โœ”

Calendar settings that can be monitored

Calendar sharing policy

 โœ”

Sites settings that can be monitored

Access to Calendar when offline

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* Supported in Frontline Plus only

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3rd-party app integration

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Single-sign on (SSO) using Google as IdP โœ” โœ” โœ”
Single-sign on (SSO) using a 3rd-party IdP โœ” โœ” โœ”
App catalog of 200+ preconfigured SAML apps โœ” โœ” โœ”
Autoprovisioning of SAML apps (maximum number) 3 100 100

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Endpoint management

Device security settings

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Basic passcode enforcement (mobile) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Google Credential Provider for Windows (standalone) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Network management
(ChromeOS, meeting room hardware)		 โœ” โœ” โœ”
Advanced endpoint management*
Strong password enforcement โœ” โœ” โœ”
Network management (mobile) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Mobile device security policies โœ” โœ” โœ”
Android work profiles โœ” โœ” โœ”
Enterprise endpoint management*
iOS data protection โœ” โœ”
Mobile device certificates โœ” โœ”
Context-Aware Access โœ” โœ”

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management

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Device management

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Basic mobile device management โœ” โœ” โœ”
Fundamental management for computers โœ” โœ” โœ”
Endpoint verification โœ” โœ” โœ”
Company-owned device inventory (endpoints) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Remote account sign-out โœ” โœ” โœ”
Remote account wipe (mobile) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Block devices โœ” โœ” โœ”
Drive for desktop โœ” โœ” โœ”
Advanced endpoint management*
Advanced mobile management โœ” โœ” โœ”
Zero-touch enrollment for Android devices โœ” โœ” โœ”
Admin approval of devices โœ” โœ” โœ”
Remote device wipe โœ” โœ” โœ”
Windows device management โœ” โœ” โœ”
Enterprise endpoint management*
Company-owned device inventory (Android) โœ” โœ”
Company-owned device inventory (iOS) โœ” โœ”
Mobile device management rules โœ” โœ”
BeyondCorp Alliance partner integrations โœ” โœ”

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management

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Mobile app management

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Public and private app management (Android) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Advanced endpoint management*
Public app management (iOS) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Android app runtime permissions โœ” โœ” โœ”
Selectively distribute mobile apps to users โœ” โœ” โœ”
Publish private Android web apps โœ” โœ” โœ”
Managed Android app settings configurations โœ” โœ” โœ”
Enterprise endpoint management*
Private app management (iOS) โœ” โœ”

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management

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Device details

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Fundamental endpoint management
Basic device details (mobile) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Basic endpoint details
(computer & smart home devices)		 โœ” โœ” โœ”
Basic device reports (Chrome & mobile) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Advanced endpoint management*
Advanced device reports (mobile) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Enterprise endpoint management*
Device log events โœ” โœ”

* Feature set requires enabling advanced mobile management

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Gemini features

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Gemini app

Access

 Standard access to features & models with enterprise-grade security & privacy
Argon
Pro Basic access - access varies; daily limits may change frequently.
Thinking Basic access - access varies; daily limits may change frequently.
Fast General access
Context window size 32,000
Audio Overviews Up to 20 audio overviews per day
Connect to Google Workspace apps General access
Connect to GitHub & upload code folders
Deep research 5 reports per month
Deep Think 3.1
Gems โœ” โœ” โœ”
Skills โœ” โœ” โœ”
Image generation & editing with Nano Banana 2 Up to 20 images per day
Redo images with Nano Banana Pro 3 images per day
Scheduled actions
Music generation 30-second tracks Up to 10 tracks per day
Music generation Full tracks (up to 3 minutes) Up to 5 tracks per day
Video generation
Slide generation Up to 20 presentations per day
Canvas โœ” โœ” โœ”
File upload and advanced data analysis โœ”* โœ”* โœ”*
Edit and run code
Gemini Notebook
Upload sources, create summaries and Audio Overviews, and Q&A โœ” โœ” โœ”
Gmail
Help me write โœ”
Side panel โœ”
Contextual smart replies โœ”
Google Chat
Side panel โœ”
Summarize conversations โœ”
Automatic translation โœ”
Google Meet
Take notes for me โœ”
Studio sound, studio look, and studio lighting โœ”
Watermarking โœ”
Adaptive audio โœ”
Speech translation in Google Meet โœ”
Generate a background โœ”
Security
AI classification in Drive โœ”
Google Docs
Side panel
Help me write
Help me create an image
Summarize a document
Google Sheets
Side panel
Enhanced smart fill
Google Slides
Side panel
Help me create an image
Remove image backgrounds
Google Vids
Full access to AI features
Google Drive
Side panel
Analyze PDFs

* Advanced data analysis is not supported. Additionally, some file types require Gemini. Learn more

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Gmail

Email addresses and mailing lists

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Your email address (you@yourcompany.com) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Additional addresses per user (sales@yourcompany.com) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Admin-controlled mailing lists โœ” โœ” โœ”
User-controlled mailing lists โœ” โœ” โœ”
Personalized email campaigns with mail merge โœ”

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Email usage and limits

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Email storage (shared with documents and photos) 5 GB 5 GB 5 GB
Attachment size limit (sending) 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB
Attachment size limit (receiving) 50 MB 50 MB 50 MB
Recipients per message (To, Cc, Bcc fields combined) 2,000 (500 external) 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) 3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts)

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Email security & compliance

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Junk email filtering and virus blocking โœ” โœ” โœ”
Gmail ads turned off โœ” โœ” โœ”
Custom filtering and content policies โœ” โœ” โœ”
Email and chat retention policies โœ” โœ” โœ”
Allowed IP addresses โœ” โœ” โœ”
User-managed denylists โœ” โœ” โœ”
Enforced-compliance footers โœ” โœ” โœ”
Option to disable IMAP & POP access โœ” โœ” โœ”
Advanced phishing and malware protection โœ” โœ” โœ”
Gmail data loss prevention (DLP) โœ” โœ”
Use optical character recognition to read images โœ”
Gmail log search in BigQuery โœ”
Gmail integration with a 3rd-party archiving solution โœ”
Advanced email attachment scanning (Security Sandbox) โœ”
S/MIME encryption for email โœ”
Client-side encryption for email โœ”

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Advanced email delivery options

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Catch-all address โœ” โœ” โœ”
Email routing options for split and dual delivery โœ” โœ” โœ”
Inbound gateway โœ” โœ” โœ”
Outbound gateway (for entire organization) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Outbound relay server (for alternative From: addresses) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Receiving from multiple POP addresses โœ” โœ” โœ”

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Drive and Docs editors

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Drive storage and Docs editors (includes Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Connected Sheets โœ” โœ” โœ”
Drive sharing permissions โœ” โœ” โœ”
Sharing to non-Google accounts (visitor sharing) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Membership in shared drives Viewer only* Viewer only* โœ”
Drive file suggestions in Chrome Browser address bar โœ” โœ”
Ransomware detection โœ” โœ”
Insert smart chips in your Google Sheets Limited data types Limited data types
Advanced Drive logs and reports (Drive log events) โœ” โœ”
Client-side encryption for Drive files โœ”
Drive inventory export โœ”
Trust rules for Drive sharing permissions โœ”
Limit external connections for Apps Script and Sheets โœ”

* Users can comment on and edit files that are directly shared with them from shared drives.

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Google Meet

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Maximum meeting length 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours
Maximum number of participants per meeting 100 100 100
External participants โœ” โœ” โœ”
Secure meetings โœ” โœ” โœ”
Presentations and screen sharing โœ” โœ” โœ”
App for Android and iOS โœ” โœ” โœ”
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Hand raising โœ” โœ” โœ”
Raise a room's hand using Meet hardware โœ” โœ” โœ”
Noise cancellation โœ” โœ” โœ”
Join breakout rooms โœ” โœ” โœ”
Track attendance (requires 5 or more attendees) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Digital whiteboard โœ” โœ” โœ”
Add Meet video to Microsoft Outlook โœ” โœ” โœ”
Reactions โœ” โœ” โœ”
Meet eCDN โœ” โœ” โœ”
Meet Media API โœ” โœ” โœ”
Gemini AI in Meet โœ”
Client-side encryption for audio and video โœ”

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Google Chat

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Turn chat history on or off โœ” โœ” โœ”
Automatically accept chat invitations โœ” โœ” โœ”
Allow or restrict external chat โœ” โœ” โœ”
Use discoverable spaces โœ” โœ” โœ”
Chat Interoperability for interaction between Chat and non-Chat users (add-on) โœ” โœ” โœ”
External chat for 1:1 and group direct messages โœ” โœ” โœ”
Chat data loss prevention (DLP) โœ” โœ”
Gemini AI in Chat โœ”
Set space history option for users โœ”
Allow or restrict Chat apps โœ”
Turn external spaces on or off โœ”
Automatically delete Chat messages for your organization โœ”
Control file sharing in Chat โœ”
Integrate Chat with a third-party archiving solution โœ”
Moderate Chat content โœ”

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Groups / Groups for Business

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Email list groups โœ” โœ” โœ”
Groups for content sharing and calendar invitations โœ” โœ” โœ”
Collaborative Inboxes and message moderation โœ” โœ” โœ”
User-managed groups โœ” โœ” โœ”
Configuration groups for use by admins โœ” โœ” โœ”
Inspect group membership* โœ” โœ” โœ”
View members of a nested group* โœ” โœ” โœ”
Target audiences โœ”

* Requires Cloud Identity Premium

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Google Calendar

Frontline Starter Frontline Standard Frontline Plus
Team calendars โœ” โœ” โœ”
Resource booking (rooms, buildings, equipment) โœ” โœ” โœ”
Events with video conferencing โœ” โœ” โœ”
Automatically add events to calendars โœ” โœ” โœ”
Calendars synced with Microsoft Exchange โœ” โœ” โœ”
Client-side encryption for event descriptions โœ”
Set up appointment schedules
Allow users to share working location

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