GOOGLE WORKSPACE FOR EDUCATION STANDARD
for your education institution
Education Standard builds on the functionality of Education Fundamentals and helps you proactively protect your education institution from digital threats with advanced security and analytics tools.
Prevent cyberthreats with proactive security
Find and fix security events quickly and easily with tools that help you stay ahead of the latest digital threats.
Premium security tools help provide a safe digital learning environment
See details like flagged malware and spam, data loss prevention rule violations, compromised devices, external file sharing, and more.
Identify, triage, and take action on phishing, malware, and other possible threats quickly and with ease.
Stop ransomware attacks before they start by automatically scanning email attachments in a virtual security sandbox prior to opening them.
Manage data and access with centralized controls
Centralize privacy, security, data, and device management for your institution in a unified tool. Determine how, when, and where data can be accessed.
Premium security tools to centralize administrative management
The Admin console is your unified tool for privacy, security, data, and device management.
Create granular access control policies based on attributes such as user identity, location, device, security status, and IP address.
Limit data storage to the United States or Europe, or distribute globally.
Use Drive labels, trust rules, and target audiences to control how files can be shared, and classify files based on content-sensitivity levels.
Develop deeper insights with analytics and visualizations
Generate deeper insights by accessing, analyzing, and visualizing your data with intuitive, easy-to-use tools.
Google provides industry-leading privacy and security
100 M
phishing attempts are blocked by Gmail, every day
99.9%
of spam, phishing attempts, and malware are blocked with AI-protections in Gmail
30,000
unsafe websites are identified by Google, every week
You own your data
You retain full intellectual property rights over your data and control who can download it and when.
Strict privacy protocols
Privacy is core to how we build our products, with rigorous privacy standards guiding every stage of product development.
No advertising
Core services, like Gmail, Calendar, and Classroom, have no ads.
Supports compliance with FERPA, COPPA, GDPR, and more
Our solution supports compliance with rigorous global privacy and security requirements.
Enhance your edition with powerful add-ons
Purchase add-ons to equip specific individuals at your institution with premium functionality.
Google AI Pro for Education
Gemini is an AI assistant across Google Workspace for Education that helps you save time, create captivating learning experiences, and inspire fresh ideas
Teaching and Learning
Build on the functionality of Education Fundamentals with this premium add-on.
“Every time I walk into a classroom, students say, ‘we’re going to do something fun today.' The technology allows us so much freedom in our classrooms – it’s unlike anything I’ve seen before.”
Teresa Engler
Technology Coach“Compared to other video conferencing tools, Meet is easier to use, easier to manage, and more secure. It also has features that helped us get buy-in more easily.”
Charley Butcher
Director of Instructional Technology“We love the efficiency of having all of these functions – meetings and classes, recording, and streaming – performed by the one tool.”
Karl Bernard
IT Business Partner“We realized that the sandboxing feature took away that day-to-day anxiety about security. It’s always working for us in the background – a real set-it-and-forget-it tool.”
Philip Vinogradov
Chief Technology Officer
Explore helpful resources to get you up and running
Learn more about getting started with Google Workspace for Education with these additional training videos, guides, and resources.
Paid Workspace resources
Check out our collection of resources to help you set up and get started using your paid edition.
Product demos
Explore products in detail via step-by-step guides to get a feel for how they work in the classroom.
Getting started guide
Discover the enhanced features and tools available across Google Workspace for Education editions and add-ons
Education Standard overview
Explore the features of Education Standard and learn about advanced security and analytics tools.
Accessibility
Learn about accessibility features to support students with diverse needs and learning styles.
Premium IT Admin features training
Learn how to manage advanced security and analytics tools that help you proactively protect data and privacy.
Start today with Education Standard
Ready to take a more proactive approach to security for your institution?
Find answers to commonly asked questions
For information on Google Workspace for Education pricing and features please visit our comparison chart.
No. Since Education Standard is priced by enrollment (per student), your institution can bring Education Standard benefits to the entire education community. For every four student licenses bought, you’ll receive one staff license. The minimum purchase requirement is determined by school size, so you never purchase more than you need.
No, Education Plus and Education Standard are both licensed as full-domain editions. Schools can purchase licenses of either Education Plus or Education Standard according to the total student enrollment.
Education Standard is available through these authorized Google Workspace for Education partners. To get in touch and learn more, please complete the form here. If you’re already working with a partner, you can reach out to them directly.
Institutions with Education Standard have a shared pool of 100TB of storage, which they can manage and allocate as they see fit. Please reach out to your admin to explore options for additional storage. Please visit our Help Center for more details.
Yes, schools purchasing Education Standard and Education Plus for all students will receive one staff license for every four student licenses purchased.
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 add-on on a monthly subscription, as an alternative to purchasing it as an annual subscription.
Visit our Help Center for more details on Google Workspace for Education.
Add-ons are sold separately and offer premium functionality for specific users within your Google Workspace for Education domain.