Google Workspace for Education in Chandigarh | G Suite Legacy Free Edition

Enhance education with free and easy-to-use tools for learning

Enable seamless collaboration

Make it easy for everyone in your institute community to collaborate together.

Boost productivity

Give teachers easy-to-use tools to help simplify tasks and save time.

Communicate flexibly

Connect your institution with email, chat, and video.

Organize your tasks

Build to-do lists, create task reminders, schedule meetings, and help keep on top of tasks.

Provide trusted security

Safeguard against digital threats with best-in-class, multilayered security.

Why Choose HelpMates ?

Trusted Advice

We as a Google Workspace and Cloud partner help orgnisations with IT decisions leveraging Google tools and other supporting IT hardware & software

Strategic Guidance

We help organisations future-proof technology by helping them build a strong cloud strategy, advising them on best practice and 3rd party solutions to help streamline their workflows.

Ensure Best RoI

Enabling huge amount of automation we help increase employee productivity and also help to reduce Capex and Opex and thus the overall costs.

We offer flexible payment option in all major currencies and accept payments via electronic transfers, debit and credit cards.

Google Cloud Trusted Partner, helping many prestigious schools and higher education institutes make the most of cloud with Google Workspace

Choose the edition that’s right for your institution

Google Workspace for Education Fundamental

(Formerly known as G Suite for Education) Bring your institute community together with a free suite of tools that enable better communication and collaboration

Includes essential education tools and features like:

Collaboration tools including tools like Classrooms, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and more
Communication tools like Google Meet, Gmail and Chat
Data Loss prevention for Gmail & Drive
Can be used with compliance with FERPA, COPPA AND GDPR

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Google Workspace for Education Standard

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

Includes essential education tools and features like:

Security center 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 analytics in BigQuery
Audit logs for Drive, devices, LDAP, and more to track usage across your domain

Contact to Upgrade from Fundamentals to Education Standard

Teaching and Learning upgrade

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

Includes essential education tools and features like:

Meetings up to 250 participants and live streaming 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
Classroom add-ons to directly integrate your favorite tools and content
Unlimited originality reports & checks for peer matches across private repository of student work

Contact to add Teaching & Learning Upgrade licenses

Google Workspace for Education Plus

(Earlier known as G Suite Enterprise for Education) Transform your institute with a comprehensive solution having advanced security, analytics, enhanced teaching and learning tools & more

Includes essential education tools and features like:

Live Stream with up to 100,000 in-domain viewers using Google Meet
Sync roasters directly to classroom from any student information system
Personalized Google search for your Domain to make information accessible and easy to find
Faster response times from the support team of product specialists

Contact to Upgrade

Detailed comparison of all Education Editions

Core services

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Gmail and Calendar	✔	✔	✔	✔
Groups for Business	✔	✔	✔	✔
Chat and chat rooms	✔	✔	✔	✔
Storage and collaboration: Drive, Docs editors	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sites	✔	✔	✔	✔
Video conferencing with Meet	✔	✔	✔	✔
Directory management	✔	✔	✔	✔
Additional Google services: Blogger, YouTube, and more	✔	✔	✔	✔
Google Vault for eDiscovery and information governance	✔	✔	✔	✔
Google Cloud Search for internal search and assist (across Google services)				✔

Usage and support

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Cost	Free*	Fee per user
Allowed number of users	Any number	Any number
99.9% uptime guarantee	✔	✔	✔	✔
24/7 phone support	✔	✔	✔	✔**
Email, document, photo storage	100 TB pooled storage
Additional pooled cloud storage			100 GB per user ★	20 GB per user

User access options

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Supported browsers	✔	✔	✔	✔
Access across devices (computers, phones, tablets)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Offline access	✔	✔	✔	✔
Microsoft Outlook	✔	✔	✔	✔
IMAP and POP mail clients	✔	✔	✔	✔

Security and data protection

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
2-Step Verification	✔	✔	✔	✔
Security keys for 2-Step Verification	✔	✔	✔	✔
Enforced SSL connections	✔	✔	✔	✔
Alert center: Notifications of potential security issues	✔	✔	✔	✔
Collaboration with trusted external domains	✔	✔	✔	✔
Password monitoring and strength control	✔	✔	✔	✔
Data loss prevention (DLP)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Set session length for Google services	✔	✔	✔	✔
Choose a geographic location (data region) for your data		✔		✔
Security center: Security dashboard		✔		✔
Security center: Security investigation tool		✔		✔
Security center: Security health page		✔		✔
Control access based on user and device context				✔

3rd-party app integration

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Single sign-on (SSO) using Google as IdP	✔	✔	✔	✔
Single sign-on (SSO) using a 3rd-party IdP	✔	✔	✔	✔
App catalog of 200+ preconfigured SAML apps	✔	✔	✔	✔
Autoprovisioning of SAML apps (maximum number)	Unlimited
Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps and services	✔	✔	✔	✔
Manage access to password-vaulted apps		✔		✔

Device management

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Fundamental endpoint management (many features)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Advanced endpoint management (many features)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Enterprise endpoint management (many features)		✔		✔

Email addresses and mailing lists

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	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	✔	✔	✔	✔

Email usage and limits

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Your email address (you@yourcompany.com)	100 TB pooled cloud storage
Additional addresses per user (sales@yourcompany.com)	25 MB
Addresses at multiple domains (you@company2.com)	50 MB
Admin-controlled mailing lists	2,000 (500 external)
User-controlled mailing lists	3,000 (2,000 external, 500 external for trial accounts)

Email security and compliance

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	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	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gmail log search in BigQuery		✔		✔
Malware detection in email attachments (Security sandbox)		✔		✔

Advanced email delivery options

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education 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	✔	✔	✔	✔

Google Meet

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Maximum number of participants per meeting	100		250
External participants	✔	✔	✔	✔
Secure meetings	✔	✔	✔	✔
Presentations and screen sharing	✔	✔	✔	✔
App for Android and iOS	✔	✔	✔	✔
Hand raising	✔	✔	✔	✔
Moderation controls	✔	✔	✔	✔
Digital whiteboard	✔	✔	✔	✔
Custom backgrounds	✔	✔	✔	✔
Closed Captions, viewer initiated	✔	✔	✔	✔
Dial in (U.S. & international numbers)	U.S. only			✔
Record meetings & save them to Drive	✔*	✔	✔	✔
In-domain live streaming (maximum number viewers, staff licenses only)			10k ★	100k
Noise cancellation			✔ ★	✔
Breakout rooms			✔ ★	✔
Polls			✔ ★	✔
Q&A			✔ ★	✔
Track attendance			✔ ★	✔

Calendar

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Team calendars	✔	✔	✔	✔
Resource booking (rooms, buildings, equipment)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Add video conferencing to events	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sync calendars with Microsoft Exchange	✔	✔	✔	✔
Set a default duration for events	✔	✔	✔	✔
Automatically free unused meeting rooms				✔

Classroom and Assignments

	Education Fundamentals	Education Standard	Teaching and Learning Upgrade	Education Plus
Originality reports for student assignments	5 assignments per course		Unlimited ★
Peer comparison on originality reports			✔ ★	✔

Find answers to commonly asked questions

Is Google Workspace free for Education?

Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals is free for all qualifying institutions. Education Standard, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Education Plus are paid editions.

What comes with Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals & Google Workspace for Education Standard?

Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals—Gives you tools to aid teaching and learning, such as Classroom, Google Meet, Google Docs, Google Forms, and Google Chat. Google Workspace for Education Standard—Same tools as Education Fundamentals but with advanced security features and enhanced administration controls.

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. For pricing information and specific features included in each of the Google Workspace for Education editions, please visit the comparison chart.

Are there differences in storage across editions?

All editions provide institute with 100TB 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 licenses purchased. Please review the comparison chart. For more details or visit Google Help Center.

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

Yes, discounts are available in offering for institutions that contractually commit to a multi-year purchase (two years or more) of Google Workspace for Education Plus. To learn more, please connect with us here.

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 the maximum value of those combined editions can be realized in Education Plus, we wanted to be as flexible as possible to institute's community needs.

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. Institutes who purchase the Teaching and Learning Upgrade can add Education Standard at any time (and vice versa) as well as upgrade to Education Plus. Institutes can reevaluate continuing with their subscription or downgrade at the end of their subscription term.

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

Yes, we HelpMates India as an authorized Google Workspace for Education partner can provision 60 day trials for Education Standard, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade.

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Elevate the way your institute creates and collaborates with Google Workspace for Education. Choose the edition that best suits you and your institution.