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Google Workspace pricing (2026)
Google Workspace starts at $8.40/user/mo (Business Starter) as checked on 2026-11-01, read from Google Workspace's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for Teams already using Google Docs/Sheets/Slides ecosystem. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $8.40/user/mo (Business Starter) · 17% off with annual billing
- Free tier: No · 14-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Teams already using Google Docs/Sheets/Slides ecosystem; Organizations needing HIPAA-eligible email with BAA; Businesses wanting AI writing assistance (Gemini) in email; SMBs up to 300 seats seeking tightly integrated collaboration suite
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-09-02
Google Workspace plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
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| Business Starter STALE · 2026-09-02 | $8.4 | −17% | Per user / seat | Per user/month on Flexible month-to-month billing, the basis this field records; custom business email, 30 GB pooled storage per user, 100-participant video meetings, Gemini in Gmail. The annual plan, a 1-year commitment, is $7.00/user/mo — 17% less. Max 300 users. | workspace.google.com |
| Business Standard STALE · 2026-09-02 | $16.8 | −17% | Per user / seat | Per user/month on Flexible month-to-month billing, the basis this field records; everything in Starter plus 2 TB pooled storage per user, 150-participant meetings with recording, Gemini in Docs/Sheets/Meet, eSignature. The annual plan, a 1-year commitment, is $14.00/user/mo — 17% less. Max 300 users. | workspace.google.com |
| Business Plus STALE · 2026-09-02 | $22 | −0% | Per user / seat | Per user/month; 5 TB pooled storage per user, 500-participant meetings, Vault eDiscovery and retention, advanced endpoint management. Max 300 users. Basis unconfirmed: this row carries a 0% annual discount where both tiers above carry 17%, so whether $22 is the Flexible month-to-month rate this field requires or the annual one is not established. workspace.google.com/pricing publishes no figure in its HTML and resolves currency by geography, so a re-read could not settle it. | workspace.google.com |
| Enterprise | quote-only | — | Per user / seat | Quote-only / contact sales; S/MIME encryption, DLP, 1000-participant meetings, Cloud Identity Premium, unlimited users, 5 TB+ storage with the option to request more. | workspace.google.com |
Last verified 2026-11-01. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 3 of 4 plans above are marked. https://workspace.google.com/pricing (official pricing page, accessed 2026-06-13; the page geolocated to EUR and rendered prices client-side, so the US per-user USD figures were corroborated via Name.com's 2026 Google Workspace pricing breakdown) Cross-checked against name.com. This note predates 2 corrections to the plans above, the earliest from 2026-09-09; the table holds the corrected figures.See the corrections.
Price changes
Price on record
$8.40/user/moRe-based on record 2026-10-16
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
From 2026-10-16 our record reflects a correction we published, not a vendor price move, so earlier figures are not compared with it.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Google Workspace, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Google Workspace. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Business Starter. Basis wording corrected, price unchanged. The note claimed $8.40 was the annual (1-year commitment) rate and then named the Flexible monthly rate as $8.40 too — a half-finished correction from when the recorded monthly price moved onto the month-to-month basis. The annual discount of 17 settles which reading is right: $8.40 Flexible, $7.00 on a year.
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Business Standard. Basis wording corrected, price unchanged — the same half-finished correction as Business Starter. $16.80 is the Flexible month-to-month rate; the annual discount of 17 puts the 1-year commitment at $14.00.
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Business Plus. Doubt recorded, price unchanged. This row carries a 0% annual discount where both tiers above carry 17%, so whether $22 is the Flexible month-to-month rate this field requires or the annual one is not established. workspace.google.com/pricing publishes no figure in its HTML and resolves currency by geography, and no re-read from any vantage available settled it. Recorded as unconfirmed in the plan's own note rather than adjusted on a guess.
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Business Starter. The recorded monthly price was $7, the annual-billed rate, in a field this dataset defines as the month-to-month price. The row's own notes name both figures and say which is which, so the correct value was already inside the record: the month-to-month price is $8.4. Re-based to it, with the annual discount set to this plan's own saving of 17% (it read 16, which did not reconcile the pair). Found by a corpus-wide scan on 2026-09-09 for the same error four call-tracking vendors carried, and confirmed against this row's own notes rather than a fresh read; the source date is therefore unchanged.
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Business Standard. The recorded monthly price was $14, the annual-billed rate, in a field this dataset defines as the month-to-month price. The row's own notes name both figures and say which is which, so the correct value was already inside the record: the month-to-month price is $16.8. Re-based to it, with the annual discount set to this plan's own saving of 17% (it read 0, which did not reconcile the pair). Found by a corpus-wide scan on 2026-09-09 for the same error four call-tracking vendors carried, and confirmed against this row's own notes rather than a fresh read; the source date is therefore unchanged. Judged individually: The note opens 'Per user/month (annual commitment)' and then names the flexible monthly rate for the same tier, so the row holds the annual figure. The sibling settles it: Business Starter is the identical construction (holds 7, 'Flexible monthly billing is $8.40/user/mo', an annual discount of 16) and 8.40 = 7 x 1.2 exactly as 16.80 = 14 x 1.2, one uniform 20% monthly uplift across the tier ladder. r
Capabilities
Integrations: gmail, google-drive, google-meet, google-calendar, google-chat, google-docs, google-sheets, google-slides, google-vault, zapier.
Key features: Custom domain Gmail with 99.9% uptime SLA; End-to-end S/MIME encryption (Business Plus and Enterprise); Gemini AI writing assistant built into Gmail; Spam/phishing/malware blocking (99.9% catch rate per vendor); Google Vault eDiscovery and retention (Business Plus+); DLP and data classification (Enterprise); SAML 2.0 SSO and 2-step verification; SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 certified; HIPAA BAA available via Admin console.
Plan limits: Max 300 users on Business plans (Enterprise required above 300); Business Starter: 30 GB pooled storage per user; Third-party add-ons not covered by HIPAA BAA; BAA must be electronically accepted in Admin console before storing PHI.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Google Workspace cost?
Google Workspace starts at $8.40/user/mo (Business Starter); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-11-01.
Is Google Workspace cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Google Workspace publishes a 17% discount for paying annually (on the Business Starter plan). Verified 2026-11-01.
What are cheaper alternatives to Google Workspace?
Cheaper email hosting than Google Workspace (entry $8.40/user/mo) include Zoho Mail at $1/user/mo, IceWarp at $2.50/user/mo, Fastmail at $4/user/mo. Verified 2026-11-01.
Does Google Workspace support HIPAA?
Yes — Google Workspace states HIPAA support on its public pages. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Google Workspace have a free plan?
No — Google Workspace publishes no free tier; it offers a 14-day free trial.
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