Google Apps Standard vs Premier

The is no escaping questions about Google Apps for business these days.  Every business owner wants to cut costs and stick with the familiar.  Much in the way Microsoft used home domination to assimilate the office, Google is following in its footsteps and leveraging personal GMail use to begin its run on corporate e-mail hosting.

Here’s a comparison of Google Apps Standard vs Google Apps Premier.

Premier Edition Standard Edition
Price $50 / user / year Free (Ad-supported)
Messaging Application Features
Gmail and Google Calendar Yes Yes
Gmail Storage 25 GB / user 7.3 GB / user
99.9% Gmail uptime guarantee Yes
Gmail ads can be disabled Yes
Email Security, powered by Postini Yes
Email Archiving, powered by Postini 90 days message recovery, can be extended
Resource scheduling in Google Calendar Yes
SSL enforcement for secure HTTPS access Yes
Collaboration Application Features
Google Docs and Google Sites Yes Yes
Google Sites Storage 10 GB plus 500 MB per user for shared storage 10 GB for shared storage
Google Video for private, secure video sharing Yes
SSL Enforcement for secure HTTPS access Yes
Support
Self-service online support Yes Yes
Email Support Yes
Phone support for critical issues Yes
Integration Capabilities
Single Sign-on API, read more. Yes
User provisioning API Yes
Email migration tools and API Yes
Email routing and email gateway support Yes

It’s basically $4.17/month/mailbox for Google Premier.


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