Editions

There are two editions of Cloud Identity: The premium edition and the free edition.

Cloud Identity premium edition is not required to use Google Cloud. As a Google Cloud customer, you can request additional Cloud Identity licenses at no cost. However, the premium edition has additional features not offered in the free edition.

See the tables below for the differences between Cloud Identity Premium Edition and the free edition.

Note: For a list of features for different G Suite editions, see Compare G Suite Editions. At the top of the list, click Product Suite to filter for a single product, such as Gmail or Google Calendar.

Choose between free and premium service

Device management

	Cloud Identity Premium	Cloud Identity Free
Basic Mobile Management
Advanced Mobile Management
Device inventory
Basic passcode enforcement
Advanced passcode enforcement
Remote account wipe
Security policies
Application management
Network management
Remote device wipe
Reporting
Application auditing
Company-owned devices
Mobile audit
Android
Apple^® iOS^®
MDM rules

Security

	Cloud Identity Premium	Cloud Identity Free
User security management
Self-service password recovery
2-Step verification (2SV) including security key management
2SV enforcement controls
2SV enforcement controls with security key management
2SV enforcement controls with security key enforcement
Password strength alert
First-party session management
Password management
Google security center

Note: Some features in the security center, for example, data related to Gmail and Google Drive, aren't available with Cloud Identity Premium.

Single sign-on (SSO) and automated provisioning

	Cloud Identity Premium	Cloud Identity Free
Set up SSO using Google as an identity provider (IdP) to access a pre-integrated list of third-party SAML apps	Unlimited	Unlimited
Set up SSO using Google as an IdP to access custom SAML apps
Set up SSO using a third-party IdP with Google as a service provider
Automated user provisioning

Reporting

	Cloud Identity Premium	Cloud Identity Free
Admin audit log
Login audit log
Security reports
SAML audit log
Groups audit log
Token audit log
Devices audit log
App reports
Account activity reports
Auto export audit logs to BigQuery

Chrome Browser

	Cloud Identity Premium	Cloud Identity Free
User Policies/Reporting
Chrome Sync

Billing and support

	Cloud Identity Premium	Cloud Identity Free
Billing
Subscription and license management
Support	24x7 Email, Phone, Chat	Community Support (also includes 24x7 Email, Phone, and Chat if you paid for Cloud Platform support or G Suite)
SLA	99.9%

	Cloud Identity Premium	Cloud Identity Free
Basic directory management
Organizational units and groups	Unlimited	Unlimited
User lifecycle management		*
Admin managed groups
Groups for Business
Google Cloud Directory Sync (Synchronize Active Directory and LDAP directories with Google)
Admin roles and privileges
Google Admin App for Android
Google Admin App for iOS
Admin SDK/API
Secure LDAP