Google Workspace For Education (Standard vs Fundamentals)

[TheHyperTechie]

Hi all, I hope everyone is ok.

 

Thought I would ask on here, as I am sure someone can provide some feedback etc.

 

I have really been exploring GCPW at my school recently and.... I really like it. They are a google school with about 300+ 1:1 chromebooks for the students. The staff use windows devices but mainly use Google Drive for documents rather than saving anything on the server.

 

I am looking to explore the options that Windows Device Management (G-suite console) could bring with managing these last few windows devices. On our fundamentals licensing we don't have access to any of this (Only GCPW) but long term, I would like to think I could manage these devices through GCPW and WDM too, all from the google admin console. This would allow us to remove on-prem hardware.

 

I suppose my real question is pricing... would anyone mind sharing how much they paid for their upgraded licensing to either standard or plus? I have had a rough look around and it seems that for standard it is about £2 per student... but with every four licenses you get a free staff license. I'm not sure how much persuading our school would need to purchase this licensing, as currently they are on a free plan, and only pay for device upgrade licenses. But I do think the benefits it would bring to the school are worth it for the long run.

 

TIA.

Edited April 24, 2023 by HyperTech

[RLR]

We pay for Educational Plus which is the highest tier. We paid £3 per student license which gives us 1 staff license for every 4 students we license. We had to commit to 3 years to get this price. This is our final year so it may go up in the next renewal.

 

We like it due to the security side of things and the investigation tool amongst other things.