Till date, we knew that G Suite helps to manage and administer the users of an organisation from the Admin console panel. IDaaS ( Identity as a service ) also known as Cloud Identity helps an organisation to manage the users and groups from the administrative level without having a G Suite license.





There are many SMEs who do not own a business email solution and their employees use non-managed consumer accounts ( Gmail ) for official work. This limits the organisation to have centralised control over the users. Cloud Identity provides them with a platform to create free ids for all their users that can be managed from the Google Admin console.





Cloud Identity comes with two editions - Basic (free edition) and Premium (Paid edition).





Let’s see what are the feature differences among them:







Device Management





Feature Basic ( Free) Premium Mobile Management Basic Advance Device Inventory yes yes Passcode Enforcement Basic Advance Remote account and device wipe Only account wipe Both account and device wipe Security Policies No Yes Application Management No Yes Network Management No Yes Audit and Report No Yes MDM rules No Yes Android Yes Yes Apple, iOS Yes Yes





Directory





Feature Basic ( Free) Premium Directory Management Yes Yes OUs and Groups Unlimited Unlimited User Lifecycle Management Default user cap - 50 Yes Admin Managed Groups Yes Yes Groups for Business Yes Yes Synchronization of active directory and LDAP directory with Google Yes Yes Admin roles and Privileges Yes Yes Secure LDAP No Yes Admin SDK/API Yes Yes









Security





Feature Basic ( Free) Premium User Security Management Yes Yes 2 - step verification enforcement Controls with Security key management and enforcement. Yes Yes Password strength alert and management Yes Yes Self - Service Password Recovery Yes Yes First Party Session management No Yes Google Security Center No Yes









SSO & auto user provisioning





Feature Basic ( Free) Premium Auto User Provisioning No Yes Set up SSO using Google as an identity provider to access a pre-integrated list of third-party SAML apps Yes Yes Set up SSO using Google as an Identity provider to access custom SAML apps Yes Yes Set up SSO as a service provider using a third-party identity provider with Google. Yes Yes









Reports





Feature Basic ( Free) Premium Admin console audit log Yes Yes Login Audit log Yes Yes Security Reports All events All events SAML audit Log Yes Yes Groups audit log Yes Yes Mobile audit log No Yes Account activity reports Yes Yes





