Google Apps - Premier vs Standard Editions

At Chicago Technologies, our clients often ask us what's the difference between Google Apps Premier Edition and Google Apps Standard Edition. Here's a quick comparison:

Premier Edition:

• 24/7 Phone support and 99.9% up-time guarantee.
• 25GB storage per user without advertisements.
• Increased security and privacy of data.
• Unlimited users and groups .
• Blackberry and Microsoft Outlook interoperability.
• Client conversions are automated.
• Virus and spam protection by Postini.
• Postini archiving at an additional cost.
• Full administrative and data control.

Standard Edition:

• No Phone technical support is available. Standard users will have to access the Google Apps forms to resolve any issues. Up-time is not guaranteed with a service level of “best effort”.
• 7GB storage per user with advertisements.
• Limited to 50 users and 10 groups.
• Limited Blackberry and Microsoft Outlook interoperability.
• Client conversions are manual.
• Limited administrative and data control.