One license per user; licenses cannot be shared
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
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- Statement
- How licensing works (page updated 2026-09-24): a user needs a license to use a Google service; a user can hold licenses for more than one service; multiple users can't share a single Google Workspace license, even if they don't use all of the tools. Google Workspace licensing is user-based: users must be assigned a license. A license for the parent service (Google Workspace) covers included services such as Gmail, Calendar and Drive.
- Applies when
- Counting Google Workspace entitlement against people.
- Applies to
- Google Workspace editions; other user-based Google services.
- Aliases
- named user; no sharing
- Related metrics