Is there a free workplace account for developers?

[Bladerunner]

We use Google Workplace API in our app and we need to test different features. Is there a free workplace account for developers? We used free trial but it expires and now we have to pay for each users in our test environment... 

[KAM]

@Bladerunner the only situation I know of beyond NPO/EDU licensing that is available for "free" is if you have a production workspace instance, you might qualify for a development instance of Workspace at 1 for 1 licensing at no additional fee.  Contact a reseller for more information. -KAM

[davidsalomon]

If you need to test GW API features, you can use a free Gmail account... If the feature you're working on is intended to work in paid accounts, then, you need to pay for an account.

[sbazyl]

Not sure if we're still doing it, but if you qualify for and join the Partner Advantage program (https://cloud.google.com/partners/become-a-partner) you can request a developer domain through that program. 

[Bladerunner]

@sbazyl @davidsalomon @KAM

Thanks for your replies. It seems strange to me that Google has no a developer access to workplace. Microsoft offers dev access to Office365 free of charge and surprisingly provides good support. We have bought 2 accounts that we use once or twice a month. 

Kind regards,

Alex

[MK73]

Yes, seems to be Microsoft more open towards development of Office 365 suite compared to Google. Any idea if this is on Google's roadmap

[fruit-boots]

Similar comments as the above. It seems silly that devs/IT admins can't fully explore the product suite without purchase. It also inhibits dev's abilities to test and create gsuite apps.

[sbazyl]

Something we're looking at. Customers can get a demo/sandbox domain (ask sales) provisioned for development, testing out policy changes, etc.

Non-customer developers currently need to go through the partner program. Completely agree the process is not at all developer friendly and we can do better here.

[Daniel_Koenig]

Hi @sbazyl ,

What do you mean by "customers can get a demo/sandbox domain (ask sales) provisioned for development" and "Non-customer developers currently need to go through the partner program"?

• As a reseller, am I considered a "customer"?
• How can I get a demo/sandbox domain for testing purposes?
• If I should contact sales, which form/number should I use for this topic? I tried it already with the normal Google support, but this was no help at all.
• The approach via the "partner program", would this apply to already established resellers?

I don't need to have any fancy domain, a random dev domain would be fine.
I would appreciate being able to create a free developer Workspace account with a preferred SKU, so I can test and explorer the system.

[KAM]

@sbazyl See https://www.ditoweb.com/2021/10/benefits-of-a-google-workspace-sandbox-instance-for-change-managemen... and ask your partner manager for the "Demo Domain Sandbox Toolkitfor Google Workspace and Cloud Identity".

As for the domain, you can use a subdomain.  From my notes, the requirements for the domain are:
The domain MUST contain "dev.", "demo.", or "test." followed by the production domain. Example: dev.abc.com.

The demo domain may not contain "Google".

Hope this helps, KAM