Google Workspace Editions

Google offers a cloud-based service where under a custom domain, you can get various services such as email and website. One of these is Google Drive. However, not all editions of Workspace offer shared drives. These are basically virtual drives where users of the organization can share files in a more centralized manner. They can always share a folder within their respective My Drive, but this manner of sharing is ad-hoc and can be messy if there are many people in the organization who need to share data with each other. Common shared drives that are owned by the organization and not by a particular account so they are more appropriate for this purpose.

https://workspace.google.com

If you want to get your feet wet with this Google service, most likely you will start with the Business Starter plan. Although it says the Business Starter plan cost $6/user account/month, by telling Google that this is for personal use and not to run a business, Google can let you have the Business Starter service for free.  (https://admin.google.com/ac/billing/legacytransition). However, to be able to get team drives, you must get one of these supported editions:

Business Standard $12/user/month
Business Plus $18/user/month

Essentials

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Essentials editions are designed to provide seamless integration with your existing email solution. Use these tables to see exactly which features are included with the following editions: 

Essentials Starter—Collaboration and video conferencing at no cost for teams of up to 25 users.

Essentials—Collaboration and video conferencing, additional security features, pooled storage, and policy controls. Essentials edition is no longer available for new customers.
Enterprise Essentials—Collaboration and video conferencing with more participants and advanced features, more pooled storage, and enterprise-grade security and management.

More info

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/7681288?fl=1

Enterprise

Education Fundamentals

Education Standard Teaching and Learning Upgrade

Education Plus

Nonprofits

G Suite Business (will be deprecated soon)

More info on the Business Starter plan

https://support.google.com/a/answer/10071876

There is an oddball edition called Google Workspace Individual that is $9.99 a month. It's strange that it costs more than the Business Starter plan that costs $6/month/account.

https://workspace.google.com/individual

Google Drive for Desktop

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/7329379#zippy=%2Cdownload-install-google-drive-for-desktop%2Csystem-requirements%2Copen-google-drive-for-desktop%2Ckeep-files-and-folders-offline%2Csee-whos-editing-microsoft-office-files-in-real-time

Visit the Google Workspace Learning Center

https://support.google.com/a/users#topic=11499463