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.