We are excited to announce that AppSheet Core is being updated and included in more Workspace plans, making it easier for users to securely build and share apps within their Workspace org. We hope this removes friction for app creators determining how to share their apps with more users, and for Workspace admins ensuring that internal data is as secure as possible.
AppSheet Core edition licenses will now automatically be included for users with the following Workspace licenses:
Enterprise Starter/Standard/Plus
Business Starter/Standard/Plus
Frontline Starter/Standard
Enterprise Essentials Plus
Non-Profits
Education Standard/Plus
Workspace admins will also gain a security setting to control whether data can be shared externally.
The setting can be used by the admin to control features including the following, for all AppSheet Core users across their org (does not apply to AppSheet Enterprise license users):
Sharing with external app users
Connecting to external app data
Automation emails to external recipients
Using external AppSheet apps
(please refer to this article for specific features controlled by this setting)
The security setting applies to all AppSheet Core users in the organization (for more granular governance, Enterprise licenses are required).
This update will be rolling out to existing and new customers over the next couple months. Existing AppSheet Core customers will be contacted shortly with instructions on how to cancel and receive refunds or Workspace credits, depending on whether their subscription is via appsheet.com or the Workspace admin console.
Hi @takuya_miyai agreed, hope more join us! Yes that Workspace Admin screen is where this new setting will appear. Rollout has not started yet, but I’ll update the thread when users should expect to see it.
Question, if you are able to answer it. For Google Workspace users that have Appsheet Enterprise, are they able to deploy apps under Core to users that don’t need the Enterprise features, thus not requiring them to have an Enterprise license for those users?
So in summary… can an organization have say, 50 enterprise licenses and those 50 users use applications that require Enterprise features.
Any remaining users in the organization can use apps that only require Core features?
Great news! Our company is currently using google workspace and wishes to test out appsheet core features. When exactly is it going to be available for free for the newly included workspace?
As a Google For Non-Profit AppSheet developer, I love this news! The amount of impact and good this can do for grassroots organizations working in marginalized communities is unthinkable. Though, there is one little hiccup.
As multiple Non-Profits are trying to unite and centralize data for greater insights and better data-driven decisions, they need access to a cloud database solution (the max. allowed AppSheet Database records are currently very limited), and from what I understand, using an external database is not an AppSheet Core feature but a paid enterprise feature?
Google Cloud SQL is currently not part of the Google For Non Profit package, but with a MS Azure Grant they can run a MS SQL server and connect it to AppSheet. Is it possible to make an exception for Non-Profits to connect to an external database as part of the Core plan? Most of the grassroots NGOs I know run entirely on donations and can’t or don’t want to use those funds on an AppSheet Enterprise plan just to hook in an external database.
Peter, would you be able to clarify what will happen to users like myself who were migrated from App Maker when it was shut down? My Appsheet licence info says I am on a Custom setting which has a set of features from Enterprise added to Core I believe. These features allow the use of external databases and also API access. Can you confirm my Custom settings will not be changed?
Cool @peterdykstra ! Could you comment on how external/non-workspace users are tracked under these plans? E.g. if I have 10 workspace accounts, and need to invite 5 external non-workspace accounts, how am I invoiced for the 5 excess users?
Also, is there anything planned for users that need AppSheet enterprise features that are also on Google Workspace? Is AppSheet Enterprise available at a discounted rate?
I also thought the same issue as @Jonathon .
Several patterns can be assumed for this issue.
Company A: AppSheet user with a Google Workspace contract
Company B: AppSheet user with a Google Workspace contract
Company C: AppSheet user who do not subscribe to Google Workspace
Question 1:
Company A’s app owner shares an app with company B’s app users.
If so, does Company A’s app owner have to pay an additional license fee for Company B’s app users?
If company A’s app owner pays an additional license fee, how should company A pay?
Question 2:
What happens, if you replace the app user of company B in question 1 with company C?
I would expect that Google Workspace licenses would only apply to that workspace’s users, and an additional fee would be required for each non-workspace user even if the non-workspace users had an AppSheet license through a separate channel.
Basically: if an app is owned by Workspace A, then all Workspace A users can access it an no additional charge. Any user not directly under Workspace A’s tenant would incur a charge.
This is a great security control, but I hope the automation emails to external recipients are not part of the All-or-Nothing button. We only wanted to control sharing the app to external users, but auto-email notifications is an important feature.
Use the AppSheet Core licenses security setting to disable the following features for all users in your Workspace organization that have AppSheet Core licenses:
Sharing with external app users
Connecting to external app data - Automation emails to external recipients
