Overview: Integrate 3rd-party apps with Google Workspace (2024)

You can integrate Google Workspace with a variety of 3rd-party or custom applications, to enhance existingGoogle Workspace servicesor use new featureswith Google Workspace. Here are your options forsetting up secure access from otherapps and services.

• Marketplace apps
• Apps pre-integrated for SSO(Google as IdP)
• Apps that useSSOwith a 3rd-partyIdP
• Dashboard apps that don't support SAML-based SSO
• LDAP-based apps
• Apps that access Drive files
• Mobile apps

Marketplace apps

The Google Workspace Marketplace offers more than 50003rd-party apps that enhance and extend Google Workspaceservices includingGmail, Drive, Docs, and Calendar. The apps are available in a wide range of categories: business tools, document management, workflow, education, sales, and customer relationship management.

For details:

• Use the Google WorkspaceMarketplace
• Visit the Marketplace

Apps pre-integrated for SSO(Google as IdP)

Google offers pre-integrated Single sign-on (SSO) for over 200 popular cloud apps. Weusethe SAML Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 standard, whichprovides authentication and authorization between service providers and an identity provider (IdP). The pre-integrated apps use Google as the IdPand support automated user provisioning.

You can also use Google as your IdP to set up SSOfor an app that's not in our catalog of pre-integrated apps.

For details:Set up SSO with Google as your identity provider

Apps that useSSOwith a 3rd-partyIdP

You can set up SAML-based SSOif you use a 3rd-party IdP to authenticate your users--such as MicrosoftEntra ID or Okta. In this case, users sign in to their 3rd-party IdP using a federated identity. Theythen access Google servicesdirectly without a second sign-in.

For details: Set up SSO using a third-party identity provider

Dashboard apps that don't support SAML-based SSO

If your appdoesn't support SAML-based SSO and is on the user Dashboard, you can set up secure access to itusing the Password vaulted service. In this case, users can sign in to the appfrom their Dashboard. You can add pre-integrated orcustom password vaulted apps.

For details:Manage access to password vaulted apps

LDAP-based apps

To integrate an LDAP app or client, such as OpenVPN, Atlassian Jira, or FreeRadius, use the Secure LDAP service.In this case, you use a cloud-based LDAP server for authentication, authorization, and directory lookups.

For details: Secure LDAP: Connect LDAP-based apps and services

Apps that access Drive files

You can let users open Drive files with 3rd-party apps such as those in theGoogle WorkspaceMarketplace, or with Google Apps Scripts that use the Google Drive API. People might use these appsto edit images and videos, fax and sign documents, manage projects, create flow charts, and more.

You can also control whether people in your organization can use the Drive API to programmaticallyaccess Drive content from your domain.

For details: Allow third-party apps for Drive files

Mobile apps

Control which Android or iOS apps your users can find and install on their mobile devices. These can includepublic, 3rd-party appsand private Android apps.

For details:

• Manage mobile apps for your organization
• Publish private Android web apps
• Manage private Android apps in Google Play

Related topics

• Control which 3rd-party and internal apps access Google Workspacedata
• Authorize unverified third-party apps

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