The Essential Gloria Estefan is the seventh compilation album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the twenty-eighth album overall, released in 2006.

It is part of Sony BMG's The Essential series.

On August 31, 2010, the album was reissued with a bonus disc and retitled "Essential 3.0".

The third (bonus) disc contains eight songs including a rare edited version of "Betcha Say That".

In Switzerland, the compilation entered at number ninety-nine, charting for a week.