Apple iCloud vs Google Cloud Storage | TrustRadius

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Score 8.1 out of 10

Based on 405 reviews and ratings

Score 8.7 out of 10

Based on 193 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Apple iCloud

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Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

File search

Device sync

Apple iCloud

Google Cloud Storage

User and role management

File organization

Device management

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Performance

Reliability

Storage Reports

Pros

Apple iCloud integrates beautifully with the entire Apple ecosystem. Whether you are using a MacBook, iPhone, and/or iPad they will all sync at a moments notice through iCloud.
As a company, Apple has a strong reputation for security. Many cloud storage providers share huge amounts of user data, however, Apple prides themselves on avoiding that.
Even though Apple iCloud is optimized for Apple devices, data stored on the cloud can be accessed through a web browser on a computer running essentially any operating system.

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Verified User

Professional in Other

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Perhaps the strongest advantage of Google Cloud Storage is that they seem to update files quicker than competing cloud storage providers. The software rarely runs into sharing violations or access issues.
Google Cloud Storage has a unified API, which is nice when authorizing others to access data.
The software rarely fails and handles large volumes of data well.

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Owner, previous CEO

Econometric StudiosFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Cons

You will constantly run into issues where iCloud is optimized or available only for Apple's own product line. That's frustrating.
Apple's Mail app and service are just beleaguered by the likes of Gmail. Perhaps even Zoho does better than them on the web.
iCloud seems optimized more for a mobile user, so desktop apps & services feel a bit force-fitted.

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Team Lead in Other

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Currently can't delete folders which means there are cluttered folders on my cloud.
Easier upload options would be nice. The ability to upload and store other file types with an easier interface.
Managing files and storage could be improved a little for easier access and editing.

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Spencer Baselice

SEO Manager

MilliporeSigmaPharmaceuticals, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Apple iCloud 9.4

Based on 3 answers

It's so seamless that I can't imagine another product doing a better job synchronizing all of my devices. I simply do not think about it at all. Everything happens behind the scenes and I'm confident that Apple keeps my data safe and secure. I'm a happy customer as far as this is concerned. I have not had a bad experience with this service.

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Director in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Apple iCloud 8.4

Based on 20 answers

Apple iCloud overall performs well for me. Obviously, it is more suited for the pure Apple/Mac environment (as I believe OneDrive is for the pure Windows environment). However, it has worked well for me as I added Windows-based systems to my business. Since I initially had only Apple/Mac devices and computers I give Apple a high-five for making the service available to Windows-based and multi-based environments so that I didn't have to migrate my files.

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Owner

HighRoad AccountingAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Google Cloud Storage 8.8

Based on 12 answers

super usable UI for interactive storage workflows (setting ACLs, adding/removing files ad-hoc). Also an excellent set of CLI tools (command-line interfaces) for interacting with GCS via shell scripts, as well as a robust SDK for interacting with GCS via our applications. We leverage all of these to make sure that all of our services that need storage can use GCS.

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Anatoly Geyfman

Founder & CEO

CarevoyanceHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

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Performance

Apple iCloud 8.3

Based on 12 answers

Occasionally, large files that haven't yet been synced require a few minutes to pull down but I've rarely noticed delays. It does a good job of keeping data cached on my local machines while updating them with changes from other machines transparently.

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Senior Digital Strategist

LullabotInternet, 51-200 employees

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Google Cloud Storage 9.0

Based on 10 answers

For performance i give Google Cloud Storage 10 of 10 on performance because even though there are other softwares that do exactly the same thing as Google Drive, it still works exceptionally well. It is very fast, and and far as integration, the only software I have used with it that integrated was Google Docs, and of course it integrates perfectly.

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Network Administrator II

iQorTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Support

Apple iCloud 6.6

Based on 3 answers

Apple gives pretty miserable support unless you pay a lot to have the support packages. Usually, it is more helpful to do a Google search of the issue, but at that point, it isn't product support, it's just me doing the job myself. Other programs seem to have much better, and free, support.

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Graduate Research Assistant

Western Kentucky UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Google Cloud Storage 9.0

Based on 3 answers

Never needed to use support for this product. Is so simple and well designed that you can start using it right from the documentation. We've never encountered a problem that wasn't solved after reading some docs. In general terms, Google Cloud support is usually good, but again, we don't use it much, documentation and community contributions are abundant and useful.

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Leonel Quinteros

Director of Technology

Global Brigades, Inc.Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

NCommand was awful. It didn't work well for us, things went missing and tended to be clunky. iCloud has been great with a cleaner interface, more options to collaborate on a document within a single URL, and just being all around simpler. iCloud also hasn't gone down and been inaccessible as often as NCommand would.

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Project Manager in Other

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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We prefer Google Cloud Storage over Amazon Web Services because of the tools and code integration offered by Google Cloud Storage. We found the Google Cloud Storage toolset to be highly usable and give us the fine-grained control we need for managing digital assets. Ultimately, we chose Google Cloud Storage because we found the API and suitability for code integration with our Java codebase to be impeccable and because we had excellent direct support from the Google Cloud Storage team

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Web & Mobile Developer

Bluefire ProductionsComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Awesome for when I get a new device and just want to set it up like I had it before
Great for keeping data synced between all devices
Forces me to stay in the Apple ecosystem and use their apps even if there are better alternatives

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Software Engineer

Earth NetworksComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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It has assisted greatly with our ability to share documents/information cross functionally. Especially within our advertising team, we store a large amount of information to assist new hires and refresh current employees.
Something that could improve is employees' understanding of how to best utilize Google Cloud Storage. This could improve by implementing a potential training video or tutorial.
Overall, Google Storage has been great. I have not used a similar storage product that had the same enterprise level capabilities.

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Internal Recruiter

Digital First MediaPublishing, 10,001+ employees

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Entry-level set up fee?

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Entry-level set up fee?

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