Google Drive vs. Zoho Analytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Drive
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Google Drive is a cloud file storage, synchronization, and collaboration platform and service, that features Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for document editing and presentation.
$6
per month
Zoho Analytics
Score 8.4 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Zoho Analytics is a self-service BI and analytics platform that uncovers patterns, spots emerging trends, tracks business metrics, and detects anomalies. Designed for ease of use, it enables business users to create reports and dashboards independently, without relying on IT.
$60
per month 5 users
Pricing
Google DriveZoho Analytics
Editions & Modules
Basic
$6.00
per month
Business
$12.00
per month
Enterprise
Contact Vendor for Quote
per month
Standard
$60
per month Starts at 5 Users
Premium
$145
per month Starts at 15 Users
Enterprise
$575
per month Starts at 50 Users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google DriveZoho Analytics
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for students, educators, and non profit organizations.There is a 20% discount for all plans if subscribed yearly. Customers can buy add-on rows and users, in addition to the plans listed above.
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Community Pulse
Google DriveZoho Analytics
Considered Both Products
Google Drive
Chose Google Drive
Not applicable, Google Drive was our direct choice based on previous experiences.
Zoho Analytics
Chose Zoho Analytics
Zoho Reports makes it easy to adjust access for each employee and is great because it is easily accessed on any computer. The mobile apps are also great and more user friendly than I have found things like Dropbox to be. There are things that we still must use quickbooks for as …
Chose Zoho Analytics
Quality of Support is superior to any other solution. Adding an unbeatable price, it's been a no-brainer for us to select Zoho
Features
Google DriveZoho Analytics
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
8.0
219 Ratings
4% below category average
Zoho Analytics
-
Ratings
Versioning8.3193 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.2188 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files7.8182 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.8216 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control7.6214 Ratings00 Ratings
File search7.5218 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.9204 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
8.3
213 Ratings
4% below category average
Zoho Analytics
-
Ratings
User and role management8.6200 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization7.5211 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management8.799 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
8.7
212 Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho Analytics
-
Ratings
Performance8.9210 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability8.8212 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports8.587 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.7
135 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.9106 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.6135 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.2
137 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.1131 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.7136 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.7137 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.5
129 Ratings
3% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.4108 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.6127 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.5112 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.1
84 Ratings
1% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.380 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.672 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.466 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.5
129 Ratings
0% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.7127 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.972 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.6122 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.930 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.674 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
6.7
97 Ratings
14% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.571 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings4.973 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings6.486 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Google Drive
-
Ratings
Zoho Analytics
8.3
65 Ratings
7% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.161 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.653 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google DriveZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(222 ratings)
7.6
(139 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(6 ratings)
8.9
(9 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(52 ratings)
8.0
(83 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(7 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
1.1
(49 ratings)
5.3
(18 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
5.5
(3 ratings)
Configurability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.4
(71 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google DriveZoho Analytics
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
It is possible to share files and folders with up to 200 email addresses, as well as with persons outside the company.Use the drop-down arrow to select who may see, comment on, or change the file or folder before sending out an invitation.I am very much impressed with this feature
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Zoho
Zoho Analytics is the best way to consume data created by Zoho products . It's robust and quick build formula libraries and auto generated reports. A data source can be integrated and be ready for consumption within minutes. This gives a well developed baseline for organizing to develop advance analytics. It's mobile dashboards are very intuitive and useful for leaders who are on the move.
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Pros
Google
  • Any user with access can store a file using different platforms like Android, IOS, Windows, or Ubuntu (Desktop version)
  • You can share files with any number of different users with different access rights or you can even keep it public by providing the access link and assign different rights for public access
  • You can open Excel/Word files using google software Sheets/Docs in the browser environment without having to install software like Microsoft Office etc on your Windows OS
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Zoho
  • Zoho Analytics’ predictive analytics capabilities can help forecast future trends, allowing for proactive planning and risk management.
  • Performance Monitoring: We can track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments, such as sales, marketing, finance, and HR. This aids in identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
  • Decision making regarding resource allocation.
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Cons
Google
  • Having a little bit more control and clarity over what is shared and how it is shared would be a useful improvement.
  • Could be more robust and flexible as far as assigning restrictions.
  • Google Sheets could be enhanced because Excel really is not there yet as a product with equal capabilities as there are still quite a few limitations to the functionality.
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Zoho
  • I'm guessing it's out there somewhere but I really could have used a 'quick start guide' or guided start.
  • Once I figured it out, it makes sense how to make sure the right data is provided in order to make dashboards quite flexible--- but without examples, I found it quite a challenge
  • The initial organization of Analytics is NOT intuitive. Once in context, the organizational features make sense, but (at least initially) it would have been most useful if the organization of Analytics reports in Zoho Analytics had saved me a lot of time.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
It's perfect for me. It keeps things saved and is easy to remove items if needed. Also, I very much enjoy the formatting options. Along with the integrations it has for SSO. Overall, this is the most user friendly system I have ever come across.
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Zoho
I'd give this an 11 if I could! As our business moves forward we hope to use Zoho Analytics more then we do now. Creating better reports and dashboards for our management team to evaluate the health of our business and to provide more insightful reports for our customers. The possibilities are endless with this tool
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Usability
Google
It's easy enough to use for computer users of all ages and skill levels. I am an advanced user, and I think the hardest part might be showing someone how to download and set up the app on their device if they weren't too familiar with computers, but overall it is very easy to understand.
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Zoho
For an end user, Zoho Analytics is pretty easy to use and very easy to access the dashboard. Linking data from multiple sources is very convenient. Multiple people can work on preparing and publishing the dashboards simultaneously, which helps delegate tasks.
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Reliability and Availability
Google
Always available
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Zoho
ZOHO is a very reliable company/product. We never had any issues with downtime or inaccessibility to our data. Any type of maintenance that they had to perform was clearly communicated and never an issue. We use a lot of external hooks and we've never had any issues with getting ZOHO to communicate with any of those hooks.
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Performance
Google
The documents load fairly quickly and also update in real time, especially given the fact that multiple people can be using it at once. The "Offline" feature works great to allow the user to make edits and access the document without access to the internet, and then sync changes later once they're back.
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Zoho
ZOHO has obviously invested a lot of time effort and money in to creating a reliable infrastructure with high availability. We've never had any issues with performance and all of our data crunching small to large has always been well within reason. We have come to appreciate the performance of ZOHO and will continue to use it for all of our data needs.
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Support Rating
Google
It takes a few days for customer support to get back to you. Although, I have not had to use support too often. Once you get an email back, they are very thorough and work hard to fix the problem quickly. It is a really great resource and a great way to get the help you need if you're stuck. A phone call also works quickly but you have to call during specific times.
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Zoho
The support team is honestly not that great. At times, it seems as if members of our own team know more about the product than the support team. They must not have a lot of training or the turnaround is quick
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In-Person Training
Google
The effective google workspace using training that my organization received and was conducted by me (as a team lead of the ICT team) was mind-blowing and as a result, our staff is performing well in terms of using the application for their daily jobs than before. Now, in my institution, all teachers and all the administrative personnel are very much interested in cloud storage facilities, in previous my institution was afraid of losing all important documents in the cloud storage. But, after having received the training they are now realized that if anyone has only one google account then he or she can use 15GB of cloud storage freely and they are now happy because now it is not necessary for anyone to carry the traditional pen drive.
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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Google
It's an extremely easy software to implement, once you sign up for a google account you automatically have access to google drive with a set amount of storage space. The business or Google Suite accounts have more storage space than a regular free account, but setting up and accessing google drive is very easy in both cases
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Zoho
If your external data sources are previously organized and correlated (e.g.: in your datawarehouse or database) your implementation will be easier. Of cource some not previously predicted correlation would be necessary to be done during the implementation, but if your organization let it to be all done into Zoho Analytics, it will take more time from your team.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
In short, Google Drive is better for independent users who store a normal amount of stuff. OneDrive makes more sense for businesses and teams that are doing heavy-duty storage or large-scale syncing. Realistically, though, most users will fall somewhere in between the two, where either platform would meet their needs.
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Zoho
Zoho Analytics has the best UI and user friendly to create reports and dashboard along with features like Zia Assistance that guide in creating reports and dashboard and also help in the forecasting of the data based on the past records.
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Scalability
Google
I have always been able to access
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Zoho
As far as I know, Zoho Analytics has been able to fulfill every need we've had for it. Our reports have gotten better and more detailed with pretty much every new issue of our magazine. It just keeps getting better, and we keep feeding it more data to digest and present to us.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • It has given our operation remote capabilities
  • Easier to access and understand client's need through collaborative enviroment
  • availability to digital resources fast and easy
  • saved our operation hundreds of dollars in physical storage (both investment and maintenance)
  • our operation became easier for new staff to get onboard: small learning curve to use it
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Zoho
  • Analytics has been the foundation of my role. I manage 2000 accounts myself, so I need analytics to help me know whom to serve first.
  • Analytics provides a lot of visualization options that I need to serve my customers.
  • Analytics has excellent options for accountability with our training team to know where each account is in their customer journey.
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ScreenShots

Google Drive Screenshots

Screenshot of Google Drive PriorityScreenshot of Comment on Microsoft Files in Google DriveScreenshot of Shared drives

Zoho Analytics Screenshots

Screenshot of some of the available 500+ native integrations that unify data across a business for a holistic analysisScreenshot of the visual data pipeline builder used to create data flows with data stagesScreenshot of where to turn questions into insights with Ask Zia.Screenshot of an example of the actionable insights, powered by Zia insights's key driver analysis.Screenshot of Get instant, at-a-glance insights with dynamic dashboards.Screenshot of the interface to build and deploy ML models with the no-code AutoML platform