Name: Google Backup and Sync (discontinued)
Rating: 7.8 (60 reviews)
Author: Discontinued Products

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Changelog

Mind Mapping

Development

Audit

Business Intelligence (BI)

Calibration Management

Collaboration

Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS)

Embedded Business Intelligence (BI)

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

Enterprise

Accounting

Payment Gateway

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Employee Onboarding

HR Management

Payroll

Recruitment Automation

Succession Planning

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Cloud Storage

Data Observability

Desktop Outsourcing

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Fraud Detection

IT Service Management (ITSM)

Industrial IoT

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Managed Print

Metadata Management

Network Access Control (NAC)

Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

Network Performance Monitoring

Relational Database Management Systems

Remote Support

Security Awareness Training

Solid State Drives

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Traffic Switching

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

VoIP Monitoring

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Business Card Scanning

Content Management

Digital Analytics

Email Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Marketing Resource Management

Presentation

Real-Time Interaction Management

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Video Streaming

Web Analytics

Webinar

Marketing

Business Caller ID

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Lead Generation

Sales Email Tracking

Sales

Certificate Lifecycle Management

Security

Forestry

HIPAA Compliance

Home Health Care

Insurance Agency Management

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Google drive

Search option

Better options

Support ticket

Ios devices

User interface

File explorer

Recovery options

Web interface

Need to sign

Backed up

Edit files

Easy to setup

Makes collaboration

Document sharing

Cross platform

Automatically saves

Antivirus software

Advanced settings

Easy to share

Home

File Sync Software

We use to backup all our documents. Backup and Sync is being used across our whole company. It addresses our need for a reliable backup solution.

Provides one location for backed up files.
Seamlessly works in the background.
Allow for document sharing.

It is a bit slow.
It could have multiple backups based on date.

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), LumApps, ServiceNow Customer Service Management

Google Backup and Sync is being used by our shipping department to share the daily shipping schedule online with several other users, and it gives all those users the ability to all edit the same documents and spreadsheets at the same time, which is huge for us. We also have a big screen tv that is permanently open to the google spreadsheet of the shipping schedule for all our employees on the dock to be able to see what trucks are coming next and at which dock doors.

Provides anywhere access to your documents and spreadsheets
Allow multiple users to go in and edit files at the same time
Keep all your files secure and backed up

Google Backup and Sync could be better at resolving conflicts if some users try to upload different copies of the same file to the same location, it saves both copies and renames one of them slightly, then you have to combine them later.
Google Drive could have a better app to integrate it with the windows file explorer, right now the best way to interact with it is the web interface instead.
Switching accounts or having multiple accounts for google backup and sync could be better.

Letting multiple users edit the same file at the same time.
Keeping all files backed up and secure
Giving you access to your files from anywhere.

It has allowed us to edit files at the same time which is saving our users a ton of time, instead of waiting for their turn to get into a file.
It allows IT to not have to worry about backing up those files because they live in the cloud and are safe
It has required some training and changing of thinking for our employees which slowed things down for a little while.

OneDrive, Dropbox Business, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

We have used Google Backup and Sync for more than 5 years in all departments and all sites around the world, because we have many branches in many countries.
We used Google Backup and Sync to share office files and collaboration work together cross branches, because previously we have a lot of problem of attachment that make user confuse version and lost track.

file version is very good to recover if we did wrong thing in that file
can restore file back if we empty from trash
smart sync for offline file use in case no internet
work cross platform mobile, Android, web, tablet, PC easy to share and manage permission

permission on share drive/team drive not yet good, should have more complex permission such as MyDrive
shared drive and MyDrive make user confuse alot of moving file from MyDrive to shared drive, especially the maximum size of transfer based on free space of MyDrive.
currently all drive C in PC it will allocate the Google Drive the same drive C in local PC, I have alot of support ticket with users about this.

store office file
file versions tracking
fully collaboration work for cross team cross country

Google Backup and Sync is not expensive for businesses
Google Backup and Sync has good data leak prevention inside already

We use Google Backup and Sync for all our students and staff as they have a better understanding of simple files. To be honest, Google Backup and Sync is so simple to use for beginners and people with very basic knowledge. That's exactly what we want to make life easy and be safe. Security is so high and there is great service.

Sharing
Backup
Back up is alway helpful for us if they lost their computer or broken for any reason.

A lot of people getting confused by how the app opens. If the app is open, it will give a little icon on Mac on the toolbar so they think it's not working.
It can be a bit better UI.
Search option can be stronger.

It save a lot's of time.
Saving a lot's of hassle.
User friendly environment.

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Used across the whole organization, but not mandatory. Up to individuals to utilize backup and sync options beyond our server/shared drives. Particularly useful for users who travel, work remotely, have multiple devices, etc. Personally, I have been using the product since before I worked for this company (before working full-time, I used it as a student as well) and I have always been happy with it.

Cloud storage
Fast updating
Works across devices
Easy to collaborate

Google Backup and Sync (discontinued)

Overview

What is Google Backup and Sync (discontinued)?