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Google Cloud Storage is unified object storage for developers and enterprises.

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Great for static files

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 29, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Google Cloud Storage for a few things. Primarily we use it to host static files for our web app, with a staging bucket for the staging environment and a production buck...
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Engineer
Google Cloud Storage3 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 26, 2021
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Google Cloud Storage is easy and flexible to use, multi-purpose and secure. Can also send files to others fast and securely. This software has a reasonable price point compare...
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Contributor
Google Cloud Storage2 years of experience

Superb software in the digital era

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 18, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
In the recent era, we have to generate huge amounts of data for organizations. So we have to store it in a secure way. Here cloud storage is the perfect platform to perform it...
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Dhiman Roy
Employee - Customer Service
Officer
Sonali Bank Limited
Google Cloud Storage5 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 22, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Google Cloud Storage is being used across multiple departments of our organization for storing, managing, and sharing documents, reports, and files. It helps reduce the number...
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Verified user
Analyst
Google Cloud Storage5 years of experience

Best Cloud Storage for Video Files

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 9, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use [Google Cloud Storage] to store large video recordings of gameplay from user research participants, and it works great! Can play the files straight from the cloud witho...
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Verified user
Manager
Google Cloud Storage5 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage - great for R&D file sharing.

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 2, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have utilized Google Cloud Storage as a method for file transfers and file sharing amongst our R&D group. It's useful for sharing across organizations, for internal and...
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Verified user
Manager
Google Cloud Storage5 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage - Good for projects from simple to demanding!

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 23, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Google Cloud Storage to backup individual files, backup entire systems, share files, and to host static content. Since a storage bucket can be configured to a URL, this...
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Verified user
Manager
Google Cloud Storage2 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage is Great!

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 11, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Google Cloud Storage is a great cloud infrastructure as a solution product, and deserves to be held up to the tops of the industry. The cost is rather reasonable for the amoun...
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Matthew Bernstein
Account Manager - Marketing
Account Executive
Intersection Co.
Google Cloud Storage2 years of experience

Good Storage Solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 4, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Google Cloud Storage is used across our organization in support of our product line as well as our customer success team. It allows us to store data files, images, and other r...
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Verified user
C-Level Executive
Google Cloud Storage5 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage is a Highly Available and Integrated Object Storage

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 2, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Our software platform is a distributed system; we run many batch jobs of varying workload types and sizes. We use GCS to store data from these VMs. GCS is able to solve the is...
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Cameron Gable
Engineer - Research & Development
Software Engineer
Serimmune Inc.
Google Cloud Storage4 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage compared to AWS

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 29, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Google Cloud Storage is currently used by IT, QA, and Accounting. For IT, it is used to manage and verify backups for the business. The Quality Assurance team uses Google Clou...
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Verified user
Director
Google Cloud Storage2 years of experience

Cloud for Emails

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 26, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Individuals use the Cloud Storage for emails that we need to hold onto due to the length of our projects. I have to hold onto every email that comes in to Prime Solution and t...
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Randi Yeaman
Employee - Sales
Inside Sales
Prime Solution Inc.
Google Cloud Storage4 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage : Enterprise level solution with a good price

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 30, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use the Google Cloud Storage in the most diverse technology projects, software development and also in data analysis projects. It is one of the many solutions that Google C...
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Verified user
Engineer
Google Cloud Storage2 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage, Cheap, Secure and Reliable

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 24, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We primarily use Google Cloud Storage when we need to store data with a low access frequency cheaply. In the past, we've used it to assist with data migrations and for secure ...
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Eric Mason
Engineer - Engineering
Lead Developer
SaaSquatch
Google Cloud Storage1 year of experience

Google Cloud Storage - Best for Business

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 6, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
At the moment, my company is using Google Cloud Storage for collaboration purposes with other companies. The convenience of cloud storage is useful for situations when there i...
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Christian Oquendo
Executive - Other
Personal Trainer
Adrenalous Fitness
Google Cloud Storage1 year of experience
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Google Cloud Storage is unified object storage for developers and enterprises.

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The most common users of Google Cloud Storage are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Node SDK Appreciation: Users have expressed their satisfaction with the outstanding Node SDK, which has significantly improved their user experience by providing seamless integration and efficient performance. They specifically mention how the SDK's robust features have simplified complex tasks and enhanced workflow efficiency.

User-Friendly Web Management: The web interface for management stands out as highly intuitive and easy to navigate according to users, simplifying access control tasks and streamlining operations. Reviewers appreciate the clean layout and straightforward design that make managing access rights a hassle-free process.

Reliable Secure Storage Feature: Users value the reliability of the secure storage feature, citing its robust automatic backup system that ensures data safety at all times. They highlight how this feature gives them peace of mind knowing that their critical information is protected against any potential loss or security breaches.

Challenges with Integration: Some users have found it challenging to integrate app authorization logic with Google Cloud Platform's authorization for files, especially when dealing with fully public files. This integration hurdle has led to frustration and inefficiencies in managing access permissions effectively.

Cumbersome File Import Process: Several users mentioned that importing files one by one was not ideal and could be a cumbersome process, impacting their workflow efficiency. This repetitive task of manual file imports has been cited as a time-consuming drawback hindering overall productivity.

High Pricing Concerns: A number of users have expressed dissatisfaction with the high pricing of the service, highlighting it as a significant drawback compared to other storage solutions. The cost factor has raised concerns about the value proposition offered by the platform in relation to its competitors.

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Great for static files

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 29, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Google Cloud Storage for a few things. Primarily we use it to host static files for our web app, with a staging bucket for the staging environment and a production bucket for production. Additionally, we store user-uploaded assets like logo files in our buckets. We also store our Terraform state of our architecture in Google Cloud Storage.
Pros and Cons
  • Excellent Node SDK
  • Great web interface for management
  • Easy to use access management
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is great for any time you might need to put files somewhere for an application. It's straightforward to download files in the browser, use files in React components, and set up buckets for different environments. I would potentially look for an easier option if your primary use case is for managing users managing their own assets, though I'm sure with some time and effort Google Cloud Storage could get the job done too.

Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 26, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google Cloud Storage is easy and flexible to use, multi-purpose and secure. Can also send files to others fast and securely. This software has a reasonable price point compared to other companies. It allows you to store your data and retrieve it anytime as desired from any location at any time. Prefer google cloud over google drive, it has better features.
Pros and Cons
  • Send Files
  • Retrieve Data
  • Secure
Likelihood to Recommend
Google cloud storage is well suited for students and well large businesses. It is a really well-developed software that has the potential to get even better. It has the capabilities to store large amounts of data, and it's easy to retrieve files and also you can send files to others.

Superb software in the digital era

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 18, 2021
DR
Dhiman Roy
Officer
Sonali Bank Limited (Banking, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In the recent era, we have to generate huge amounts of data for organizations. So we have to store it in a secure way. Here cloud storage is the perfect platform to perform it. We can easily access the data which are secured in this software. In my organization, we can easily store our data in this software and perfectly use the data in the future.
Pros and Cons
  • Secured storage
  • Easy access
  • Automatic back up system
Likelihood to Recommend
In this software, we can easily store the data. We can easily access the software. Security of the data is the main point that is perfectly maintained in this software. Collaboration of a huge amount of data can be easily done by this software. Superb software where one can easily and perfectly store their data with safety.

Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 22, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google Cloud Storage is being used across multiple departments of our organization for storing, managing, and sharing documents, reports, and files. It helps reduce the number of emails, especially attachments to be sent over email, also helps keep everything organized. We give access to team members appropriately and manage the visibility of certain files between departments and teams.
Pros and Cons
  • Sharing is easy across team members
  • Organizing everything into sections and folders
  • Flexibility of archives when needed
Likelihood to Recommend
Big data projects, with multiple touch-points and files to store, that need to be shared across departments, is the best use for Google Cloud Storage. Buckets help store your data safely, and the security level is unmatched since Google manages it. It's very flexible and responds to multiple programming languages, reducing the learning curve for teams in case of transitions.

Best Cloud Storage for Video Files

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
July 09, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use [Google Cloud Storage] to store large video recordings of gameplay from user research participants, and it works great! Can play the files straight from the cloud without having to download them. Of course, it also works great for smaller files like documents and presentations.
Pros and Cons
  • Storing large files
  • Allowing online play of video files without having to download them first
  • Quick and easy sharing of documents and presentations
Likelihood to Recommend
[Google Cloud Storage is] great for storing and playing large video files, and even sharing them securely with others, whether or not they are part of your organization. No need to download video files before watching, and can also be used to store any other kinds of files.

Google Cloud Storage - great for R&D file sharing.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 02, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have utilized Google Cloud Storage as a method for file transfers and file sharing amongst our R&D group. It's useful for sharing across organizations, for internal and external storage.
Pros and Cons
  • Various capacities of storage available.
  • Easily accessible from various devices.
  • Uploading and downloading with ease.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is great for file sharing amongst colleagues. Also for transferring large files between vendors and providers.

Google Cloud Storage - Good for projects from simple to demanding!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 23, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Google Cloud Storage to backup individual files, backup entire systems, share files, and to host static content. Since a storage bucket can be configured to a URL, this tool allows us to easily and temporarily host files needed between systems. Some of our storage buckets are used to host software updates, others are used only as background system backups, among many other uses.
Pros and Cons
  • Permissions - easy to configure.
  • Security - variety of permissions allows fine grained control.
  • Reliability - storage service is essentially always available.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is a great solution for many needs:
  • It can be used for sharing one-off files (assuming the bucket is configured with a URL, which requires a domain and ability to configure DNS settings). While this is a very simple use case, it still comes in useful in many real world cases.
  • Using Google Cloud Console or the Google Cloud SDK, it's easy to copy or move files between buckets and other cloud resources. These tools can be scripted for needs like system or project backups.

Google Cloud Storage is Great!

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
March 11, 2020
MB
Matthew Bernstein
Account Executive
Intersection Co. (Marketing and Advertising, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google Cloud Storage is a great cloud infrastructure as a solution product, and deserves to be held up to the tops of the industry. The cost is rather reasonable for the amount of licenses it allows, and is used across all functions of my organization. Highly recommend this product.
Pros and Cons
  • Unlimited storage.
  • High performance.
  • Allows for multiple cloud programs to save on one drive.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is best suited for instances where cold cloud storage is needed. By giving access to the product/development team, our company was able to provide a safe and usable cloud storage host. It is infrequently used by other teams, including the sales and marketing teams, which utilize Google Drive for their cloud storage needs.

Good Storage Solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 04, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google Cloud Storage is used across our organization in support of our product line as well as our customer success team. It allows us to store data files, images, and other resources required by our product lines inexpensively and securely. We can control access to all resources without being cumbersome and data retrieval is quick and easy.
Pros and Cons
  • Data storage.
  • Security.
  • Easy access.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage allows us to store data files, images, and other resources required by our product lines inexpensively and securely. We can control access to all resources without being cumbersome and data retrieval is quick and easy. It is well suited for resources that need to be accessed frequently. If access is less frequent, then other data storage offerings may be more appropriate to control costs.

Google Cloud Storage is a Highly Available and Integrated Object Storage

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 02, 2020
CG
Cameron Gable
Software Engineer
Serimmune Inc. (Biotechnology, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
4 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our software platform is a distributed system; we run many batch jobs of varying workload types and sizes. We use GCS to store data from these VMs. GCS is able to solve the issue of needing a highly available storage option that one can store data on easily using various APIs. Our company also uses it as backup storage for our Google-managed file server.
Pros and Cons
  • Highly available storage option.
  • Virtually unlimited storage option.
  • Easily accessible using APIs.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is perfect for storing data in object storage, big or small. It is easily accessible and highly available. A great aspect of Google Cloud Storage is the cost -- Google Cloud Storage offers multiple storage options at multiple price points. It is great for storing data that is accessed regularly or vary rarely and prices are adjusted accordingly.

Google Cloud Storage compared to AWS

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 29, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Google Cloud Storage is currently used by IT, QA, and Accounting. For IT, it is used to manage and verify backups for the business. The Quality Assurance team uses Google Cloud Storage to store and automate code regression and edge case testing. The Accounting department uses the service to store and maintain historical employee records.
Pros and Cons
  • Security
  • Price
  • Availability
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is good for customers who need long-term storage for data that users access less than once a month. It's best used for archiving data, as well as backup and disaster recovery (DR), and it integrates with third-party backup products from vendors such as Unitrends and Symantec. One potential con is that it's not compatible with our current timekeeping & time management software. However, this is not really a fault of Google Cloud Storage, but our own because we have not yet updated to a newer time management software.

Cloud for Emails

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 26, 2020
RY
Randi Yeaman
Inside Sales
Prime Solution Inc. (Machinery, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
4 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Individuals use the Cloud Storage for emails that we need to hold onto due to the length of our projects. I have to hold onto every email that comes in to Prime Solution and the only way I was able to accomplish this task was to use the Google Cloud Storage for these emails. This has helped us increase our email and storage capacity in order to best help our customers and their projects we are working with them on.
Pros and Cons
  • Emails.
  • Music/presentations.
Likelihood to Recommend
Good for email storage, presentations, forms needed in other offices.

Google Cloud Storage : Enterprise level solution with a good price

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
January 30, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use the Google Cloud Storage in the most diverse technology projects, software development and also in data analysis projects. It is one of the many solutions that Google Cloud Platform offers and is used by the technology and data science department. The GCS helps us deliver high quality solutions when there is a requirement for data storage in the cloud.
Pros and Cons
  • High performance, durability and disponibility.
  • One and robust API.
Likelihood to Recommend
The Google Cloud Storage works well with other products of Google. It's well suited for use in software solutions that needs a cloud storage solution. However, for some problems that need different types of data, like not structured data, I recommend a Datastore/Firestore solution. If you are dealing with messages data, Google Cloud Storage maybe not be the best solution.

Google Cloud Storage, Cheap, Secure and Reliable

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 24, 2020
EM
Eric Mason
Lead Developer
SaaSquatch (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We primarily use Google Cloud Storage when we need to store data with a low access frequency cheaply. In the past, we've used it to assist with data migrations and for secure data exchanges. It's mostly used by the product/development team and infrequently used by other teams. The primary business problems it addresses relate to keeping "colder" data storage cheap and secure.
Pros and Cons
  • It provides object storage at a very affordable price.
  • Reliable/enforces security best practices.
Likelihood to Recommend
Scenarios where Google Cloud Storage is well suited:
- It seems best suited for colder storage use cases and pretty much anywhere you would use S3. It provides many of the same features as S3 but is generally a bit cheaper.
- Cases where you'd like to share data with granular permissions to other Google users securely

Scenarios where Google Cloud Storage is less appropriate:
- Any scenarios that require hot storage (fast frequent read/writes)

Google Cloud Storage - Best for Business

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
January 06, 2020
CO
Christian Oquendo
Personal Trainer
Adrenalous Fitness (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
1 year of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
At the moment, my company is using Google Cloud Storage for collaboration purposes with other companies. The convenience of cloud storage is useful for situations when there is no physical storage space available, as my company uses a lot of video content. This software also addresses many organizational issues with documents we share.
Pros and Cons
  • Ease of use
  • Simple User Interface
Likelihood to Recommend
Depending on the nature of the business, Google Cloud Storage is best suited for businesses who collaborate with each other, businesses which require extra cloud storage space, and businesses who would need to store an unlimited amount of files with ease of access. Google Cloud Storage is not best suited for smaller businesses who are on a budget.

Overall great product

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
December 04, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It’s is currently being used across our entire organization. We are using the Cloud Storage for product images. We are especially using it for also storing profile images.
Pros and Cons
  • Large images.
  • Thumbnails.
  • Website backgrounds.
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe it is well suited for medium-large usage applications. It is very easy to use and there are multiple examples online on how to connect it with your current application.

Store and host anything, worry-free, on Google Cloud Storage

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 19, 2019
LQ
Leonel Quinteros
Director of Technology
Global Brigades, Inc. (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The first adoption was to store media files (videos) that needed to be accessible publicly. Then we extended the use to store all files generated by our systems. It releases us from having to allocate disk space on our infrastructure to store growing assets. By just uploading to cloud ctorage we can focus on business cases and don't have to monitor space available over time.
Pros and Cons
  • Storing big files. It's just easy to upload a big file to Cloud Storage and keep it accessible from there.
  • Hosting static content to make it available to the public. When used creatively, you can even host a web application frontend there.
  • Storing backups. Works great as an extra backup location and being close to the rest of our infrastructure makes it our primary source for backup recovery.
  • Storing user-generated content. When developing stateless applications, you don't want to manage a storage infrastructure to store files that grow over time.
Likelihood to Recommend
File storage is its main strength. You can store an almost infinite amount of files without worrying about deploying storage solutions on your infrastructure. Having the files available over HTTP is also helpful for web applications that need to host any kind of static files. It's even possible to host a web application frontend thereby playing with DNS and SSL settings.

Peace of Mind!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
September 02, 2019
JM
JaCoby Marston, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Shopper Approved (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been using Google Cloud Storage for multiple years now. We as a company will do anything we can to verify that our data is safely stored. We love using cloud storage because it gives my business peace of mind that if a computer was to crash, all is not lost. We have a back up located on Google Cloud Storage. We use Google Cloud Storage to back up our serve data. I personally love using Google Cloud Storage because I use multiple Google products and I love having all of the my stuff in one central location with one company.
Pros and Cons
  • Very Affordable.
  • Works well with all other Google Products.
  • Provides me with a peace of mind that my data is safely stored so no worries about losing any data.
  • Ability to share data with co workers.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are already using Google for other things like Gmail or Google Drive, then I highly recommend that you invest in Google Cloud Storage. It is the best to have all of your tools under one account. Plus Google makes very good products so you know you are getting the best by choosing to get the Google Cloud Storage. Also, if you want a peace of mind that your data is safely stored and you do not have to worry about the risk of losing your data, then Google Cloud Storage is a great option for you.

Google Cloud Storage is the way to go!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
August 29, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Google Cloud Storage basically in our whole organization. The most common problem it addresses for us is that a group of us can work on a document/project remotely, so that we don't end up with this huge email string of forwarding and replying to documents. A group of us can make the changes no matter where we are.
Pros and Cons
  • We're able to collaborate on documents/graphs/spreadsheets etc in one location.
  • Because we can make changes instantly and share them instantly, we as a company have become much more efficient and streamlined.
  • It's very easy to search for and find what you are looking for. There have been many times in the past that a glitch or misfiling or something has happened and we have not been able to find the saved document. It ended up in file land somewhere on the computer, but with Google Cloud Storage I have been able to find my projects every time.
Likelihood to Recommend
I haven't really come across anything that did not work appropriately so far but one scenario comes to mind. We had a nice sized proposal we were working on with a next day deadline. There were 3 people here that were collaborating on it, but one was out of the country on vacation, one was out in the field, and the other here in the office. It could have been a disaster, but all involved were able to log in and work on the proposal together. Because of this, we met the deadline.

Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 23, 2019
SR
Sam Randika
Software Engineer Internship
Virtusa (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
1 year of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The Google Cloud software platform came up with more than one concept. not only background APIs that operate at code and scripting level of shell and IDEs but also can manage common computer tasks, service, object, the client from virtual disks and machines.its gives everyone a free account that comes with 15GB free storage. When comparing with other competitors that's a huge step. Since it connects with every Google product we can easily share data among them.
Pros and Cons
  • Free account with 15 GB free storage.
  • Simple but efficient.
  • Can access all services by web browser.
  • Real-time Synchronization.
  • Very easy to share with others.
  • When working on documents it also comes up with version control. which you can revert the document to the older version.
Likelihood to Recommend
When a group of people works together on a project Google Cloud will be a lot of useful. Multiple people can work on the same document simultaneously. If you are looking for the best solution, for a fair price, Google Cloud would be the best solution. It is accessible from anywhere.

Great Storage Alternative to AWS

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
April 19, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently use Google Cloud Storage on the I.T. operations side. Our end users all use Google Drive as their primary storage. On the operations side, we use it for the long-term storage of critical information. We also keep data in Google Cloud Storage long-term for servers (physical, virtual, cloud) that have been retired. Archiving data in Google Cloud Storage allows us to eliminate physical media.
Pros and Cons
  • Archiving data long-term.
  • Providing quick access to data.
  • Higher performance backups.
Likelihood to Recommend
We find Google Cloud Storage well suited for our active servers, and also the long-term backup of data. The days of archiving old servers to physical disks are over. We can now move old servers to the Google Cloud, and then save the storage long-term while shutting down the actual server.

Google Cloud Storage is a good and cheaper alternative to Amazon S3.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 26, 2019
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use this service for Cloud Storage (obviously). We use two cloud storage services, in case one of these fails or goes down for any reason. This service is used by the IT area mainly. We started using Google Cloud Storage as a trial and kept using it for a couple of months just for testing, but the pricing was better than the competition, that's why we finally decided to use both.
Pros and Cons
  • The pricing is much better than the competition.
  • It has Google's support.
  • They have many other services that you can put together (for an additional cost), which can make your life easier.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for:
  • A large amount of data storage.
  • If you want a secure platform.
  • If you want reliable encryption of data.
If you don't have the money to pay directly to the largest supplier of U.S. cloud storage, there are other options available.

Google Cloud Storage Exports BigQuery Data Reliably

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 26, 2019
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Cloud Storage is used to store files exported from Big Query. When larger data sets are pulled, the tables can be exported into the cloud storage. It is also used for other purposes but my main use is exportation from Big Query. This is needed whenever you have to query data sets containing more than 10,000 rows.
Pros and Cons
  • Stores files that are large and otherwise difficult to send or store.
  • Alleviates storage issues.
  • Receives larger data exports from Big Query.
  • Allows easy folder creation and organization.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is ideal when you need to export large data samples from Big Query. It is also fairly good when managing a lot of users in a corporate environment. While there are other storage options available, Cloud Storage gives you enough options and flexibility to control and manage your large file sets quickly and efficiently. It is also a viable option for federated accounts. It is not the best when you need a lot of flexibility or features. Folders can't be deleted for instance, and managing or organizing folders is not its best feature. It's more a solution for simple exports and handling of larger BQ data sets.

Love it!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 26, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
7 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Google Cloud Storage to house the various documents that our team needs to collaborate on before they are published. This could be anything from "how to" guides to Excel spreadsheets.
Pros and Cons
  • Easy collaboration so that everyone can view or have input.
  • Never had issues with reliability.
  • The interface is clean and easy to use.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage works well for those who need a collaborative suite of products for their project or business. If you're looking for a more professional product with better organization, you might consider an alternative option.

File Sharing and Storing on any device

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 25, 2019
MT
Michael Timms
Network Administrator II
iQor (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Google Cloud Storage for several different tasks. For me, it is perfect when I have files that I need to save for an indefinite period of time because I have a habit of sticking them on my Google drive and forgetting about them, then when I need them 6 months later they are there. I also use it for file sharing when I need to quickly get a big file to someone else.
Pros and Cons
  • File storage that is accessible from any device anywhere at any time.
  • File sharing, again, from any device anywhere, any time.
  • Integrates flawlessly with Google docs, giving Microsoft 0365 a true contender for a suite of productivity tools.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is very well suited for someone that uses multiple wireless devices and would need to access or share files from any of those devices. A scenario where it would not be beneficial would be would be a department or group of users that are on Macs because everyone I know that uses Google Drive on Mac complains of syncing issues.
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