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Google Cloud Storage Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9.1 out of 10
Score
9.1 out of 10

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TrustRadius Insights for Google Cloud Storage are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

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.

Reviews

35 Reviews

Great for static files

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Excellent Node SDK
  • Great web interface for management
  • Easy to use access management

Cons

  • Not very straightforward to integrate app authorization logic with Google Cloud Platform's authorization for files (better at fully public files)
  • Not ideal that if a bucket is public by default everything in it must be public

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.

Vetted Review
Google Cloud Storage
3 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

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

  • Send Files
  • Retrieve Data
  • Secure

Cons

  • Importing files one by one

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.

Vetted Review
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience

Superb software in the digital era

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Secured storage
  • Easy access
  • Automatic back up system

Cons

  • Storage of the large data can be more easy
  • Filtering system can be improved
  • Pricing is high

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.

Best Cloud Storage for Video Files

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Storing large files
  • Allowing online play of video files without having to download them first
  • Quick and easy sharing of documents and presentations

Cons

  • If I recall, the price for storage was more than box or dropbox, but came free with enterprise accounts if you happen to have those

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.

Vetted Review
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience

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

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Various capacities of storage available.
  • Easily accessible from various devices.
  • Uploading and downloading with ease.

Cons

  • desktop app could be better structured
  • sharing and editing functions are sometimes difficult to use

Likelihood to Recommend

It is great for file sharing amongst colleagues. Also for transferring large files between vendors and providers.

Vetted Review
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience

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

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Permissions - easy to configure.
  • Security - variety of permissions allows fine grained control.
  • Reliability - storage service is essentially always available.

Cons

  • Learning curve - working with buckets isn't as straightforward as end user cloud storage (like Google Drive).
  • Less integration support than AWS in 3rd party tools.
  • Integration required for best results (programming into the API).

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Cloud Storage is a great solution for many needs:

<ul><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul>

Vetted Review
Google Cloud Storage
2 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage is Great!

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Unlimited storage.
  • High performance.
  • Allows for multiple cloud programs to save on one drive.

Cons

  • Hard to find files sometimes.
  • Not entirely intuitive.
  • UI/UX could use some improvements to make it easier to use.

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

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

  • Data storage.
  • Security.
  • Easy access.

Cons

  • Very happy with the service for our needs.

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.

Vetted Review
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Sharing is easy across team members
  • Organizing everything into sections and folders
  • Flexibility of archives when needed

Cons

  • In tool editions to files is not very flexible, so sometimes we have to download, make editions and upload again.
  • The archive can get messy after a long time of use and difficult to reference old objects.
  • I would like to see them start using tags so data can be found more easily

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.

Vetted Review
Google Cloud Storage
5 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage is a Highly Available and Integrated Object Storage

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

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

  • Highly available storage option.
  • Virtually unlimited storage option.
  • Easily accessible using APIs.

Cons

  • Console can always be improved to better user experience.
  • More work to be able to use it similar to a file system.

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.