Google Cloud Storage Review
Google Cloud Storage is easy and flexible to use, multi-purpose and secure. Can also send files to others fast and securely. This software …
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What is Google Cloud Storage?
Google Cloud Storage is unified object storage for developers and enterprises.
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What is Google Cloud Storage?
Google Cloud Storage is unified object storage for developers and enterprises.
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What is Azure Blob Storage?
Microsoft's Blob Storage system on Azure is designed to make unstructured data available to customers anywhere through REST-based object storage.
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Google Cloud Storage is unified object storage for developers and enterprises.
Reviewers rate Performance highest, with a score of 9.
The most common users of Google Cloud Storage are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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March 11, 2020
Google Cloud Storage is Great!
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.
- Unlimited storage.
- High performance.
- Allows for multiple cloud programs to save on one drive.
- Hard to find files sometimes.
- Not entirely intuitive.
- UI/UX could use some improvements to make it easier to use.
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.
- High performance, durability and disponibility.
- One and robust API.
- Bucket management is very complicated. When you have a ton of files, the UI/UX makes you suffer a lot.
- Some settings, like make 'public files' is not intuitive to setup on the interface.
January 24, 2020
Google Cloud Storage, Cheap, Secure and Reliable
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.
- It provides object storage at a very affordable price.
- Reliable/enforces security best practices.
- The JavaScript SDK is difficult to work with.
- The UI/UX could use some improvements/doesn't seem great for managing a massive number of objects.
February 23, 2019
Google Cloud Storage Review
We use Google Cloud Storage for managing static assets across numerous projects and initiatives within the organization. We tend to use Google Cloud Storage as our base storage layer when working with other products in the Google Cloud family, like App Engine. Our use of Google's Cloud Storage product mimics how we use other cloud storage products, like Amazon S3.
- Very large infrastructure network run by a leader in cloud computing.
- UX is solid and has a lot of overlap with other Google products.
- Support, if necessary, is helpful.
- Storage rates are very expensive compared to other vendors.
- Download bandwidth costs are among the most expensive.
- Support is expensive, depending on the kind of plan you have.
We use Google Cloud Storage (GCS) for a variety of needs. My company manages terabytes of healthcare claims data, which we analyze and present to our customers in an easy-to-use application, mobile app, and reports. We use GCS to stage raw claims data for injection, to stage post-processed data for indexing, and for intermediary storage for a variety of analytics tools.
- Really great, easy to use interface helps us manage files easily. Storage is fast and inexpensive, so we don't have to spin up storage instances locally
- Great set of command-line tools to manage data and storage options via scripts and apps, as well as an SDK means we can build GCS into our orchestration and operations tools
- Robust integration with other Google cloud tools means that we don't have to think too hard about using GCS for a variety of storage tasks as we interact with other Google services.
- Some CLI options are a little more difficult to use, like parallel uploads
- The new user interface hides an option (create public link) that we've used a bunch —still there but much less intuitive
- Not straightforward to make files public or to change file policies
May 01, 2017
Quick and inexpensive but for simple projects
Google Cloud Storage (GCS) is very easy to use, it's very intuitive. Works pretty well to keep an important amount of files, if you won't need [them] too often. If you need them frequently, probably you will need extra tools to manage (like FTP tools) them. In this point, GCS is not that good because the connection is not that easy to establish. I did it but It's cost me days of works to find out how to connect GCS and the FTP app. Additionally, when you use GCS with instances, well, it's a little complicated.
- It's quick, especially, to upload files.
- The UI is pretty clean and very intuitive.
- It's simple, nothing extraordinary.
- The connection with local servers or your own computer.
- You never know if you choose the right region or area.
March 24, 2017
A highlevel insight on the Google Cloud Storage.
I have used google cloud storage to (along with a few other teammates) to store research data. A cloud platform is more of an obvious choice when the data is huge and needs to be accessed by multiple people and hence we decided to use the google cloud storage. Like any cloud storage service, the reason for usage is to store data in a secure, convenient location which can be accessed by all the required personal. To make it more convenient for users, Google allows you to use an existing Google account.
- Simple! unlike Amazon Web Services which tends to confuse users a lot, the google cloud can be used without spending a lot of time on learning how to use it. The user experience and user interface are some of the most important aspects to attract customers and by making its services easy to use Google seems to be doing pretty well in that area.
- Trial period. Just want to try out before you make a final decision? Go for it. Google Cloud provides a free trial period without any strings attached.
- Various options for different types of storage requirements. Pay as you grow your storage space. You can also pay less for storage that is accessed very rarely and so on.
- Google Cloud Storage provides a sweet edge for developers, providing them with a cloud SDK, tools for Eclipse and other most used SDKs.
- As we are strongly porting from conventional computer systems to tablet devices and smart phones, I think Google has to try and find ways for providing good access to users of these more modern devices.
- Even though Google Cloud Storage is easy to use on many levels as we go deeper and deeper into development over the cloud, documentation is an essential factor. Google Cloud has a good amount of documentation but I would love to see a more detailed and expanded library for the documentation which can be used by pro developers.
- Reduction in support pricing would be a sweet deal for many. It is agreeable that Google provides top-notch services and hence the high pricing, especially for the 15 minute response time but not every business can afford that.