Google Drive

Score8.6 out of 10

6,987 Reviews and Ratings

What is Google Drive?

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.

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Comment on Microsoft Files in Google Drive

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Device sync
Device syncing that updates files connected to the cloud, keeping all files up to date regardless of where they are edited or viewed.
Category average: 8.5
Performance
Platform runs at a good speed on all browsers; files load and sync quickly.
Category average: 8.2
Document collaboration
Users can edit files and attach comments to files.
Category average: 8

File search
A search function that allows users to easily find files, and in some cases even search within multiple files.
Category average: 7.8
File organization
The ability to choose where files will be stored, and manage individual users' storage; includes control over file organization structure.
Category average: 8.4
Video files
Supports video file types
Category average: 7.8

Verified User

Professional in Sales (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Drive a lot to share files across the entire company — with colleagues, for sharing information, presentations, and everything else.

Pros

I think the best feature is the sharing — we can easily share all files with our colleagues and different groups, which works really well.

Cons

Maybe it could work better on mobile — it’s not very user-friendly in my opinion. They could definitely improve the mobile UX.

Return on Investment

It's positive because you can save money and save time.

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Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We save all the documents needed to share with the team, record all the meetings, which goes into the Google Drive where it's shared with the teams. So every meeting we do whatever we recorded. It goes to the Google Drive, so it's our storage device, go to storage device where shareable to anyone in the company or team.

Pros

I like the way it reorders for me and I'm able to read through it soon.
Easy access between different other devices, either my phone or another laptop or whatever. So the ease of use with all the devices, that's the most, that way I can no need to worry about having a document in one machine. I keep thinking it so that it's available another one right away so that no need to worry about missing of the document.

Cons

I like the way it is simple. If they come up with a new UI, it's more complicated, but I love whatever it is right now so I don't have any complaints about that. But sometimes thinking between different, if they can give us a tool to find out, duplicate and present, I'm happy to have that kind of feature because I never use that feature there. So probably it's not so download data, I use it personally, my data

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Whatever we write, whatever presentation it is, or it is a slide deck or slide deck and the PPTs, everything will be shaped over there. So if we have to share anything, we share it through Google Drive. So it's like sharing anything across with anyone through Google Drive. So we cannot share it just like a document. We have to keep it in the Google Drive and then share it across

Pros

I think it makes our life easy in sharing things, and it's easy to save the data, like it's at one place and then anyone and everyone can use it so that way it becomes easier for us.

Cons

When I started using Google Drive, maybe five years back, the most difficult challenge or the problem faced was it's really difficult to search for the item that is there. So it was not easy for us. Now we are used to, so we understand how to do it, but searching for the items in the Google Drive was a challenge.

Return on Investment

I don't think there is any negative impact that he has had because of this product. It has been positive. Only because positive, I would say it becomes easy to share any document with the customer also for us, or the customer wants to share any data with us, it becomes easy through this.

Usability

Verified User

Analyst in Corporate (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Drive for storing all of our documents, creating spreadsheets and decks, and collaborating on all documents, sheets, etc. We sometimes share Drive folders with clients to collaborate externally as well. I also use Drive for my personal and educational documents/materials and storage. I use Google Drive daily.

Pros

Collaboration/sharing
Folders/organization
Easy to create/generate new docs, etc.
All in one place

Cons

Better search; it's hard to find the docs I need when the search isn't very accurate or intuitive
Increased storage
Easier to copy docs and transfer them to other accounts

Return on Investment

Drive is very cost effective, and multiple price tiers make sense and are accommodating

Usability

Other Software Used

Slack, Microsoft Teams, UKG Pro

James Collett

Head of People in Human Resources at Venatus (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Drive is our cloud storage platform for all documents across the business. It is where we can collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations and share them easily with relevant people. It is also where we store historical information and it is used as an archive for documents as well.

Pros

Document Sharing
Good search function
Easy to access on numerous devices

Cons

UI could be improved
Too easy to share documents with incorrect access
File organisation is too linear

Return on Investment

It has improved our ability to work globally
Improved collaborative working
Improved consistency of work

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft 365

Other Software Used

LinkedIn Jobs, PandaDoc, Deel

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File organization

Video files

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