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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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What is Google Drive?
Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google. Launched on April 24, 2012, Google Drive allows users to store files on their servers, synchronize files across devices, and share files. In addition to a website, Google Drive offers apps with offline capabilities for Windows and macOS computers, and Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. Google Drive encompasses Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides, which are a part of an office suite that permits collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, forms, and more. Files created and edited through the office suite are saved in Google Drive.
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File Sharing & Management Features
- Supported: Versioning
- Supported: Document files
- Supported: Image files
- Supported: Video files
- Supported: Audio files
- Supported: Document collaboration
- Supported: Shared folders
- Supported: Access control
- Supported: File search
- Supported: Device sync
- Supported: Web interface
- Supported: File change notifications
- Supported: Simultaneous editing
Cloud Storage Security & Administration Features
- Supported: Single sign-on
- Supported: Two-step verification
- Supported: User and role management
- Supported: Storage limit management
- Supported: File organization
Cloud Storage Platform Features
- Supported: Performance
- Supported: Reliability
- Supported: Multi-language
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
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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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The most common users of Google Drive are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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October 08, 2019
Google Drive is a perfect match for multi-app storage solution.
Score 9 out of 10
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Google Drive has been used by my small company for years. It helps a lot when thinking of automating some tedious jobs like logging phone numbers in a spreadsheet, keeping customer contact details up to date, etc. I use Google Drive, Google Docs, and some third-party apps in conjunction. In fact, I solve multiple business problems with it. For instance, I scan every document via its built-in document scanner on my Android device. This allows me to secure my important documents after giving them to my accountant.
- Google Drive is a safe place. You could save your phone contacts, passwords, or any other important personal data to it. You have control all over them.
- Google Drive has integration with many other apps. This makes it a viable product. No business use a single app today. All businesses need multiple app supports for their operations.
- Its user interface is really clean and understandable. Besides, you could easily switch between your other Google Drive storages. I use both the paid and free version of it. This functionality enabled me not to buy extra storage areas. The available gigabytes on both versions are enough for my business.
- I use both the free and paid version of it. It is better to have more storage area on the paid version.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Google Drive is a tool used by me personally and my organisation for storing files (documents, spreadsheets and presentations) for free. The software is totally free and web-based. We use the software to store documents for our team and projects. Through Google drive we are able to open our documents using Google's other suite of products allowing for real-time collaboration.
- Totally free. No licenses required
- Web based. No software needed to be installed
- Easy to use
- The free space is only 17GB which shared among your Google Drive, Mail, and Photos which is not a lot
- As it is browser based, UI is not that nice
- There is no way to determine somehow the breakdown of storage amongst Drive, Mail and Photos
September 18, 2019
Google Drive Positive Review
Google Drive is used as our hub of information. Documentation, such as contract templates, marketing resources, reporting, and internal-shared documents, are all held within Google Drive. It's an invaluable resource for our company, as we share and access data here on a daily basis. We essentially use Google Drive as our internal library of resources. Additionally, as a member of the customer service ream, I occasionally share google docs/sheets with clients for specific cases.
- It holds all internal documentation.
- Allows teams to access the same sheet to keep each other updated.
- Allows client services and clients to have a 'living document' available (for specific cases).
Score 10 out of 10
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We use Google Drive as a team to share files across the country between internal and external parties. Care does have to be taken not to share commercially sensitive data occasion, so the secure sharing settings are important to us.
The main functionality that is in use at the moment is the ability to collaborate on shared documents, particularly schedules that we are all working from.
The main functionality that is in use at the moment is the ability to collaborate on shared documents, particularly schedules that we are all working from.
- Sharing files and folders
- The integration between Drive and the other Google products (Sheets, Docs etc)
- The amount of free storage
- Desktop application could be better integrated into the Windows environment
- Increased functionality on the iPad app
- Choice on video data rates when uploading
Google Drive is one of the primary cloud storage tools that our organization uses. Drive is an incredible resource that enables employees to store important documents in the cloud and access them from locations across the world. The benefit of this cannot be understated - as this feature increases communication, collaboration, and productivity across the workforce. Furthermore, if paired with other Google applications, Drive contributes to a collaborative experience where multiple users can work on documents at the same time. Drive is used in most administrative areas of our organization and it has definitely helped the workforce feel more prepared to tackle modern business challenges.
- Document Storage: Drive enables users to store a high volume of varying types of documents. The storage limits are also extremely useful for large-sized files.
- Global Access: Drive enables users to access their saved documents anywhere with an internet connection. This improves overall throughput and accessibility.
- Permissions: Drive allows the owner of documents to share content with others in a variety of ways. This enables a largely collaborative platform.
- Drive is expensive for the amount of storage included within the price.
- File navigation has room for improvement - as it can sometimes be difficult to tell between documents shared with you and user-created ones.
- Working with Drive is most ideal when all parties also have access to Drive. Functionality is lost if a user is not logged in.
August 17, 2019
Go with Google Drive
Google Drive is the primary storage, sharing and collaboration tool for our entire organization. It has a high level of stability, accessibility, and ease of use. The ability to manage permissions and access makes it secure and support from Google is excellent. Being able to have tools to work and collaborate anywhere on any devices is important.
- Easy of use
- Accessibility
- Stability
- Features
- UX/UI could be improved.
- The functionality of tools could be enhanced.
- Increase individual storage capacity.
August 15, 2019
Collaborate with your team to get the job done!
We use Google Drive to store files for easy access for all the sales team and accountants. This helps us keep track of invoices we owe money on as well as invoices we have billed to clients. We also use Google Drive to keep track of PODs when a delivery has been made. Our scanner can also directly upload files to Google Drive making it easy for us all to work remotely. For example, I live in Washington State, but my boss lives in Houston and his sales team are located in Houston, El Paso, and Mexico.
- Allows team members to access, add or edit files in real-time.
- Allows me to share spreadsheets and files with non-team members.
- It is very easy to use and I love that it integrates directly to the computer so I don't have to upload and download files constantly.
- The branding isn't my favorite for Google Drive.
- It isn't as easy to use as Dropbox.
- If a file is deleted from one location, it's permanently gone from all locations.
August 13, 2019
Integrates with almost anything
Google Drive is being used as the main storage tool and data management for our entire organisation. We've been using GSuite applications as well, so it integrates very organically with Google Drive. We can share between colleagues and stakeholders, be it a Document, Spreadsheet or even video tutorials since it has a built-in video player (like Youtube) so it's very easy and practical.
- Data storage
- Data management and organization
- Sharing (colleagues and stakeholders)
- Drive filestream doesn't show what's is shared with you, so it's not that clear how to use it.
- How things are managed inside an organisation could be improved. There's no folder for the entire group (at least in our plan), but something created by someone that is shared with specific people.
- It's expensive for what it offers in terms of storage
August 13, 2019
Works like a charm
Google Drive is used across the entire organization. It is the decentralized storage system where we keep all of our documents. Being cloud-based, it is great because it allows for collaboration and it allows us to work from home without needing to worry about keeping a physical hard drive. I use it personally as well since it is such a convenient product.
- It's easy to use. Drag and drop functionality rocks.
- Works on any device.
- Its free!
- The storage limit is low.
- Sharing permissions could be improved.
- Lacks better zipping options to make sure users can host bigger files.
August 13, 2019
Another great service offered by Google
At work, we use Microsoft offerings. But I've used Drive on personal and volunteer projects for 10+ years. Google Drive is a robust online file storage solution. The built-in tools for editing, sharing, and organization make it a superb place to keep important documents. One of my favorite features is being able to collaborate in real-time on documents.
- Easy to collaborate.
- Works seamlessly with other Google products.
- Integrates with many 3rd party options.
- As a file storage service, I really don't have any complaints.
- Ideally, all participants on a collaborating document need a Google account. For example, if I'm sharing a document with a customer they need a Google account to get the full benefit.
- I wouldn't recommend using Google Drive to store large files. For personal photos, it's a decent offering. For an organization that wants to store lots of large video files, it would be a lot more expensive than other solutions.
We use Google Drive as a document storage and collaboration platform. We edit and update status call documents, monthly and quarterly reports, and other documents. We also use Google Drive integrated with Basecamp to create and track open job numbers and the status of open projects. Given that we have staff in multiple sites, real-time collaboration and same-time editing of documents are critical.
- Real-time sharing and document collaboration.
- It's intuitive and easy to use.
- It has the ability to take Microsoft office suite documents created offline and convert them to cloud versions that can be edited collaboratively.
- File navigation can be confusing, especially with documents that have been shared with you vs ones in your own drive.
We currently use Google Drive as our cloud storage, and we utilize and unlimited enterprise version of it. Our organization also uses Gmail for Businesses so Drive has a seamless integration and that's key. We have many Team Drives (or Shared Drives now) which prove to be extremely helpful when we have pertinent information that needs to be cordoned off from other sections of our business.
Google Drive also connects/integrates with a lot of other systems that we use, like Workfront, which creates additional efficiencies. Lastly, we are able to share documents with our clients, which is especially helpful when our file sizes exceed the attachment limit for various email platforms.
Google Drive also connects/integrates with a lot of other systems that we use, like Workfront, which creates additional efficiencies. Lastly, we are able to share documents with our clients, which is especially helpful when our file sizes exceed the attachment limit for various email platforms.
- Collaboration: Google Docs/Sheets/Slides allow us to collaborate across various teams, all while keeping track of changes and comments.
- File storage: Seamless file storage with easy upload and download.
- Search: We're able to organize and structure the storage of all of our files in a way that is simple to search -- which is something we've come to expect from Google.
- MacOS integration: The Google Drive app (previously Stream) allows us to save files directly from various programs to our instance of Drive, navigating the folder structure just like you would in Finder. It's invaluable.
- Though search is such a strong point for Google, I have come across some instances of the search coming up empty, even when I type a file name in the same exact way as it appears on the actual file. This is inexplicable, and also infrequent.
- Personal customization would be nice in terms of visuals/branding.
August 11, 2019
Review of Google Drive
I use Google Drive to organize and send files to clients, as well as keeping track of projects and doc files.
- Google Drive does a good job of organization and creating folder structures. It's easy for me to duplicate files as well, especially when I have pre-made templates.
- Drive makes it fairly easy to send files to people, though, jury's out on whether it's the best for being the vehicle for clients to view documents from.
- Google Drive has lots of space for me, and if I needed to, I could easily upgrade for more space.
- I don't think Google has done a good job of making sharing files easy. There's always an issue with whether or not one of my clients has to sign in with their own personal account, especially if their company doesn't have a Gmail or G Suite.
- I've had issues downloading from Google Drive before, but this is typically working with huge file sizes. I've had timeouts and other things, though these might be my internet connection.
August 11, 2019
Google Drive makes collaboration easy
Google Drive is available for all enrolled students and faculty members. We can store and share different projects. It also makes collaboration across different department very easy. Normally, all current members will get access to unlimited storage. Because of Google Drive, I am given easy access to documents from anywhere. Downloading and uploading of documents is also very convenient.
- Easy to collaborate with different people.
- Tracking and notification of all documents.
- Easy storage and access to documents and files.
- Problems with integration when downloading large files.
- Shared contents are not well protected with the password system.
- Internet connection is required to access documents.
August 10, 2019
Google Drive is great for sharing files!
Google Drive is being used to deliver video files which consist of both drafts and final video files. It has been used specifically in our video department for quite some time now. It helps us address the need to deliver files quickly and efficiently without needing to mail hard drives or USB drives back and forth, or posting videos to preview on YouTube.
- Google Drive is very easy to use.
- Google Drive is very quick and efficient.
- Google Drive makes sharing files simple.
- It would be nice to get more storage with the free version.
- Nothing else comes to mind, it is great!
August 10, 2019
Google Drive Runs My Life
Google drive touches every aspect of my business. We use it to store files, share across teams, and to collaborate on documents. It makes sure everything is saved and in one location without having to worry if things are lost.
- All files are securely backed up and you don't have to worry about things getting lost.
- Easily accessible across all devices.
- Extremely easy to collaborate and share files with other people and teammates.
- Some of the "cleanup" features could be improved. It would be awesome if there were some automations that would recommend how to clean up and organize.
August 10, 2019
Google Drive = A+
I use Google Drive regularly to save work in a safe place, and to collaborate with my coworkers. It's an easy, free way to work together without leaving our desks.
- Multiple users can edit a presentation or document at once.
- It's free, minimalistic, and easy to learn.
- There's lots of storage space for no extra fees.
- There's no password protection for files you share.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Google Drive is the software used by my organization for storing files along with their documents, spreadsheets and Google Docs presentations, it allows you to keep all your files synchronized between all your devices. What sets Google's storage service apart is its deep integration with web applications. Where files are administered totally online, using the web application to share files.
In my organization, we use Google Drive in the engineering department because it facilitates access to the files and documents that the company needs in the daily work.
In my organization, confidential documents are always exchanged and must be protected, which is why it is necessary to improve your security system. That's why Google Drive should have a powerful antivirus or security system to protect files, which are exchanged between users.
- You can connect with other products such as google + and google Docs, it allows you to create, modify and share documents. You can also upload Microsoft Word documents, Excel, presentations, photos, videos, music, among other types of files
- Editing files with Drive is also better when working mainly online. When you edit a document in Google Docs or answer emails in Gmail, you can easily take files from your Google Drive storage and use them directly without having to load anything.
- Google Drive updates all your items automatically, which means that you are continually improving your options. As for the organization of the files, you can create folders to keep the documents organized.
- Google Drive Should have security system to protect files, which are exchanged between users.
- It is necessary to have an Internet connection, otherwise we can not access our files because they are in the cloud.
- The version of the mobile application is easy to use, but I think it lacks enough features compared to the website version.
July 12, 2019
Much more than just a cloud based storage
Google Drive was not being used by the whole organization, only the Information Technology department used it. It gave us the ability to easily store and access documents, spreadsheets, images, from any device, from anywhere you were. Working collaboratively is great. It helped us in retrieving files easily for repeated use.
- Allows us to share files, documents, from any device from anywhere, with internet connection.
- Excellent productivity and suite collaboration.
- Includes desktop to desktop file syncing.
- Privacy is a concern, because Google collects other information from your online activity to serve targeted ads.
- Productivity software less capable than MS Office.
- Should implement password protection for shared files.
June 23, 2019
Google Drive Rocks! I Can't Imagine Work Without It!
Google Drive is being used across the entire organization as the primary document creation software and repository. We heavily use Google docs, slides, and sheets. It's heavily adopted due to its simple design, superior security, and great collaboration features.
- Simple and easy to understand interface.
- Clean and elegant design.
- Robust document, spreadsheet, and slide capabilities.
- Superior collaboration features.
- Awesome commenting feature to drive accountability.
- Great security and control features.
- Better charting options in Google Sheets.
- More options to brand Drive to be more in tune with your company's brand / aesthetic.
- More color options.
- Better project management features, similar to Asana.
May 20, 2019
Google Drive is the Ultimate Collaboration Tool
For security purposes, my company has a policy that does not allow uploads of any files to any file storage websites or non-company (i.e. Gmail, Yahoo) emails. However, since my clients work with Google Drive and it's essential for our projects' collaboration, I was allowed an exception to share files with my clients in their preferred method. Google Drive makes collaboration easier, and allows them to directly tag me in any parts of documents that they have questions on, allowing for a faster response time.
- Collaboration - allows members of different companies to work together easily and multiple people can be accessing/editing a document at once
- Drafting/Automatic saving - automatic and instant saving allows the document to always be the most up-to-date version with ease
- Tagging others - I use this feature a lot to assign and ask questions about different portions of the documents
- Variety of document types - this can replace Microsoft Word
- Incompatible with Microsoft documents - the formatting is not great when uploading Microsoft documents, and presentations are don't look right when downloading to view in Microsoft Powerpoint
- Less powerful than Microsoft - Excel ("Google Sheets") does not have all the features that Excel does, so it's not a good replacement
March 21, 2019
Google Drive for Your Work
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Google Drive is mostly used to access our documents anywhere we can use internet. Our PCs, laptops, mobile devices etc. are devices for access our documents. We mostly keep docs in MS office format, but also Google documents format is used to edit the documents through browser.
Thanks to Google Drive it is very easy for us to sync, access and share documents. Recently we upgraded to Teams Drive which allows us to store documents in central folders regardless of owner assignment. Teams Drive upgrade strictly affected document accessibility and productivity.
- Google Drive has strong integration capabilities to any well known cloud solutions.
- Google drive is is robust. You can access your files through any device.
- Google Docs' collaboration features are great to compose documents together with your team members.
- Privileges on file sharing is easy to manage.
- Drive Sync provided by Google has some draw backs. Such as no selective sync, it is required to keep the files in a specified folder etc.
- Number of supported file types through browser is limited. It is required to use third party integrations which brings security questions.
March 18, 2019
Google Drive - My personal and business backup solution
Google Drive is the preferred Cloud-based storage solution for me personally and my company"s documents, reports and etc. Through the use of Google Drive, I'm not only able to back up my company's document but I can also share and collaborate with various other stakeholders electronically and almost instantly.
- Integration and back up of my data occurs seamlessly, I almost don't know Google drive is working in the background.
- Storage is amazing I don't believe I will ever use all of the 15GB of storage. Basically, that means I can store and save lots of stuff until their statute of limitation passed and probably still have room for lots more.
- Being in the cloud is a bonus. It means my data is accessible everywhere and any time once I have an Internet connection, I can take work home, share with my colleagues anywhere across the globe almost instantly.
- File organization or categorization is easy I can easily create folders where I can store related file for easy retrieval.
- The best thing about Google drive is the cloud storage and this also happens to be its greatest weakness for without an Internet connection it is of no help at all. You can't back up, you can't share. At that point it's basically useless.
February 26, 2019
Reliable and Trustworthy
Google Drive is being used across our organization in tandem with the whole Google Suite, mostly to manage Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. It allows us to collaborate on document creation online—a standard most users have come to expect—as well as have single sources of truth for each doc, etc.
- Online collaboration.
- Management of Google Docs, Sheets and Slides.
- Accessible on any device.
- Finding documents that have been shared with you can be a small nightmare as they tend to get lost in the ether, unless you are incredibly organized.
- The native desktop integration does not work as nicely as Dropbox.
- Sharing and permissions can be confusing because they're almost too complex.
December 24, 2018
Google Drive for both corporate and personal use - anywhere, anytime access on any device
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Our entire organisation uses Google Drive in addition to other Google tools. Google Drive for our organisation provides scalable secured storage and resources sharing for internal organisation use. Thus we do not need to purchase physical storage/server for file storage, and it removes the need to have people to manage such physical storage/server. Of note, recently Google Drive for corporate use has been re-branded as Google Drive File Stream. In addition to Google Drive File Stream, I also uses the personal Google Drive.
- Supports multiple devices - phone, tablet, and PC.
- Can specify which local location on the device for Google Drive to use for store & sync.
- Google Drive for corporate use ensures files cannot be shared with external parties/email IDs.
- If one has both Google Drive for personal use and Google Drive File Stream for corporate use, one can use both on one's devices by using different credentials/email IDs.
- The different naming of Google Drive File Stream and Google Drive for personal use, including its local sync apps' names on PC (Drive File Stream and Backup & Sync from Google), can be further improved to make it clearer.
- While Google Drive File Stream disallows sharing of files with external users, it would be good if Google can figure out a secured way/mechanism to enable this, as sometimes there is a need for one in an organisation to share files with external parties outside of the organisation.
- While Google Drive for personal use provides info on how much storage space is left from its app, Google Drive File Stream does not provide storage space left info in its app.