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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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- Document collaboration (199)9.292%
- Reliability (196)9.191%
- Access control (197)8.989%
- File search (201)8.989%
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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.
Google Drive Features
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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Links:
Website → https://goo.gle/drive-enterprise
Start your trial now → https://goo.gle/37pwbjR
To learn more about how Drive can help your team collaborate more effectively, take a look at our website. And when you're ready to get started, sign up for a free trial.
Links:
Website → https://goo.gle/drive-enterprise
Start your trial now → https://goo.gle/37pwbjR
To learn more about how Drive can help your team collaborate more effectively, take a look at our website. And when you're ready to get started, sign up for a free trial.
Links:
Website → https://goo.gle/drive-enterprise
Start your trial now → https://goo.gle/37pwbjR
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Google Drive Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Reviewers rate Document collaboration highest, with a score of 9.2.
The most common users of Google Drive are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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September 29, 2021
What a perfect software to review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google drive is helping my organization to record all the files which makes it perfect for sorting. My whole organization uses it. For every section, the software is perfect to help the participants. Thus one can easily describe the customer about the products. It helps to save time for a wonderful discussion. Sometimes Large files disturb the process.
- It helps to design the record perfectly by using diagram, flowchart.
- Time saving to describe your product.
- Full security of the product.
- Collaboration features helps the software most.
- Storage features can be enlarged.
- Refresh option can be added by which junks or spams may be avoided.
- Blocking features may be added
September 20, 2021
Google Drive - Share your Shareables!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive, (to my knowledge) is being used by our organization. We use it in my department to share files and easily find SOP documents, schedules and other shared files we need to be able to update and access easily. We are able to see real time updates to schedules and share updates regulary and immediately. I find it fairly simplet to use with the exception of naming formats, what is easy for one person to use or remember may be very different for another. Some use department, etc. Naming is the one thing I find challenging but do appreciate the ability to use this for almost all documents we can share with anyone within the organization.
- Real time changes in documents particulary schedules
- Share documents with unlimited individuals or groups
- Allows users to request access to documents
- Automatically date stamp when changes have been made
- Set file naming suggestions
September 16, 2021
Google Drive
Powerful compatibility with files of various extensions (audio , image excel Powerpoint , Word). Very easy to access from any device with [an] internet connection regardless of the geographical area where you are. Also main thing is collaboration, easy to share files by just giving 1 click and choosing the person we want to add either for viewing only or for editing the file. Records attendance for team members through Google Sheets. Share important documents with all over team members. Easy to share and edit any info. Create a sheet and [receive] immediate feedback from team members if any issues [are] found and track them down and send them to the appropriate team to look into.
- File sharing both on local computers and from clients.
- Such easy access from the top tool bar on our Mac.
- I like the security of it.
- Google Drive fits nicely into our Google suite of services.
- Internet connection required.
- Privacy precautions.
- Uploading and downloading large files often takes longer than normal.
September 05, 2021
Google Drive salvation from remote work.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive is used throughout the organization, with the aim of sharing files within the reach of all employees. In the work-at-home context, Google plays an important role in the organization, as we no longer have access to the organization's network, information sharing, communications and processes are concentrated in Google Drive.
- File sharing
- There are currently no details to improve
September 04, 2021
Review of Google Drive
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive allows us to share files and folders within the organization while restricting access to anyone outside the domain. We also use it on our mobile devices with the help of the Google Drive application, where we save video and important data. Mostly all of my team uses Google Drive for both personal and professional use.
- Easily sync all your files.
- The free version includes 15GB of storage.
- Ability to share files with your team.
- Integration with other Google apps.
- Google should give some extra GB for free users.
- Needs high speed internet to upload files.
- Google Drive is a little expensive for most users.
August 21, 2021
Google Drive: The Best Cloud Storage Platform
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive is our main cloud storage platform. It is used across all our network computers as we collate and share information and store it in Google Drive. We use it on a daily basis to store different information and work on different projects that are stored and being shared on Google Drive. We can create documents and projects and store them in Google Drive to share them with colleagues or teams so we can work on the projects together in a team but virtually from anywhere.
- Store important documents for a long period of time.
- Share information easily by a link.
- Uploads your files easily on the cloud storage platform.
- The uploading time could be a bit faster.
- They could add more free storage for free users.
August 01, 2021
Google Drive Review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We have Google Drive deployed in all departments. We use this software when it comes to storing and sharing files. The software is very secure and ease of accessing and retrieving files is what makes it even better. It also integrates with other Google products effortlessly which is a plus.
- The software is very secure
- Google Drive is easy to use and offers great features
- The software is scalable
- I like that there is a free version for personal use with up to 15 GB free.
- The free version offers limited space.
- The user interface is not one of the best and needs some improvement.
July 15, 2021
Nice cloud drive and sharing platform
- Used by production department as a cloud drive to keep information about projects up to date and accessible while workers are deployed on site
- Accessible from a tablet so as workers in charge can have access to all the information they need on site visits without having to print it and without using any complicated intermediate software
- App
- Web
- Easy to use
- Reliable
- You need a Gmail account
- Free accounts are limited to 15 GB
- Doesn’t allow to edit documents in app
- No support for Apple pencil on iPad
July 13, 2021
Use Google Drive and save money
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are using Google Drive for multiple purposes:
- For management purposes, we are using it to share and collect documents from different departments on a centralized drive which is associated with directors' mail ID.
- For students, we are using it to collect various feedbacks and documents when required. We are also sharing teaching material, notes, and model test papers using drives. For quizzes, we are using Google Forms which is again a part of Google Drive.
- So, in short, in this pandemic time, we are using it as an office tool, as well as a learning management system.
- First and foremost, you can use it to keep your documents online and download them when required.
- Second, you can share the documents and can work in the collaboration with other people in a shared file, so distance is no longer a thing to consider.
- You can collect reviews or feedback for any product or training in a very little time.
- You can conduct quizzes online.
- Reports are presented using spreadsheets as well as in the form of pie and bar charts.
- UI is a bit complicated to understand for beginners who are not from a technical background.
- Internet isa must, requires a little higher bandwidth.
- One more problem is in public folders anyone can edit and delete the files created by other users; I think that should be controlled. A person can edit only the files created by him/ her.
June 08, 2021
Google Drive is an Excellent Tool for Collaboration
Our department is 100% remote and we use Google Drive to share, edit and collaborate. Everyone is able to work on projects regardless of their local time zone. This also reduces the need for us to have meetings. We also don't need to worry about losing data if someone's computer goes down.
- Great for sharing data
- Great for collaborating with a team
- None that I can think of
May 25, 2021
The best free way to collaborate!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
My entire company uses Google Drive and associated products for daily tasks instead of offline word processing, spreadsheets, and other needs. It's very convenient in terms of portability as we no longer need bulky attachments and emails. Everyone can access whatever required by easy collaboration and secure sharing features offered by Google.
- Ample free space (15 GB) and ability to expand.
- High and reliable security features you can trust.
- Availability of features to make day-to-day tasks easy and convenient.
- Supports various add-ons.
- Free service.
- Depends on internet even to activate off-line functions.
- Quality of functionalities heavily depend on internet.
- With frequent use you might feel that the free capacity 15 GB is not adequate.
May 17, 2021
Collaboration and teamwork is now easier
Our organization has used Google Drive for more than 5 years, within which a series of problems have been solved. Thanks to the collaborative environment, the dependencies and all their members can save, edit and share information in real-time, optimizing the work of these areas. Regarding my work area as NOC Support, I can say that this tool serves to share:
Staff assistance networks
Manual troubleshooting of cases
Technical specification manuals
All this information is accessible by our work team and according to the editable profile to update new processes, all this is reflected in the improvement of the failure analysis to our clients.
- Powerful compatibility with files of various extensions (audio: wav, mp3 - video: MPEG4, AVI - image: bmp, png, jpeg) and even with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word files
- Accessibility from any device with [an] internet connection regardless of the geographical area where you are
- The most determining point of this platform that makes it extremely useful is collaboration. It is so easy to share files by just giving 1 click and choosing the person we want to add either for viewing only or for editing the file.
- Advanced File Search, personally I find it uncomfortable to search for files with specific extensions within my drive in Google Drive, the interface is not very clear and the search options are limited, making this work tedious.
- In applications like Google Sheets, the number of cells is extremely small, which limits the amount of information that can be saved, this makes the tool focus on small files.
- Inherited permissions, it happens to me that in certain shared files when analyzing the permissions granted to the participants some of them are left with owner permissions without having given such property, that point is confusing so I would like the interface to be clearer.
May 17, 2021
Great option for storage and sharing
I've been using it for some time and it always helps me a lot in storing my files. A great option to download and upload very quickly. Very practical because it has easy accessibility and integrates very well with other applications. The interface is very simple to use because it has very intuitive navigation.
- Availability
- Easy to use
- Storage capacity
- Slow image loading.
- Storage cost.
- Crashes when loading too many thumbnails.
May 14, 2021
Drive-ing towards productivity!
Google Drive is being used by everyone and in every department of our company. This is the main platform that we use to upload and share files within the company. It allows us to set and modify file sharing so that only the required people can have access to it and edit it.
- Cloud based
- Easy to access
- Shareable links
- Poor interface
- Difficult to organise
- Limited storage
We are a company that provides telecommunications services, we use Google Drive to store and distribute all our internal information with the work team, such as our process manuals, technical and operation manuals, zone failures, our service indicators, installation process information and customer satisfaction among many more. We use it in all our departments, it allows us to access the information immediately from desktop or mobile computers regardless of where we are in the case of our field technicians.
- Its ease of use and implementation.
- Its high storage capacity.
- It is easy to share files and supports different file formats.
- Its integration with GSuite.
- Internet connection required.
- Uploading and downloading large files often takes longer than normal.
- Privacy precautions.
May 01, 2021
Best Product in its segment
It is used by whole organization and i personally use it on daily basis. It is one of the most simple store which is capable to distribute with colleagues or seniors or any other person whom we desire to. Provide access and security of the application is really easy. I think there would be hardly any organization which is not using this product
- One of the best product in its segment
- Able to share large files in same size
- Backup tool is also great
- It is not compatible with competitive vendors
- Sometime it take long time to open up due to size
- Need to buy extra space
April 27, 2021
Save, back up, access, edit, and share
Google Drive is being used at our organization by every individual for sharing of work files among us as well as with customers through a link. This helps to keep files accessible on the go by all in shared folders. The collaboration tools are very helpful to make more use of it.
- User community is impressively huge
- Easy to use for sharing files among group or outside via link
- Accessible on mobile, desktop, and web
April 24, 2021
With Google Drive all is well.
In my organization, Google Drive is used to store, distribute, and collaborate on all files with financial supporters, colleagues, and even customers we've built a front-end and simple board interface that allows us to locate every archive or document in under a second. It permits you to let loose space on your hard drive or other stockpiling gadgets.
- That's the first cloud storage service that's both good and free. using more and more data in one place is, in my view, a good strategy.
- Google Drive is one of my favorite tools and I use it frequently to store files, official documents, data, images, PDFs, and even short videos relevant to my office work.
- You don't have to be concerned with hacking because this security is so secured.
- [An] excellent option for searching.
- Configuration and login are simple.
- While using the drive, we need to be connected to the internet.
- I realized that my data on Google Drive was uploading slowly at times.
- For non-technical professionals, the user interface is a little difficult to understand.
April 21, 2021
Team collaboration with Google Drive
We are currently using Google Drive to share large team files, presentations, spreadsheets, and documents. We keep most of our employee-related documents on Google Drive due to its security.
- Large capacity
- Free
- Interfaces well with Windows
- User settings
- User control panel
- Easier access to privileges
April 09, 2021
Large-file sharing? Google Drive is the answer
Our company uses Google Drive for file-sharing big files because for the small-sized files, we just share it on our team collaboration apps (RocketChat / Slack). We use Google Drive to share a file with our client too or upload a presentation online for our meeting purpose. Google Drive is the solution for our big-sized file sharing because it server upload is reliable, and doesnt have any technical issue (until now from our usage).
- Server Reliability
- Server Availability
- Sharing-access management
- Sharing access doesn't repeat on folders
- Pricing too expensive
- Native PC Apps to sync not efficient because takes too much bandwidth
March 29, 2021
Solid system for data collection and tracking resources
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive is used across the organization as a supplemental resource to the internal system. It allows different departments to view and edit common documents in real time and access them remotely.
- Google Drive tracks changes in real time so documents can be quickly updated and shared.
- Finding individual documents can be cumbersome, since all users are tied to the names originally given to files and the search function does not extend to the contents of each document.
March 22, 2021
Accessibility of Google Drive.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive is an essential tool and it has been used by [the] whole organization.
1) Google Sheets is used to track all the team members' data and attendance.
2) Google Docs is used to share important policy updates or macro [with] team members.
4) Google Sheets is used to create quizzes and send them to team members to check if they know of the policy of a company.
1) Google Sheets is used to track all the team members' data and attendance.
2) Google Docs is used to share important policy updates or macro [with] team members.
4) Google Sheets is used to create quizzes and send them to team members to check if they know of the policy of a company.
- Records attendance for team members through Google Sheets.
- Share important documents with all over team members.
- Easy to share and edit any info.
- Create a sheet and [receive] immediate feedback from team members if any issues [are] found and track them down and send them to the appropriate team to look into.
- Store important data and easy to look at it when necessary.
- They could add more free space for free users.
March 08, 2021
The most secure cloud storage app available
This app is used just by our department. We use this app to share various files with our employees. With the help of this app, we solve the problem of the need of a platform with which one can easily share anything one wants. With the help of just a single link, employees can share the same file with hundreds of employees, which makes task sharing very easy.
- This app stores huge amounts of data with no problems
- This app lets you share your files with as many people as you want with help of links
- This app also contains a very good PDF reader, which is very useful
- With Google Drive, one can only store 15 GB of data for free. Many other services allow much more data to be stored.
- Google Drive's interface is a bit complicated to use for beginners. There's a good scope for simplification of the same.
- The prices for more storage are much higher than many other cloud services, so the prices can be made cheaper.
February 08, 2021
Google Drive Review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive is used by our organisation as a collaborative space. We collaborate in real-time in editing shared documents, such as Google docs or spreadsheets in Google Drive. Aside from that we also use it as shared storage for documents in other formats such as pdf, word or images.
- Collaborative platform
- Storage point for shared documents such as pdfs
- Access to other Google apps such as Google docs from within Google Drive
- Smooth link with gmail
- Offline Use- Google Drive's user experience would be much better if it was possible to have offline access to some of the functionalities.
- Range of editable items- It is not possible to edit some types of documents, such powerpoint in Google Drive. Adding such functionalities would make it serve our organisation better.
- Size. It would be great if the allowable space allowed per user on Google Drive was unlimited as opposed to the current 15 GB.
January 31, 2021
A strong recommendation for Google Drive
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive is used (a) as a repository for materials used in scores of Google Classroom classes, (b) as a personal repository for files used by workers, (c) as repositories for students in the organization. The main problems it addresses are cross-platform accessibility, familiarity for users, and flexibility in storage costs, which tend to rise throughout the academic year and fall dramatically once per year.
- Uptime is good.
- Indexing, including of contents, is possible.
- Searching is useful and thorough.
- The file structuring and hierarchy are different from what many people are used to.
- Viewing is related to files' structuring.