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Google Drive

Overview

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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Video Reviews

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Google Drive Makes Collaboration Easier for New Users
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Google Drive: Flexible Cloud Storage Unlocks Collaboration
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Included Features Set Google Drive Apart
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Pricing

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Basic

$6.00

Cloud
per month

Business

$12.00

Cloud
per month

Enterprise

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Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://cloud.google.com/drive…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Using the Google Drive Presentation App

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Features

File Sharing & Management

Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.

8.3
Avg 8.4

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Features related to security and administration for cloud storage platforms

8.3
Avg 8.7

Cloud Storage Platform

Features around the functionality of the cloud storage platform.

8.8
Avg 8.6
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Product Details

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

Google Drive Screenshots

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Google Drive Videos

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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
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
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

Google Drive Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple 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.

Box, Dropbox, and Dropbox Business are common alternatives for Google Drive.

Reviewers rate Document collaboration highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Google Drive are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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A great storage solution for real time collaboration.

Rating: 6 out of 10
April 22, 2025
I use this to manage documents and collaborate across the enterprise. And share files with externals.
  • Real time collaboration.
  • Document sharing
  • Version control.
Cons
  • Advanced formatting.
  • Presentations in particular, advanced formatting for presentations
If you're after simple document management and real-time collaboration, Google Drive is fantastic. However, it is not a good solution if you need more advanced functionality, spreadsheets, presentations, or advanced formatting for documents.

Storage, document creation, real-time collaboration... a must for business!

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 26, 2016
JM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive
3 years of experience
I primarily use Google Drive for its cloud storage and even cloud composition via Google Docs and Sheets. I am a small business owner and use Drive collaboratively with independent associates outside my business. I love having the ability to compose a Doc that is immediately stored via secure cloud, accessible and editable via web or mobile, and can be shared with others while setting desired permissions. I prefer to share docs with comment only permission so I control what is actually written and edited, but others are allowed to share their feedback and essentially require my approval. Also, working in a document simultaneously with someone else is amazingly convenient as each part can see each others actions in real time.
  • Controlled permissions of who can view, comment on, or edit all my documents and files.
  • Ability to store ANY file type and access almost anything via mobile as well.
  • Ability to compose new documents or spreadsheets and export as .docx, .pdf, .xlsx etc.
  • Very reasonable rates for paid storage above the free 15gb. I use the 100gb plan for my business.
Cons
  • I used to have trouble with pasting from other sources and the format getting messed up until I learned Ctrl + Shift + V to paste without formatting. This has made a big difference knowing this.
  • Google Drive desktop app seems to lose connectivity or even close itself frequently without notifying me. I find myself often closing and reopening it to continue sync.
  • Sometimes files fail to sync but do not provide a reason why. Sometimes they seem to never sync but other times sync when trying again so the reason remain unknown.
Google Drive is great for storing and sharing files of any type and accessing them across multiple devices. Personally, I think the power of Google Docs and Sheets adds amazing collaborative abilities and this is where the greatest value is achieved in using Google Drive for teams and especially anyone using it for business.

Solid system for data collection and tracking resources

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 29, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive
3 years of experience
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.
Cons
  • 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.
Google Drive is well-suited to situations where users need to pass off documents to one another concurrently, but not when multiple users need to access the document and make changes at the same time.

The best way to share documents and edit them. Google Drive is unforgettable

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 11, 2018
FG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive
1 year of experience
Google Drive is designed to achieve greater reliability by sharing the files we have on our computers. This tool is useful for working without the need to be in the workplace. In addition, you can upload files from an electronic device and have them visible in real time. The storage capacity of this software is magnificent and has all the elements that make it a powerful tool to manage documents and edit online.
  • Storage capacity and file sharing from any electronic device.
  • Can edit errors at critical moments before publishing any information that may cause disasters in organizations.
  • The files can be blocked by each of the users. A user can share files and create shared workgroups without the need to have a meeting room.
Cons
  • Make different types of edit privileges on shared files, especially when publishing necessary and important information.
  • This tool does not work with PDF files because PDFs shared in Google Drive are not editable.
  • Photos cannot be edited; however, they can be downloaded and edited from there
Google Drive is ideal for working with information in real time. Because of its capacity, it makes data available on the web in record time. This tool can not be only to share non-editable files, but can be used to upload information in tables or tables that generate a statistic without the need to have a presence in the office.

Drive makes for instant, productive document collaboration

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 01, 2016
AC
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google Drive
9 years of experience
I use Google Drive for all client proposals, deliverable reviews, and project management. It is invaluable as a means to collaborate in real-time with team members and clients that are spread across the city or country.
  • Ubiquity across devices - desktop, mobile, chromecast, Chromebook.
  • Data is NEVER lost. EVER.
  • Real-time collaboration and being able to see changes others have made. Very intuituve.
  • Being able to tag users and send them comments in context and in real-time. I loath using desktop attachments.
Cons
  • Object embedding. Being able to drop a spreadsheet into a document and having it update in real-time.
  • Better help on spreadsheet functions (videos, better examples).
  • More granular control over the look and feel of Google Forms.
Group collaboration across locations is the best case scenario. Cannot think of a bad time to use it.
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