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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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Recent Reviews

Security for your files

9 out of 10
March 18, 2024
Google Drive helps in providing security to the information and the integration with other Google platforms is easy. It helps in sharing …
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The Best

10 out of 10
December 10, 2022
Incentivized
Google Drive is the cloud storage solution that I am most familiar with and most impressed with. I have used Google Drive at several …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Document collaboration (201)
    9.2
    92%
  • Reliability (198)
    9.1
    91%
  • File search (203)
    8.9
    89%
  • Access control (199)
    8.9
    89%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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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
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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.

8.6
Avg 8.5

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 9.2.

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

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • secured file sharing
  • real time updates while editing
  • size of storage
  • easy access to file by every members
  • UI is a bit complicated for beginners it might be better if the UI could be a little simpler
  • There is no end to end encryption
  • Password protection for files would have been better
Dhiman Roy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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
April Risberg | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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 04, 2021

Review of Google Drive

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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
  • 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.
Akhilesh Arya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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.
Carolina Reyes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
Alex Perdomo Ruiz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
Vijay Pal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
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