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Google Cloud Storage compared to AWS
February 29, 2020

Google Cloud Storage compared to AWS

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage is currently used by IT, QA, and Accounting. For IT, it is used to manage and verify backups for the business. The Quality Assurance team uses Google Cloud Storage to store and automate code regression and edge case testing. The Accounting department uses the service to store and maintain historical employee records.
  • Security
  • Price
  • Availability
  • Language support
  • Example code
  • Outage windows
  • Disaster recovery
  • Remote work
  • Collaboration
Google Cloud offers Google Cloud Storage, while AWS offers Amazon Simple Storage Services. In Google Cloud services, data transmission is a fully encrypted format on the other hand, in AWS, data transmission is in the general format. Google Cloud volume size is 1 GB to 64 TB while the AWS volume size is 500 GB to 16 TB.
I never had a requirement to use support for this product. It is simple and well-designed si you can start using it right from the documentation. We've never encountered a problem that wasn't solved after reading the documentation. In general terms, Google support is usually very good and this service is no exception.

Do you think Google Cloud Storage delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Cloud Storage's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Cloud Storage live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Cloud Storage go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Cloud Storage again?

Yes

Google Cloud Storage is good for customers who need long-term storage for data that users access less than once a month. It's best used for archiving data, as well as backup and disaster recovery (DR), and it integrates with third-party backup products from vendors such as Unitrends and Symantec. One potential con is that it's not compatible with our current timekeeping & time management software. However, this is not really a fault of Google Cloud Storage, but our own because we have not yet updated to a newer time management software.