Cloud storage at a great price
Overall Satisfaction with Google Drive
Google Drive is free-to-use cloud storage for files. At the free tier, users gain access to 16 GB of free online cloud storage that can be accessed via a Google account. Users can then share these files with other users through links, email, or the Google platform. This is invaluable as it provides a free way to store and share files across the organization. We utilize Google Drive if we need a place to store and share word documents, sheets, and presentations as it is a convenient place of access. Google Drive also comes in handy during research and development as a lot of resources on the internet provide documentation through links which can be saved and viewed via Google Drive.
Pros
- Free account.
- Variety of file storage.
- Preview and editing.
- File sharing.
Cons
- Need a Google Account to get 16 GB of storage.
- Sometimes difficult to find what is using space.
- Deleting shared files sometimes does not remove them.
- Free storage has an immediate ROI.
- Provides alternate option to file sharing.
- Allows research to happen more smoothly while browsing the internet.
Google Drive is preferable to Dropbox as it already comes with a Google account. The free storage tier is also more generous than Dropbox. It is easier to share files on Google Drive and most shared documents on the internet are done through Google Drive instead of Dropbox. Google Drive's preview and organization are also more desirable than Dropbox making it much cleaner to use.
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