Item: Google Drive
Rating: 8
Author: Jonathan Sandoval

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Google Drive personally for backup storage and document edition options in addition to Microsoft Cloud Services.

Microsoft Office 360 comes with built-in Office packs including MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc., but sometimes they have diverse problems. I use Google Drive in order to finish up my work and meet the expectations of my leads. It works like a great swiss army knife for any organization problems. Since the official KSquare University software is MS Office pack, we usually work with that. But, if your company needs to use different tools in a single place, Google Drive and the rest of Google's services are the way to go.

Pros and Cons

Office tools handling in a single place.
Org privacy.
Easy to use built-in graphical user interface.
Constant updates.

Enhance Google Docs options.
Different views of your documents.
Total storage pie chart showing percentages of the number of documents in storage.

Return on Investment

Maintaining documents with version history feature. We're able to keep track of movements with version history.
Video and audio media is kept for job presentations.

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox, OneDrive and pCloud

I really like to use all of them together in order to achieve different goals in my job, hobbies, and other personal activities like sharing trip photos, backing up videos, and important job data. My main cloud services tool for work is OneDrive, but when something comes up I really prefer to attend to Google Drive.

Support Rating

There was this time I couldn't access a file that was locked down by a user and he could not change the sharing properties even though he tried. We contacted Google assistance to help with this problem and they solved it ASAP with a polite response. Their assistance is remarkable and I wouldn't hesitate to ask for help another time.

Usability

By now I haven't met too many flaws on this pack of services. The interface is easy to manage, the search tool quickly queries, the storage pretty much accepts any data format and keeps it stored.

Key Insights

Do you think Google Drive delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Drive's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Drive live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Google Drive go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Google Drive again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Google Cloud IoT, OneDrive, Coursera

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited whenever you need simple, external tools to work in a browser-based environment or to quickly store back-up data without any losses. You can share your work with people outside your organization.
DO NOT choose this tool if your organization asks you NOT to use external tools aside from the provided by the company.

A tool to govern over your necessities

Overall Satisfaction with Google Drive