The essential free Cloud Storage for your work or home
December 01, 2021
The essential free Cloud Storage for your work or home
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Google Drive
We are using Google Drive for files collaboration between all of our employees. We store important data usually in the form of excel sheets in which an employee can make changes according to his role. It has become an important file backup for our company using which we can store any crucial file from office location or while on the move or at the customer location.
Pros
- Any user with access can store a file using different platforms like Android, IOS, Windows, or Ubuntu (Desktop version)
- You can share files with any number of different users with different access rights or you can even keep it public by providing the access link and assign different rights for public access
- You can open Excel/Word files using google software Sheets/Docs in the browser environment without having to install software like Microsoft Office etc on your Windows OS
Cons
- Some users prefer having google software that can be installed on Windows which can open Word/Excel/PowerPoint files from Google Drive and with the same collaboration features offered on the browser versions
- 15 Gb storage is not enough for free access which can be increased to at least 30 Gb
- The UI of Google Drive for the browser can be changed to make it similar to the Desktop UX
- Public access or user access with options of having different access rights
- Browser environment as well as native software for Desktop or Mobile environment
- Different users accessing the same or different files at the same time and Google Drive constantly updating it for all users
- Sharing videos and documents with customers during the customer onboarding process has greatly improved
- Keeping backup of critical company files without the fear of losing it has been made possible
- File collaboration between employees has greatly improved which has also improved the work efficiency of all employees
For the free version, the storage capacity being offered is by far the greatest as compared to any other collaboration software. However, if your company has the capacity to pay for the software then there are more features being offered by the paid versions of other software like Bitrix24 online documents or Zoho Workdrive/Docs; features like storage capacity, admin console, templates, migration, etc
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?
Yes
Did implementation of Google Drive go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Google Drive again?
Yes
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