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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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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Document collaboration (202)
    9.3
    93%
  • Reliability (199)
    9.2
    92%
  • Access control (200)
    9.0
    90%
  • File search (204)
    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
03:49
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
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://cloud.google.com/drive…

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.

8.7
Avg 8.5

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Features related to security and administration for cloud storage platforms

8.4
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

The top things you need to know to get up and running on Google Drive. To learn more, check out → https://goo.gle/34qWMf7
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 9.3.

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
Incentivized
  • Product Reputation
Google is a worldwide venture that is knowledgeable in web-related organizations and things. Google's picture is situated #9 in the summary of Global Top 100 Brands, a circumspectly curated overview of saw marks as assessed by customers of Google. When diverged from various relationships inside the tech business, Google is situated #4. Among its huge adversaries, Google is situated in the fourth spot for NPS while Adzerk is first, and Apple is second. As a rule, Google has an unprejudiced social assessment, while separating electronic media channels and online take note. Their current market cap is $1.85T Google Ranking: In Global Best Brand-> Number 9/100, Number 4 in Tech Industry and Number 3/4 of its competitors respectively
Brett Knighton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Everyone in our nonprofit was already familiar with Google products. Being able to use G-Suite for free pretty much sealed the deal for us. It gave us a full suite of robust products that we could apply our own branding to and allow us to collaborate more efficiently on. We have about 15 people working within the organization currently.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Vendor Reputation
  • Existing Relationship with the Vendor
  • Third-party Reviews
Easy of access and integration was very important. I wanted a software solution which would not need my intervention to back up my data, It had to happen in the background and very quickly too
Nate Breen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Third-party Reviews
Being able to access documents from a computer, tablet, or phone were key factors in helping me to decide to give Google Drive a chance. Also, my team is in 3 different locations, and having the ability to share documents in a single place helps me know that my trainers are getting the most up to date documents, as they are added, editted, or deleted.
James McQuillin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
The single factor that sold me was the real-time environment for collaborating on documents. Seeing each active user inside the document highlight by a different color is great. Actually seeing where their cursor is and watching characters appear as they type... this kind of collaboration is amazing to me and I would never change to another product unless it offered the same at a minimum.
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