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CEO at Konus
Useful, quick, stable, and good for file sharing
Pros and Cons
- "What I like most about Google Cloud Storage is that it's very stable, very quick, and very useful."
- "What I like most about Google Cloud Storage is that it's very stable, very quick, and very useful."
- "What would make Google Cloud Storage better is if it provided more storage."
- "What would make Google Cloud Storage better is if it provided more storage."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
What I like most about Google Cloud Storage is that it's very stable, very quick, and very useful.
What needs improvement?
What would make Google Cloud Storage better is if it provided more storage.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using Google Cloud Storage for ten years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a very stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
We don't use the technical support for Google Cloud Storage.
How was the initial setup?
There's no installation needed for Google Cloud Storage.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We don't pay for a Google Cloud Storage subscription.
What other advice do I have?
All people in my company, a total of five, use Google Cloud Storage.
My company has plans of increasing the number of users of the solution.
I would recommend Google Cloud Storage to other people.
My rating for Google Cloud Storage is a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Director, Talent Acquisition & Staffing at Conduent (formerly Xerox Services)
Reliable, accessible, and allows for an ease of operations
Pros and Cons
- "It’s very stable."
- "The ease of operations is great, it makes everything easily accessible, and it is very stable."
- "The solution could always be more user-friendly."
- "The solution could always be more user-friendly."
What is our primary use case?
The solution is only used for the storage and filing of personal items and documents.
What is most valuable?
The ease of operations is great. It makes everything easily accessible.
It’s very stable.
The stability is good.
What needs improvement?
The solution could always be more user-friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I’ve been using the solution for the last couple of years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable. It’s reliable. It doesn’t crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
If a company needs to scale the solution, it can do so.
I just use it for personal use. I do not have plans to scale.
How are customer service and support?
I’ve never used technical support. I can’t speak to how helpful they would be.
How was the initial setup?
There is no real installation required as the entire solution operates on the cloud.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I don’t have any information in regards to licensing.
What other advice do I have?
I’d recommend the solution to other users.
I would rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Professor at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Highly stable, scalable, and easy file sharing
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues."
- "The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues."
- "Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money."
- "Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money."
What is our primary use case?
I use Google Cloud Storage for a lot of purposes, such as email, storage, sharing documents, sharing documents between colleagues, and Google Meet.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues.
What needs improvement?
Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for a long time.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Google Cloud Storage is good.
I have approximately 90 colleagues that are using this solution at our university.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the technical support from Google Cloud Storage.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously used I use Microsoft OneDrive, but I prefer Google Cloud Storage. Google Cloud Storage is much quicker and easier to use than Microsoft OneDrive.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a license needed to use Google Cloud Storage at our university.
What other advice do I have?
Google Cloud Storage provides me with 15 GB of storage.
I rate Google Cloud Storage a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Digital transformation director at Medmark
Easy to use, scalable, but could be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is its ease of use. It fits well with our business use."
- "The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is its ease of use, and it fits well with our business use."
- "Google Cloud Storage could improve by being more user-friendly."
- "Google Cloud Storage could improve by being more user-friendly."
What is our primary use case?
We use Google Cloud Storage when we are not able to put all of our data in emails because of the file size.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is its ease of use. It fits well with our business use.
What needs improvement?
Google Cloud Storage could improve by being more user-friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for approximately five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Google Cloud Storage is good.
We have four or five people in my company using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
I have not needed to contact support from Google Cloud Storage.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is no license to use Google Cloud Storage.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Google Cloud Storage a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Chief Security Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Allows us to run web services but should include lower tier pricing for lower capacity
Pros and Cons
- "We are mostly doing telephony and generic web services in the telephony."
- "We are using Google Cloud Storage to run web services, and there are between 50 and 100 people using this solution in my organization."
- "A lower cost, lower-end solution for a shared file system is missing."
- "A lower cost, lower-end solution for a shared file system is missing."
What is our primary use case?
We're using Google Cloud Storage to run web services.
It's a cloud-based solution, so we are using Google Cloud and other clouds as well.
There are between 50 and 100 people using this solution in my organization.
What is most valuable?
We are mostly doing telephony and generic web services in the telephony.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for about one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
So far, we don't have extensive production experience with Google Cloud because we run our current production on our own hardware, which is based on the XCP-ng cluster, so I cannot comment on Google Cloud's stability in real production scenarios.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We are mostly using Kubernetes for scalability.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
A lower cost, lower-end solution for a shared file system is missing. If you want a shared file system, you have to buy a server with the minimum capacity of one TB.
I would like to see a lower tier and better pricing for the capacity.
Even if it's not the price, I would like there to be an option to have less capacity for less money so that you could deploy a server that doesn't have a TB capacity, like 100 GB for a fraction of the price. That would definitely help because for the various trial projects, that's a bit too much.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We use an open source solution called SAS. We're happy with it and use other services and the storage services like in AWS, but the usage is kind of marginal.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution 7 out of 10.
I would recommend this solution for those who want to start using it.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Consultant (M&A/R) at Deloitte
Easy to use, reliable, and free to use for certain amounts of data
Pros and Cons
- "You do not need to install anything."
- "If you are a personal user, if you are looking for something for free with limited data, you should go ahead with Google."
- "I'd like the solution to integrate better with other clouds, including the Apple cloud."
- "I'd like the solution to integrate better with other clouds, including the Apple cloud."
What is our primary use case?
I've used it as my personal online drive, just to store and easily locate files on the go.
What is most valuable?
It's easy to use. It is directly linked to my email ID, et cetera.
You do not need to install anything.
The product is stable.
It's scalable.
What needs improvement?
I'd like the solution to integrate better with other clouds, including the Apple cloud.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for five to ten years. I've used it for a while.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. You can expand it easily.
Our company is not using Google Cloud. I more or less use it for personal files, et cetera.
How are customer service and support?
I've never had the need to contact technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they would be.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I use both Apple and Google. Google doesn't cost anything, whereas I have to pay for Apple.
How was the initial setup?
There is no installation required. It's very easy to get up and running.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is free to use up to a certain point.
What other advice do I have?
I'm a customer and end-user.
If you are a personal user, if you are looking for something for free with limited data, you should go ahead with Google. If you're using it on an Apple platform, if you use the Mac platform, there is no other option rather than using iCloud.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Manager at Tata Consultancy
User-friendly and inexpensive backup
Pros and Cons
- "Google Cloud Storage's most valuable features are that it's easy to use and navigate, and it's not expensive."
- "I would recommend Google Cloud Storage as a secure, inexpensive, and user-friendly backup solution."
- "An area for improvement is that when you share with others, they can see all your folders instead of just those you share. Only the folders you specifically share should be visible."
- "An area for improvement is that when you share with others, they can see all your folders instead of just those you share."
What is our primary use case?
I use Google Cloud Storage for backup and storage of my data.
What is most valuable?
Google Cloud Storage's most valuable features are that it's easy to use and navigate, and it's not expensive.
What needs improvement?
An area for improvement is that when you share with others, they can see all your folders instead of just those you share. Only the folders you specifically share should be visible.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Google Cloud Storage for over ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage's scalability is very good.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Google Cloud Storage as a secure, inexpensive, and user-friendly backup solution. I would give it a rating of nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Cloud transformation & migration manager at Accenture company
Allows you to access your data from anywhere and from any device
Pros and Cons
- "It's very practical and reliable."
- "Cloud Storage allows you to access your data from anywhere, from any device, at any time, and you don't have to worry about backup hardware failure because the cloud keeps multiple copies."
- "I would like the storage to be less expensive."
- "I would like the storage to be less expensive."
What is our primary use case?
Cloud Storage allows you to access your data from anywhere, from any device, at any time, and you don't have to worry about backup hardware failure because the cloud keeps multiple copies. I'm using this solution for personal use.
What is most valuable?
It's very practical and reliable.
What needs improvement?
There's a limited amount of storage, so we need to be cautious because it costs more for more storage. I would like the storage to be less expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for almost two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable. You can ask for more storage if you need it.
How was the initial setup?
You can access the solution on the internet or you can install the client to access it. Installation is very simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I pay for a monthly subscription.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.
I would recommend Cloud Storage for those who want to start using it.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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