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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5
Aug 18, 2021
Stable and easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is already stable and I have not encountered problems in this regard."
  • "The solution should have two factor authentication."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for personal storage. 

What needs improvement?

The solution should have two factor authentication.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Google Cloud Storage for a couple of years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is already stable and I have not encountered problems in this regard. 

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How are customer service and support?

I have not had occasion to contact tech support. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Other than the solution, I have only made use of Enterprise. 

How was the initial setup?

As the solution is cloud-based, there is no installation involved. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is free.

What other advice do I have?

The storage is really easy to use. 

I rate Google Cloud Storage as a nine out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Data & AI expert at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jul 29, 2021
Easy to use and scalable with excellent technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "It's user-friendly. We find it to be very easy to use."
  • "The problem I face right now is that my data warehouse is being hosted on Google Cloud, however, integration between Google Cloud to Microsoft Azure is a big problem."

What is our primary use case?

I'm helping the company build a data warehouse and expand it to utilize the current platform and build new machine-learning operations. All of the stack is currently stuck with the Google stack. I use BigQuery and their Data Studio to use as a data warehouse. I'm looking for another platform to build a machine-learning operation on. ProtectAI is good, however, it's quite new.

What is most valuable?

It's user-friendly. We find it to be very easy to use.

They also have the SDK for the development team to integrate with their application, their system, which has been useful.

The product is quite stable. 

Google is targeting customers right now in the Vietnam market, and therefore, they have lots of promotions. They also have a lot of teams in Vietnam, so they give a lot of support and troubleshooting. 

The product can scale. 

The security is pretty good.

What needs improvement?

Comparing to Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Azure is much better and they have more experience than Google. The problem I face right now is that my data warehouse is being hosted on Google Cloud, however, integration between Google Cloud to Microsoft Azure is a big problem.

I would love to use Amazon S3 as it's more user-friendly and the SDK is better. It's easy to let the developer implement it, whereas Google Cloud Storage is hard for the developer to use. The SDK is quite complicated.

The security could always be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the solution since I joined my current company. That was one and a half years ago. I have a little less than two years of experience. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the solution is great. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution can scale. If a company needs to expand it, it can. Compared to other options, it's quite good.

The service and system technology team serves around 2,000 people.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support has been great so far. Google has a lot of teams in the country that have been really helpful and responsive. They give us a lot of attention when we need to troubleshoot. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I've worked with Amazon and Azure in the past as well. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Since Google has recently targeted Vietnam, they've been offering many customers in the country lots of great promotions and incentives. 

It's about nearly $10,000 USD to use the services on GCP, however, Google gave us a good deal which is why we originally went with them.

We do pay a monthly fee to Google. We use a lot of their services. 

What other advice do I have?

As a cloud solution, we're always on the latest and most up-to-date version of the product. Google keeps it updated for us and we do not have to update anything manually.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've been pretty satisfied with the solution overall. 

While AWS S3 is the best, and Microsoft is pretty good, I'd still recommend Google.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1517100 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Mar 22, 2021
Stable, easy and convenient to use
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are stability and ease of use."
  • "Having more storage space would be an improvement."

What is our primary use case?

I use this product for information and data storage.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are stability and ease of use.

What needs improvement?

Having more storage space would be an improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Google Cloud Storage for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It appears to be scalable, and I haven't had any problem in that respect. We have between 40 and 50 users in the company. We don't have plans to increase usage at this time, although we may do so if we need to store more information.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not had experience with technical support for this product.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use another cloud-based storage product prior to this one.

What other advice do I have?

This is a good product, it is convenient to use, and I recommend it.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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
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Amira Youssef - PeerSpot reviewer
Server Administrator Coordinator at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Jan 17, 2021
Stable, feature-rich, and easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "It's easy to use."
  • "They need more enhancements in the security features."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Google Cloud in our school for our email system, and our file sharing system as well.

We use all of the Google products in our schools, such as Google mail, Google Drive, Google Meet, and Google Hangouts.

What is most valuable?

It's easy to use.

What needs improvement?

Google Meet is missing the features needed to control the machines.

Google Meet allows you to share the screen but not to control the device itself. It would be better to be able to control it.

They need more enhancements in the security features.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Google Cloud Storage for more than 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?

The entire school is using this product and we plan to continue using it.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not contacted technical support. My colleague handles this area.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we were using a local file server with the Exchange email system.

What other advice do I have?

I can recommend this product to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Google Cloud Storage a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1297545 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant IBM Maximo at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Mar 9, 2020
User-friendly, flexible, and stable
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is flexible and very user-friendly."
  • "The solution should improve its security and accountability."

What is our primary use case?

I primarily use the solution for personal storage of documents, etc.

What is most valuable?

Everything about the solution is excellent. It's very fluid.

The solution is flexible and very user-friendly.

The drag and drop functionality is very good.

What needs improvement?

I'm not sure if there are any improvements necessary. For my purposes, it works very well.

The solution should improve its security and accountability.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution since about 2010 or 2011. It's been almost a decade.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is highly stable. I've never faced any issues accessing it. It's never crashed and I've never seen bugs or glitches.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution allows for one terabyte of data. In terms of personal use, that is quite enough for me. I don't need more than that. I don't think I will need to scale in the future.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I didn't previously use another cloud storage solution. Google Cloud Storage was my first platform.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very straightforward. It's already set up when you sign up for your email account. There's absolutely nothing a person needs to do. You just drag and drop in files and that's it.

What about the implementation team?

I handled everything myself. I did not need the assistance of a consultant or integrator.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is free to use and comes with one terabyte of free memory. If you need more than that, you may have to pay.

What other advice do I have?

Due to its general user-friendliness, I'd rate the solution nine out of ten overall.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Real User
Jan 28, 2020
Easy to use and makes our information accessible to everybody in the company
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are the ease and accessibility of information."
  • "The user interface could be more intuitive."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the ease and accessibility of information.

What needs improvement?

It would be good to have more storage space.

The user interface could be more intuitive.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Google Cloud Storage for a few months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Google Cloud Storage is stable, although, on two occasions, all of the privileges were lost on one or more of our folders. We did not lose any data but it required that we reconfigure. Nobody here had made any changes, and just instantly we saw that we did not have access to one or more of the folders.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I'm not sure about the scalability because if we want more storage then we have to pay for that. We may have to subscribe to another package, but I believe that it's quite easily scalable.

There are six people in my office who use this solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have never had to make a request for support.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Better pricing would be helpful.

What other advice do I have?

This is a good solution and I would recommend it to others. However, better pricing or more storage would be an improvement.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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
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Jan COETZEE - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Sep 6, 2019
An easily scalable solution that enables us to access our data anywhere, anytime
Pros and Cons
  • "The feature we've found most valuable is the ability to access our data anywhere, anytime."
  • "User management could be better. It's complicated process to delete users and maintain the structure of documents created by deleted users."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for sharing and storing our corporate data.

What is most valuable?

The feature we've found most valuable is the ability to access our data anywhere, anytime.

The security on the solution is perfect and the integration with email and email hosting is great.

What needs improvement?

User management could be better. It's a complicated process to delete users and maintain the structure of documents created by deleted users.

The solution needs backup and archival functionality. We had an instance where our account renewal was not done in time and we lost information. Archival and backup can be expanded upon, by providing archival/backup services within the google cloud solution. It would save us from using a third party for our cloud backup, which is what we are currently doing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very, very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable. We've had to increase our storage crate and it was very straightforward. On average we have about 10 users. We're a growing organization, and we intend to increase the number in the future.

How are customer service and technical support?

We're satisfied with technical support. We've had the opportunity to use the technical forum and to request their support. They were very responsive to our needs.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's setup is straightforward. Initially, there were some issues with synchronization and so on but I think they are continually improving, so it's getting better and better.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is fair. Even when you compare it to the competition, I'd say the value we get for every dollar we spend is very good.

They have different costs and options for scalability and functionality. We started off with the free edition and then we went for the corporate edition and the business edition, and we've since increased. They have lots of options for various types of users.

What other advice do I have?

We are using the public cloud deployment model.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. We are very happy with the services that we are getting. We've been using it for 5 years and apart from the backup issue, we use it every day and we've really got no issues.

I would definitely recommend it to any business if they're looking at taking their business into a more agile environment, or if they are scaling or reducing costs. There's definitely a lot of routes to reduce cost, and to reduce the risk of having your own infrastructure that you need to protect, and need to manage. It also reduces the complexity of the management of data storage.

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DataDireac53 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Director at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 28, 2019
Offers many tools and you can put as much information as you like on it because you pay according to usage
Pros and Cons
  • "What I like about this program, is that it's quite fast, because you pay for your usage."
  • "I would also like to be able to use my own tools and packages within this solution and also have a tool to visualize the data with graphics."

What is our primary use case?

We basically use this solution to store our data, run our mobiles, and link our data. 

What is most valuable?

What I like about this program, is that it's quite fast, because you pay for your usage. What's more, it is an easy solution to use. It has many tools that you can use, and you can put as much information as you like on there because you pay according to usage.

The scalability of this solution is also very valuable for us.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see an improvement in data visualization as well as new tools to manage storage in any platform. I think Google already has this solution for management. If you have a data set in Amazon, you must be able to manage it with a Google tool and that's a good improvement. 

I would also like to be able to use my own tools and packages within this solution and also have a tool to visualize the data with graphics.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for six months now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable and we've had no issues with it so far.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is one of the most important features for us because we use this feature for our mobile docs. Google Cloud Storage is used by four to five people in our company daily and it is scalable enough for us. The query function is one of the main tools we use. We definitely plan to keep using this product in the future.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have our own technical department so whenever I have an issue, I contact them and they fix my problem. So I haven't used the Google support team yet. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, I used my phone for data and analytics. I think that Amazon has more features and it is easier to find people who have worked with the phone tools before. However, for data analytics, I prefer Google Cloud because I think it's a stronger solution for data and analytics.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was really straightforward. We've had more than one deployment because we use this solution for deployments every month.

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution nine out of ten. The reason why I don't give it a ten is because of the data visualization. In the next version, I would like to have a tool to visualize the data with graphics and so on.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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