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Google Drive

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

1415 Reviews Write a Review

What is Google Drive?

Drive Enterprise empowers organizations to create, store, share, and collaborate in the cloud — without any of the risk or disruption associated with implementing new tools or technologies.

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Awards & Recognition

Google Drive won the following awards in the Content Collaboration category

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2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

Google Drive Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Google Drive?

1% Negative

4% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Drag and Drop User Interface

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Access Control and Rights Management

Mobility Support

Data Loss Prevention

Audit Trail

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

3rd-Party Integrations

Task Management and Workflow

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Google Drive Reviews

Nirmesh S.

Role: Operations
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2024

Best Cloud Storage and Backup Application

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Google drive is very efficient and has cloud storage options for all backups requirements.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The web UI is similar to the mobile application, so it doesnt matter from where you are working on the application, you will have a similar experience.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cloud storage option for premium has remained the same, and the price as well as the storage option have remained the same; the storage option should have increased for the price.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are using Google applications, then just go ahead with using Google Drive and forget the stress related to backups.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Derrick O.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Productivity guaranteed

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Safety of data guaranteed

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The features

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing really

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it its a good product

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Kamini B.

Role: Operations
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Cloud storage for your files

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Google drive let you, storage business files and documents and let you use it on the cloud

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

you can search the file as per the type. say doc file or ppt file or video file

What do you dislike most about this product?

Google drive will not store multiple version whenever you edit, so for us when we submit proposal it goes after multiple version, if you do it on the cloud, you dont get to see after multiple iteration, what you have done

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Google drive is a tool used by most of people, in personal or enterprise capacitiy so people are aware how well it is

Pros

Effective Service
Caring
Efficient Service
Saves Time

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Google Drive Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Google Drive?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Drag and Drop User Interface Optimal user interfaces and interactions, such as drag-and-drop and file open-in applications.

Team Collaboration Allows multiple users to comment on, mark-up, annotate, or edit a document. Provides team sites, workspaces or other landing areas that enhance productivity.

Real-Time Synchronization Synchronization of files to a central repository (on-prem or in the cloud) facilitating access across multiple devices.

Access Control and Rights Management Ability to discretely control who can access the file.

Mobility Support Software is optimized for mobile usage.

Data Loss Prevention Detection of potential data breaches by monitoring, detecting and blocking the electronic transmission of sensitive data.

Audit Trail View all previous activity including any recent edits and user access.

Enterprise Grade Security Controls Encryption in-transit and at rest. Remote wiping of data on non-corporate owned devices.

Large File Optimization Contains optimizations for transfers of large files.

3rd-Party Integrations Integration with other identity providers, content management systems, or cloud services.

Task Management and Workflow Supports triggers and events for process automation.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Google Drive Reviews

Nirmesh S.

Best Cloud Storage and Backup Application

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Derrick O.

Productivity guaranteed

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kamini B.

Cloud storage for your files

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Drag and Drop User Interface

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Access Control and Rights Management

Mobility Support

Data Loss Prevention

Audit Trail

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

3rd-Party Integrations

Task Management and Workflow

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training