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Google Drive

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

2118 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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1 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

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.

+94 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

3% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Drag and Drop User Interface

Mobility Support

Access Control and Rights Management

Office Online Integration

Data Loss Prevention

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

Audit Trail

3rd-Party Integrations

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Google Drive Reviews

Sahil R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Controllable and user friendly tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Google Drive is a really easy tool to use thanks to the Google ecosystem. Synchronization is very fast and effective. It allows us to save time with collaborative work in real time, in web writing, reports, and proposals to clients using various formats.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Google Drive is one of the best and the easiest tool that be be easily integrated in any organization. As google drive offers the ability to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and drawings with up to 50 individuals at once, allowing for multiple versions of the same document to be circulated edited and manipulated.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One of the drawbacks is the dependence on an Internet connection to access the files stored in the cloud. In addition, sometimes automatic synchronization can be slow, especially with large files.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is appropriate for use in digital marketing agencies inside social media marketing, copywriting, collaborative work, and graphic and web design.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Kimberly O.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Perfect for students!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Anyone can use it for their own personal use for free. For that reason, it is a great alternative to Microsoft products which can be expensive to front the cost of as an individual/family.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of collaborating with others. In comparison to Microsoft, I find that the collaboration features are much easier within the Google Suite.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The only real disadvantage is needing internet access to edit documents. There is an offline version, but it is not as powerful.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Consider your needs. If you already use Microsoft products, stick with Microsoft, but if you're looking to start fresh Google is a great low-cost option.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Mohd Saalim T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Best Cloud Drive

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Organized way of using files and documents

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Access management

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing dislike

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is amazing, every one must have to use it

Pros

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Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Google Drive Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

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

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.

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

Mobility Support Software is optimized for mobile usage.

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

Office Online Integration Provides cloud storage allowing file edits in the browser or mobile and saves back to file shares. Saves on licensing costs, and avoids costly migrations.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Google Drive Reviews

Sahil R.

Controllable and user friendly tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kimberly O.

Perfect for students!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mohd Saalim T.

Best Cloud Drive

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Drag and Drop User Interface

Mobility Support

Access Control and Rights Management

Office Online Integration

Data Loss Prevention

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

Audit Trail

3rd-Party Integrations

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support