Google Cloud Storage vs Google Workspace comparison

Google Cloud Storage and Google Workspace are both solutions in the Cloud Storage category. Google Cloud Storage is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8, while Google Workspace is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.1. Google Cloud Storage holds a 9.5% mindshare in CS, compared to Google Workspace’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Google Cloud Storage users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Google Workspace users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Google Workspace and Google Cloud Storage compete in the collaboration and cloud storage categories respectively. Google Workspace gains the upper hand with its enhanced productivity and collaboration features while Google Cloud Storage is valued for its secure, scalable storage solutions.

Features: Google Workspace provides robust collaboration tools such as document sharing, real-time editing, and seamless integration with Gmail, Google Meet, and Drive. Its intuitive interface enhances user experience. Google Cloud Storage offers secure and scalable storage with comprehensive access controls and seamless data access across devices.

Room for Improvement: Google Workspace could improve pricing transparency, offline capabilities, and Microsoft Office integration. Enhancing email organization and collaboration features would benefit users. Google Cloud Storage could offer more free storage, improve security transparency, and simplify external platform integration for better user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both Google Workspace and Google Cloud Storage offer straightforward cloud-based deployment. Google Workspace is simpler to set up due to its integrated suite of tools. Customer service experiences vary; Google Workspace users often seek better support, while Google Cloud Storage users find documentation robust and helpful.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace generally has higher costs due to per-user subscriptions but promises significant ROI through productivity gains. Google Cloud Storage offers free options with limited storage and scalable pricing for extra needs, with users acknowledging its cost-efficiency and flexible payment models.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Storage

Ranking in Cloud Storage

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Public Cloud Storage Services (3rd)

Google Workspace

Ranking in Cloud Storage

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

101

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd), Content Collaboration Platforms (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Storage is 9.5%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Workspace is 3.7%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Naresh Kumar

Founder & Director at Hiindsight Group

Offers great reliability to users

Protection is an area in the product where improvements are required. If big companies want to use the tool for protection purposes, like security, which is a big thing people are looking for nowadays. Sometimes, the tool's user interface automatically puts all the files in a different place, making it a bit difficult to go deep and figure out in which folder a file is present. I need to search for a file and drill down to be able to find it. There are a few bugs in the tool, as with all content management tools, since the solution is usually used to deal with huge amounts of content. If the flow of the documents is huge, the tool might get slow for the end users, or when the data is being migrated or imported into the tools.

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Sunil-Nair

IT Manager at Universal Carpets & Rugs

Email collaboration and accessibility have improved team productivity

The valuable features include the email service, email updates, and Google Drive. People are given email access to Google Drive. The team can share manual files and work accordingly. They can access different teams from anywhere, collectively putting files, sharing them, and managing them. Additionally, the manufacturing product does not require any downgrades. It works fine and continuously for the last three or four years. Users can access their emails from anywhere in their browser without a laptop or can directly access from Gmail. This is helpful for salespeople.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We are satisfied with the parameters of Google Cloud Storage."

"I have more than enough personal storage and have had no security issues."

"I find the accessibility from various devices to be the most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage. I also like that it is integrated with Gmail and Google Groups."

"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."

"It's easy to use."

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

"Google Cloud Storage's most valuable feature is the native algorithms are available. Some of the algorithms are not available for the use cases that we had in Microsoft Azure. We didn't find any native algorithms and that's the reason why we decided to use the machine learning algorithms in GCP."

"Google Cloud Storage integrates well with Google Suite, making it easy to extend functionalities to cloud-based platforms for various company activities."

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"The email is excellent."

"It's more open than Microsoft and easy to use."

"G Suite and all of Google were the first to have a built-in multifactor authentication without needing to purchase another product."

"The most valuable part of G Suite is the integration among all of the components. It's also highly reliable because it's always available. And G Suite's ability to collaborate on all the standard office tools has no rival. It's amazing because you can work seamlessly with any of your colleagues on the same document."

"I have found the solution to be pretty stable."

"G Suite is a powerful suite of tools for messaging and collaboration that has met the fundamental needs of my company, both increasing productivity and reducing costs."

"The document sharing in which multiple people can work on the same document. To go along with that is the archiving of documents. If you mess up a document, it's easy to go get a previous version."

"The solution is very stable."

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Cons

"Could be improved from a storage perspective and a cost perspective."

"It would be helpful to offer more packages to increase the storage."

"I would like to see this solution made faster, cheaper, and bigger."

"It is stable, but it can always be more stable."

"I would prefer more support for alternative operating systems like DSD. The performance could be better because sometimes there are glitches. The price could be better."

"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."

"I would like more storage available."

"I do not find any areas needing improvement currently."

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"We use Zoom most of the time for official meetings, and we use Google Meet only for internal meetings. I would like to get an improvised Google Meet. It would be good if they can make Google Meet more clear in communication and more scalable like Zoom."

"In some cases, we are using the Google Meet functions but only when we have external clients. Internally, we are using Slack. Google Meet virtual meeting function is not as advanced as the one in Slack and should improve."

"Google Workspace does a pretty good job, so it doesn't have that much room for improvement, but what would make it even better is if its apps, for example, Gmail, could integrate with more apps, such as Evernote and specific cloud-based platforms."

"Google needs to improve its support."

"I talked with G Suite recently because my G Suite has a temporary block. I communicated with the G Suite representative or Google representative, and he told me that I sent a lot of emails, so my email was temporarily blocked. But I know I have not sent more than 500 emails daily to reach the limit. I sent only 5,200 emails, but unfortunately, my G Suite account was temporarily blocked for 24 hours, and then he resolved it. I think they need to improve G Suite because this temporary block is not fair."

"Integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved."

"We need more functionality with Google Sheets"

"For Google Docs, if you upload a Word document up to Google Docs, it could mess up your formatting quite a bit."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We do not have to pay for a license for Google Cloud Storage but there is a subscription that needs to be paid."

"There is a license needed to use Google Cloud Storage at our university."

"Regarding the cost of the solution, Google offers its users a pay-as-you-go model pricing."

"I just use the free storage that comes with Gmail. I have 15 gigabytes."

"It's an inexpensive product."

"The price could be cheaper."

"The product pricing is reasonable."

"The solution is free unless you want to increase the GB data allowance. There is a cost if you want to increase the size of storage space which is expensive."

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"The price per client within the business is too high."

"The pricing is comparable, it's pretty decent."

"There are different versions of the solution available, such as premium."

"The pricing is very high, although I cannot tell if this is the result of the Indian vendors artificially inflating it."

"The price of Google Workspace is reasonable. I pay less than 100 a month."

"Careful consideration should be given to the different licensing options and provisions should be made for additional applications that may be required for your particular business."

"The solution is expensive."

"You pay for Google Workspace based on your usage and the apps you use, but in my case, it's free, but if I used it a lot more, I'd probably need to pay. 15GB is enough for me, but I see myself upgrading and paying the additional charges for more storage regularly."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

74%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud Storage?

It is flexible and simple to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Storage?

Depending on your setup, Google Cloud Storage is economical, especially if you do not need high stability and scalability. We use it for backup, so the storage that is not used often is affordable.

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage?

So far, when it comes to security, it meets our needs and requirements, so I have nothing to say about improvements to their services. I do not find any areas needing improvement currently.

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What do you like most about Google Workspace?

Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?

I'm not satisfied with the cost because I feel these services should be free as they use our data.

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

As far as Google Workspace is concerned, it is working fine for us. Our needs are fulfilled, so that's fine. However, integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved. The new integration was i...

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G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault

Overview

Google Cloud Storage is praised for its fast performance, seamless integration, high security, and scalability. Users store and access large amounts of data easily, backup files, host websites, and collaborate on projects. The platform's reliability and cost-effectiveness make it a top choice for data storage and management.

Google

Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

Google

Sample Customers

1. Adobe 2. Airbnb 3. Amazon 4. Apple 5. AT&T 6. Baidu 7. Cisco 8. Coca-Cola 9. Dell 10. eBay 11. Facebook 12. Ford 13. Google 13. HP 14. IBM 15. Intel 16. JPMorgan Chase 17. LinkedIn 18. Lyft 19. Microsoft 20. Netflix 21. Nike 22. Oracle 23. PayPal 24. Pinterest 25. Qualcomm 26. SAP 27. Spotify 28. Tesla 29. Toyota 30. Twitter 31. Visa 32. Walmart 33. WeWork

There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.

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