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Google Drive Enterprise vs Google Workspace comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Google Drive Enterprise
Ranking in Cloud Storage
8th
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Google Workspace
Ranking in Cloud Storage
5th
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
101
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Google Drive Enterprise is 2.2%, down from 3.8% 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.
Cloud Storage
 

Featured Reviews

AshwinMor - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers the most simplest and easiest UI to use
I would not like many changes in the tool, but I think the 15 GB space provided by Google Drive Enterprise needs to be increased to around 25 five GB, as it would be really helpful for users. These days, the resolution of pictures and everything else has been increased. If you take a picture from an iPhone, it could easily be of around seven to eight GB. Photos are memories that one would want to keep or store properly. I believe that it is not possible to save a lot of photos in Google Drive Enterprise since it only provides 15 GB to users. The product does not offer a bit more storage space for users, which makes it an area that needs to be considered for improvement.
Sunil-Nair - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability of Google Drive Enterprise is good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are space and availability."
"One of the most strong features is the ability to collaborate by sharing files with others, allowing concurrent work. The most valuable features of our team's collaboration include concurrent editing and quickly creating reports. This allows for simultaneous editing, moderation, and finalization of our reports."
"Google has a lot of tools. They are really useful and they are really simple to use."
"Compared to other solutions such as Microsoft, this solution offers faster synchronization."
"For me, the most valuable feature is basically saving and sharing documents with other people outside, having something to be co-shared. When documents are large in size, it is easier to send them via email."
"The solution's most valuable features are collaboration and the automatic sharing of information among different company stakeholders."
"The solution's most valuable features are its flexibility and accessibility."
"I like everything that Google does. They have good products."
"Users can work anywhere with an internet connection."
"It is a stable platform. It is very easy to use, and most importantly, it is very easy to administer. It also gets up and running quite easily."
"Extremely reliable, providing great collaboration features."
"The user interface is fantastic. It's also available for the individual person, so that's also a great thing about it."
"We use Google Sheets extensively for things like sharing plans, data, test reports, and more."
"The solution is stable."
"Google Mail lets you link a task to a specific email and add a reminder. That's helpful for reviewing your schedule. It's based on Slack, so you don't have these folders like in Microsoft mail. Using Slack instead of folders is a bit more intuitive. It's easier to find again a specific email than using Microsoft Suite. If you misplace things, it's much easier to find them because of Google's search capability."
 

Cons

"The vendor must increase awareness about the tool among the common people."
"The thing I would change is the pricing. We are a small company, and we have to pay the price for the full Enterprise version because we use some features that are only available on top-tier subscriptions."
"Google Drive Enterprise can improve by having better compatibility with Microsoft files. Google Drive Enterprise sometimes blocks Japanese characters in documents."
"Google meets use of whiteboard is primitive making it difficult to demonstrate while talking."
"It might be ideal if we could increase storage more easily, however, I don't have much visibility on that and have never had any issues."
"Lacks scalability and security."
"It would be helpful if there was a synchronization option that would allow me to synchronize folders or emails with my online repository. That way, any new items added to the folder would automatically be uploaded to the solution, without me having to manually upload them."
"Google should also make it simpler to manage rights and access for different users. I want to share one folder with some people and another with other groups. It's not easy to manage. You have to use Google's web interface to assign rights, but IBM Box lets you permissions directly on the Windows interface."
"Integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved."
"There seems to be a bit of vulnerability on some operating systems, specifically on the iPhone. There isn't as much control as if a person is using an Android. That's a bit of a concern."
"It takes a long time to import the data from G Suite into another platform."
"In Google Meet, there is no feature for recording a meeting. It should have a feature for recording."
"I would rate the stability a five out of ten."
"We would like to use something within Google Workspace for project management, but we didn't find it there."
"We need more functionality with Google Sheets"
"Google Workspace doesn't have some of the Excel and PowerPoint presentation functions you get with Microsoft Office."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using the free version."
"Google Drive Enterprise is free for everyone to use."
"There is a monthly fee that we pay for the use of this solution and the price is fair."
"I rate the price of Google Drive Enterprise a four out of five compared to other competitors."
"The costs could be lower, but they are reasonable for the value they provide."
"The product is not expensive."
"It is inexpensive and the cost is per user per month."
"The solution has a subscription-based license."
"The overall cost is very reasonable when considering all of the security features that you are receiving. It is a bit more expensive than our local host and/or other hosting companies that are available on the market, but it is worth it."
"The pricing of Google Workspace, so far, has been reasonable."
"The price per client within the business is too high."
"We pay a monthly subscription for the use of this solution."
"The price of the solution can vary."
"The pricing is a bit on the higher side than normal. For a basic Google account it costs $100, but Enterprise is %150."
"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."
"We normally purchase the license on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
12%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Drive Enterprise?
With Google Drive Enterprise, multiple people can edit a document, and you can open it as Google Docs.
What needs improvement with Google Drive Enterprise?
Google Drive Enterprise is expensive. Google Sheets APIs need improvement.
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.
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.
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...
 

Also Known As

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

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Journal Communications
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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