Google Drive Enterprise vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server comparison

"I like how Google Drive syncs content across all my devices. It allows me to transfer files between multiple devices at the same time. I also like the versioning features."

"The most valuable features of the solution are space and availability."

"The initial setup of Google Drive Enterprise was simple."

"It is very easy to use. Everything is available on the cloud, which is what I like the most. So, when we require a document, we can download it at any time and in any of the formats."

"The solution is very easy to scale."

"Low maintenance solution."

"The ability to simultaneously edit files is really useful."

"Google autosaves your work, which means you won't lose things."

"The software is friendly to use for mixing data and analyzing it."

"It is a decent tool for collaboration, especially if you are already using other Office products."

"The solution is scalable. You can do both horizontal and vertical scaling."

"The collaboration, the ability for multiple users to work on a single document."

"The solution's most valuable aspects are its collaboration capabilities, its communications site and the innovation within the product itself."

"The solution's most valuable features is its document management. It allows sharing with external users and integrates well with Office apps and Microsoft Flow."

"The forms aspect of the solution, for example, the creation of surveys, is its most valuable aspect."

"The level of stability is good."

"Security-wise, Google Drive Enterprise needs improvement. Compared to its competitor: Kiteworks, Google Drive Enterprise is less secure."

"The feature for synchronization of data from multiple systems with the same single ID is not happening in Google Drive. This feature should be added. For example, if I have only one single mail ID and I'm using it in a different location to upload different data, this is the challenge. It is happening from one system or one server. The synchronization of data from the local system to Google Drive will not happen if the IDs are the same. If I'm using it for different systems in different locations, synchronization is not happening. The system hets logged out. This feature is very important for us and they need to add it."

"The product does not offer a bit more storage space for users, which makes it an area that needs to be considered for improvement."

"The storage limits could be higher."

"Google Drive Enterprise is not scalable."

"I believe that the product's stability has certain areas of concern."

"It's become difficult to fit everything in one window."

"Google meets use of whiteboard is primitive making it difficult to demonstrate while talking."

"This solution is not very stable. It is useful to arrange data but it's not the best for big data. Sometimes we have issues with our reports as a result."

"The solution needs to have more flexibility. The classic version had more flexibility, however, the modern version has many more limitations."

"The areas around security, such as protection, need to be included."

"Sharepoint doesn't integrate well with Oracle, and we use a lot of Oracle products at our company. Therefore, it makes more sense for us to go to Oracle instead of continuing to use Sharepoint."

"The search feature needs improvement. I can never find the information I need when I use it."

"The permission management features need improvement."

"I think these tools do a pretty good job. There is only one area of improvement. Maybe Microsoft can invest a little bit more into the ease at which integration can be done with other third party applications."

"The ability to preview files in different formats should be expanded to include formats such as embedded postscript (EPS), AutoCAD, and Adobe Acrobat PDF."

"The product is available for free."

"The solution has a subscription-based license."

"It is inexpensive and the cost is per user per month."

"The program is very affordable."

"The licensing is yearly. We pay for the high-tier subscription."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."

"The tool is a bit expensive."

"The product is free."

"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."

"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."

"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."

"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."