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Akshat Baranwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder and CTO at Stimuler Private Limited
Real User
Top 10
Easy to set up and get started with
Pros and Cons
  • "It's a perfect tool for startups."
  • "When companies grow at a larger scale, they may shift to a different cloud services provider like AWS or Oracle."

What is our primary use case?

We use Google Cloud to deploy our servers on containerized token servers and store user databases, which mostly consist of 5S data. It is very useful for authentication, as most of our back-end operations are powered by Google.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the ease of use. Google Cloud has mastered the user interface and user experience so much that it is very convenient. The 5S is the best tool for startups to set up things quickly and powerfully. Apart from that, Google Cloud has a lot of features. We can deploy with really powerful servers, auto-scaling, and all. Yeah. That's it. I tried AWS, but it has too many features. So Google Cloud is simple to use to start with.

What needs improvement?

When the companies grow at a larger scale, I often see them shifting to a different cloud services provider, like Oracle or AWS, because they may have critical features or preferences over Google Cloud. While Google Cloud is expanding, there is still room for improvement in flexibility.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Google Cloud for more than a year now.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very scalable. For starters, it is very scalable, but when we use it for a month, we may have to look for a different setup on Google Cloud. But, yes, it is very scalable.

I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. We are happy with the scalability.

How are customer service and support?

The customer service is pretty supportive. We are also in the Google Startup Program and they have been very helpful. The support is amazing.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is super easy. I would rate it a ten out of ten.

What about the implementation team?

Google Cloud has amazing documentation. It took a few hours to deploy the solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Some options might be cheaper for much larger scales, but at the scale, we are operating on, Google has very convenient pricing. I'd rate it a three out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I highly recommend using this solution. It's very easy to set up and get started with and is a perfect tool for startups. They have amazing support with their programs as well.

Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Nisar Tak - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Infrastructure at JSW
Real User
Comprehensive cloud infrastructure solution with a knowledgeable support team
Pros and Cons
  • "The customer service team for this solution is very knowledgeable."
  • "The storage available for this solution could be improved, especially compared to a solution like Microsoft which offers 1 TB of storage. Google cloud offers only 30 GB."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for email and also make use of the Google servers and related services. 

What needs improvement?

The storage available for this solution could be improved, especially compared to a solution like Microsoft which offers 1 TB of storage. Google cloud offers only 30 GB.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

The customer service team for this solution is very knowledgeable. 

How was the initial setup?

There is very little setup needed for this solution. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This solution is reasonably priced. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

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Ruven Naidoo - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer Team Lead at Dilowa
Real User
Top 10Leaderboard
Scales easily, simple to set up and offers great pricing
Pros and Cons
  • "This is a solution that's so easy to expand when you need it to. It's the best I've ever seen. It's much better than Azure."
  • "The management side for the database needs some work. Currently, you do everything from the APP. It would be nice to have an interface where you can go in and maintain data and deal with records and do something online."

What is our primary use case?

We largely use the solution for hosting and for the database it offers.

What is most valuable?

Both the hosting and the database are the most valuable features on this product.

What needs improvement?

The analytics could be improved. I need to be able to give them to the client. It is there, but you have to go to Google Cloud to see it. I want it added as a service so I can add it to the client-side and make it easily sharable with my clients.

The management side for the database needs some work. Currently, you do everything from the app. It would be nice to have an interface where you can go in and maintain data and deal with records and do something online. Also the ability to migrate the database should be a bit easier. You can't just copy a database and make another duplicate. You have to do all that bit manually.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've only been using the solution for a total of three months at this point.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

So far, after three months, I can say it's very stable. I haven't had issues with bugs or glitches. It hasn't crashed at all.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a solution that's so easy to expand when you need to. It's the best I've ever seen. It's much better than Azure.

How are customer service and technical support?

Everything in the few months we've used the solution has been great so we haven't had a need to contact technical support. I can't speak to how they are because I have never directly had to deal with them.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I've used Azure as well. I've used that for a while and now I've moved to Google Cloud. Then, for a client, I'm also going to use AWS.

We switched from Azure because the setup is too complex, and, on the scalability side, you have to set it up yourself and I found it didn't actually work well. You have to constantly monitor your server and then add a new VM. There's a lot more effort required which is unnecessary if you have a solution that cuts the workload down. Google simplifies things on many levels, and it does the scaling for you.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup isn't complex per se. It's simple once you understand it, but it takes some time to figure it out. Once you do, it's very simple afterwards. In our case, it took us two weeks to get everything fully operational.

We don't require any maintenance. We just need to make sure we keep our data clean.

What about the implementation team?

I handled the implementation myself. I didn't require any consultants or integrators to assist me.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing for Google Cloud seems to be quite cheap and they're actually quite reasonable in comparison to Azure, which, as it turns out, is quite expensive. Even though Azure has a data center in South Africa it's still quite costly. There's no scaling, so if you go with the VM, you pay 2500 Rand. When you add another VM, it's another 2500 Rand even though you don't use the whole thing. With Google, you can go up as incrementally as you need to, even if it's just 30 Rand.

With Google, there's no licensing. Everything is included, just been based on the usage.

What other advice do I have?

We're just a customer. We don't have any special connection to the company in any way.

Obviously, with Google, everything is the latest version. Google updates everything for you, so there isn't usually a time when we're on an "old version" of the solution.

We use the solution on a daily basis.

I would recommend Google Cloud. At the moment it's in third place, according to the standards. Right now it's ranked AWS, then Azure, then Google. Even though it's technically third, it's much better to use and it's a much better environment.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
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Ruven Naidoo - PeerSpot reviewer
Ruven NaidooSenior Software Developer Team Lead at Dilowa
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AWS also looks like a good option. To get certified https://www.udemy.com/course/e... 

Soumi Sarkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Content Consultant at Zensciences
Real User
User-friendly, reliable, and great for collaboration
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is stable and reliable."
  • "It would be nice if they could offer more free storage."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for sharing resources, including creating folders and sending them to the team so that docs can be loaded in.

What is most valuable?

You can start with 30MB for free. Anybody can get edit access via permissions and people can just start collaborating. 

The setup is easy. 

The solution is stable and reliable.

It can scale.

The solution is very user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

We'd like to maybe see more integrations in the future. 

It would be nice if they could offer more free storage. 

The solution could always improve security. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for a long time. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable solution. I'd rate it nine out of ten. The reliability is good, and there are no bugs or glitches. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is great. I'd rate it nine out of ten in terms of being able to expand the product. 

We have a few hundred users on the solution currently. We might increase usage sometime in the future. 

How are customer service and support?

I've never had to reach out to technical support in the past. It's easy to use, and we haven't had any issues. 

How was the initial setup?

It's not complex to set up the solution. The implementation is pretty straightforward. The deployment itself did not take very long. everyone pretty much knows how to use it. There's no real learning curve. 

I'm not sure how many people in my company need to maintain the product, if any. 

What was our ROI?

I've never looked at the ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'm not sure what the exact licensing costs are. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. 

I'd recommend the solution to others as it is very easy to use and is great for collaboration. 

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Sr SAP PP Consultant at HCL Technologies
Real User
Excellent customer support, with state of the art features, and extremely scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability is good with Google Cloud."
  • "Current technologies keep on changing, so definitely those new changes need to be incorporated quickly. The competition is always out there to be one step ahead. How those open-source platforms can be easily integrated into the cloud, is going to be the key in the future."

What is most valuable?

When looking at CI/CD, and Kubernetes they are very good. In the new areas of CI/CD, and DevOps, those tools are actually good, in terms of utilization.

What needs improvement?

Current technologies keep on changing, so definitely those new changes need to be incorporated quickly. The competition is always out there to be one step ahead. How those open-source platforms can be easily integrated into the cloud, is going to be the key in the future.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Googe Cloud now for three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good with Google Cloud.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Google cloud is scalable. We have more than two hundred working on the solution.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We are actually using other products also of the cloud like AWS and Azure. Compared to that, it is going very well and most of the customers now actually use Google Cloud. If you talk about security, it is actually the integration with LDAP. When moving the organization's data it is important to manage that same LDAP, authentication, and usage of connecting the Google public cloud to the private infrastructure. Those items are actually much better in Google Cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy and straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

When you have professional individuals work with the deployment it takes roughly three to four hours for installation.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Good Cloud a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
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Ankit Mehta - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner and Co-founder at Adnate IT Solutions
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Good performance, user-friendly, and easy to configure
Pros and Cons
  • "It didn't take long to get everything set up and understand what was going on. Things are pretty clear."
  • "The price could improve. Every customer would agree, that they would like the price to be reduced."

What is our primary use case?

We use Google Cloud for setting up the server. It is our development Server.

What is most valuable?

It is simple to use. 

Everything was very simple to set up. I would say that we were already fairly comfortable with Google. 

It didn't take long to get everything set up and understand what was going on. Things are pretty clear.

What needs improvement?

The price could improve. Every customer would agree, that they would like the price to be reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been working with Google Cloud for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I am satisfied with the stability of Google Cloud.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of Google Cloud is good. It's a scalable product.

We only have one instance, which is a single server.

How are customer service and support?

We didn't require any technical support. We were able to find solutions on the internet.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The security features in OpenText are great. 

For web security, we do not use anything specific. Because we are working on OpenText AppWorks, the built-in security features are useful. In the production environment, the customer is responsible for the security of the web servers.

We use both Windows Server 2019 and Linux Servers.

Our customers have tested Webroot endpoint protection, and have not had any issues.

We are also working with Amazon AWS EC2. Our feedback would be similar to Google Cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

I don't remember the exact time because it was a while ago, but from what I recall, the setup took no more than two or three hours.

Technical assistance is required, but it is easily accessible via the internet. It is not difficult to understand.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

In my opinion, the price is not excessive when compared to competitors. The market determines the price.

Licensing fees are paid monthly.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We have not yet evaluated Pega BPM, but we plan to do so in the future. We may begin practicing in Pega.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Google Cloud a nine out of ten.

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Technology Competency and Solution Head at LearningMate
Real User
Easy to learn, stable, and auto-scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "It is stable. It is easy to learn and very straightforward."
  • "They need to improve the costing for predictive analytics, which is mainly related to the tools that come with AI. They also need to improve the BigQuery cost optimization and the visualization."

What is our primary use case?

We build solutions based on the Google platform. We don't create solutions for ourselves. We create them for our customers.

We are using it specifically for our machine learning and data analytics. We are building our data solutions by using Google Cloud services. We are building the analytics dashboards and coming out with predictive analytics for education.

What is most valuable?

It is stable. It is easy to learn and very straightforward.

What needs improvement?

They need to improve the costing for predictive analytics, which is mainly related to the tools that come with AI. They also need to improve the BigQuery cost optimization and the visualization.

Their support could be faster.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for the last one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is auto-scalable. We have around 30 to 40 associates on this.

At the moment, we have around three customers who are using this particular product.

How are customer service and technical support?

Their tech support is not so great. It takes more than 48 hours to get a response from the Google team. Their support could be faster.

How was the initial setup?

It is a cloud-based solution, so there is no installation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It has a monthly subscription. The customers pay based on the usage.

What other advice do I have?

We are getting into a partnership with Google very soon. Almost our whole organization will be a Google partner. We recommend Google for every educational institution.

I would rate Google Cloud a nine out of 10.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Uddeshya Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Owner at SecLogic Limited
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Tech support is great but there is room for improvement with the documentation
Pros and Cons
  • "The features I found most valuable are the cloud run and cloud function."
  • "I would like for this solution to improve its user interface and documentation."

What is most valuable?

The features I found most valuable are the cloud run and cloud function.

What needs improvement?

I would like for this solution to improve its user interface and documentation.

In the next release, I'd like to see information that's easier to use.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for the past year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of this solution a nine, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

How are customer service and support?

I would rate the technical support of this solution a 10, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we used Amazon Web Services.

How was the initial setup?

I would rate the initial setup process a six, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. If you want to configure the solution correctly, you have to use your own R&D and configure and select the correct commands. The deployment took a couple of minutes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Regarding pricing, we are currently using free credits.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise other people looking into this solution to go through the documentation thoroughly first.

I would rate this solution as a whole a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Google Startup program
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