We primarily use the solution for sharing resources, including creating folders and sending them to the team so that docs can be loaded in.
Content Consultant at Zensciences
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?
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.
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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
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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Partner and Co-founder at Adnate IT Solutions
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
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
Cloud Services Consultant at Evolutio
Relatively inexpensive and with good governance but it could be lighter
Pros and Cons
- "The solution can scale as well."
- "The Spanish version is in beta. It needs to be farther along."
What is our primary use case?
I typically use the solution for creating infrastructure.
What is most valuable?
The governance feature is very good.
There are several functions the cloud has, which are quite useful.
The virtual machines are very big. It isn't small, like Azure or AWS.
It's relatively inexpensive.
The stability is okay.
The solution can scale as well.
What needs improvement?
The Spanish version is in beta. It needs to be farther along.
We'd like the solution to be smaller and lighter. It could be simpler.
We'd like for some better integration from TerraForm.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution has okay stability, however, that said, it has a way to go before it keeps up to something like Azure. Even AWS is more stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution, as far as I can tell, is quite scalable.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also work with AWS and Azure. I find the stability okay with Google, and it is quite sizeable. However, AWS and Azure are more stable and lighter.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is very good. We're happy with it for the most part.
It was cheap. I'd rate it a four out of five in terms of being affordable. They are very competitive with other clouds.
What other advice do I have?
We're a consulting company and use the infrastructure created by the cloud itself.
I would rate the solution a seven 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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Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Scalable solution with good technical support services
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable solution."
- "Its integration with one of the third-party platforms could be better."
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable feature is BigQuery. We can train models for forecasting and predictions by just writing SQL queries with it. Also, GKE features work best, along with integrating Istio for monitoring purposes.
What needs improvement?
The solution's integration with Oracle could be better. We encounter issues while migrating the database from Oracle to another SQL server.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for two and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable and has automatic features for it. I rate its scalability a nine or ten.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is good. We also contact other vendors trained in Google Cloud support in case of queries.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I rate the solution's initial setup process a seven out of ten. We need to understand its complete landscape for more straightforward implementation. Although, its deployment is faster and takes over a month to complete.
What about the implementation team?
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution has OpEx and CapEx, pricing models. Thus, the cost depends on specific use cases.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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Owner at a insurance company with 11-50 employees
Simple with a straightforwards setup but does not seem to provide virtualization
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support has been good."
- "I find it hard to download items, especially on their operating system."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for data. For example, we use it for email and Google Docs and sheets and content of that nature.
What is most valuable?
I find that Google Cloud is easier to understand than other options.
I like its product offering, which is simpler to figure out and automate.
The setup is straightforward.
It is scalable.
The solution is stable.
Technical support has been good.
What needs improvement?
I'm still confused by the usefulness of the cloud and I'm not sure why everyone is moving there. I don't trust the act of sending my company's information to whoever knows where instead of having it safe on my own servers.
I find it hard to download items, especially on their operating system.
The Google operating system leaves a lot to be desired.
It does not seem to provide any virtualization whatsoever.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for a while.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Cloud providers like Google are designed to be scalable. The issue is you are supposed to be bursting at the seams before you scale and that doesn't make much financial sense.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service is very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I'm also familiar with Azure. I've used Microsoft products for ten years or so, however, I find Google to be simpler.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was pretty straightforward and simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is pretty good. However, all cloud products offer pretty close to the same pricing.
What other advice do I have?
I haven't used a lot of cloud products and haven't experimented too much with Google Cloud, beyond playing with Google Workspace.
From what I have experienced, I would rate it seven out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Assistant Vice President at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It's easy to deploy next-generation applications
Pros and Cons
- "It's easy to deploy next-generation applications on Google Cloud. Customers can also use various cloud tools to optimize their operations and generate more insights to do business much smarter."
- "Another issue is the applicability of local language data capturing mechanisms, which are more advanced on cloud service providers, but still there is room to grow. Also, their hybrid version isn't available in all markets worldwide, so I'm hoping that it will be released globally soon"
What is our primary use case?
When you push your networking, storage, and other infrastructure from on-premise to the cloud, you can let go of your on-premise real estate and shift the burden back onto the cloud vendor. Google absorbs the cost of power, cooling, management, etc.
You no longer need to spend on CapEx. Instead, you are spending on consumption, so your CapEx moves into OPEX and then on the utility. That's the generic use case for why somebody would move their workload to the cloud.
How has it helped my organization?
Migrating to the cloud offers multiple benefits for consumers. One is financial. Customers can let go of their data centers and put the overhead and the hassle of management onto the cloud provider.
What is most valuable?
It's easy to deploy next-generation applications on Google Cloud. Customers can also use various cloud tools to optimize their operations and generate more insights to do business much smarter.
What needs improvement?
Cloud vendors can't afford to have data centers all across the world because of the economics of scale and the size of markets. That is one reason that some customers don't get onto the cloud.
Another issue is the applicability of local language data capturing mechanisms, which are more advanced on cloud service providers, but still there is room to grow. Also, their hybrid version isn't available in all markets worldwide, so I'm hoping that it will be released globally soon.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been selling Google Cloud solutions for about a year now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability has never been a question with any of the three major cloud vendors.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Cloud vendors are more scalable than any on-prem solution. There will always be an increasing demand for cloud solutions. It naturally goes up, and a lot of the other products you use will begin producing cloud versions that can only run on public clouds.
How are customer service and support?
All three cloud vendors have excellent support. I would rate them nine or 10 out of 10.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
So we have a reselling on prem solutions and cloud solutions.
How was the initial setup?
I rate Google Cloud eight out of 10 for ease of deployment. The complexity of deployment can vary depending on the use case and business requirements, but if it's an enterprise workload, we are looking at anywhere from four to six months.
One person could be enough to deploy and manage a cloud solution depending on how critical the workload is. It's also contingent on how much responsibility the customer or the cloud vendor takes. For example, if the cloud vendor takes maximum responsibility in a case like a software service, then the customer only has to configure, manage and run the software.
What about the implementation team?
We are the ones who migrate the workloads, so we're doing the implementation, but there is always. If it's a massive workload, we might bring in third-party integrators who specialize in a particular application workload.
What was our ROI?
You get an ROI from moving workloads from on-prem to cloud, but the real return comes when your customers start taking advantage of the cloud solution's full features. The return doesn't justify the cost unless you modernize the applications.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Cost can start from less than a dollar and go up. Monthly and yearly base billing is there, but ultimately it depends on customer usage, There could be additional costs. It depends on the requirements. If a customer has some needs that aren't available on the public cloud, they'll have to procure those licenses separately.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
The decision to use Google Cloud had nothing to do with its technical capabilities. We were looking at which cloud vendor had the least reach in our market, so we chose that vendor. It's hard to speak generally about the advantages and disadvantages of the different cloud platforms divorced from context.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Google Cloud 10 out of 10. People have limited knowledge of cloud solutions. My advice is that for those considering migration to the cloud is to evaluate the on-prem and cloud alternatives as much as possible because you can make wrong decisions if your perspective is limited.
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