We basically use this solution to store our data, run our mobiles, and link our data.
Data Director at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Offers many tools and you can put as much information as you like on it because you pay according to usage
Pros and Cons
- "What I like about this program, is that it's quite fast, because you pay for your usage."
- "I would also like to be able to use my own tools and packages within this solution and also have a tool to visualize the data with graphics."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
What I like about this program, is that it's quite fast, because you pay for your usage. What's more, it is an easy solution to use. It has many tools that you can use, and you can put as much information as you like on there because you pay according to usage.
The scalability of this solution is also very valuable for us.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see an improvement in data visualization as well as new tools to manage storage in any platform. I think Google already has this solution for management. If you have a data set in Amazon, you must be able to manage it with a Google tool and that's a good improvement.
I would also like to be able to use my own tools and packages within this solution and also have a tool to visualize the data with graphics.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for six months now.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable and we've had no issues with it so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is one of the most important features for us because we use this feature for our mobile docs. Google Cloud Storage is used by four to five people in our company daily and it is scalable enough for us. The query function is one of the main tools we use. We definitely plan to keep using this product in the future.
How are customer service and support?
We have our own technical department so whenever I have an issue, I contact them and they fix my problem. So I haven't used the Google support team yet.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, I used my phone for data and analytics. I think that Amazon has more features and it is easier to find people who have worked with the phone tools before. However, for data analytics, I prefer Google Cloud because I think it's a stronger solution for data and analytics.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was really straightforward. We've had more than one deployment because we use this solution for deployments every month.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution nine out of ten. The reason why I don't give it a ten is because of the data visualization. In the next version, I would like to have a tool to visualize the data with graphics and so on.
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Enterprise Solution Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Keeps customer data secure and well managed
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the cryptographic technology."
- "The implementation is not as easy as Microsoft, and the process could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for this solution is the implementation for our customers. Depending on what our customer's needs are, and if they use a solution that needs storage then we will implement the solution with Google Cloud Storage.
Our company is not developing cloud technology at the moment but we are using Google Cloud Storage and Microsoft Windows 10.
We help our customers with the digital transformation from their own data center to Google Cloud Storage.
When you are changing environments there are many things to consider and we help our customers in the transition.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the cryptographic technology. Our customers are afraid that their data will be across the world, and they want to know that their data is secure and managed. They don't want anyone having access to their data.
What needs improvement?
They could improve their storage and stay current.
It is very easy to use Google Cloud Storage, easy to implement, but it is not very flexible when it comes to modifying the parameters.
The level of storage, the level of technology, and the level of services could also be improved.
The implementation is not as easy as Microsoft, and the process could be improved.
We would like to see the implementation of better identity management.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We don't have any issues with stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution is scalable.
We have technical resources for each customer, however, the same technical resource could be used for ten to fifteen customers at the same time.
We don't have a lot of problems with managing Google Cloud Storage. You can share resources, and human resources can manage the Google cloud for fifteen customers. It would be like overbooking of resources.
We have other competent centers for Unix, for Windows, and storage, but for the Google Cloud Storage, we are a team of fifteen developers to manage it.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have not contacted Google for technical support. We have resolved issues by ourselves. The solution is related to the customer, so we don't use exotic solutions. We use the standard, Google Storage. Fortunately, we haven't had any issues.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I am using AWS, Google, and Microsoft.
In the last six months to a year, my experience has been with using Google Cloud Storage, Amazon, and Azure.
I have taken courses and completed the exams at an architectural level.
I also have experience in Linux, Microsoft environment, VMware for development, and I have practiced with Storage Technologies. I have over twenty years experience and I used to implement networks in Europe and South America. This includes ten years of experience as a developer and project management.
I was a developer in C++, Visual Basic, and I have used Lotus Notes. Currently, I am working with a solution company that offers software solutions and has its own data center.
We are outsourcing for a government client and we manage seven hundred servers.
We have twelve servers in our data center and I am involved with the solution and the movement of the server in our data center from Rome to Pont Saint Martin another city five hundred miles from Rome.
We have used storage technologies, Dell EMC, and we have used VMware for virtualization.
I am supporting another company working in the Airport in completing a Bid for its data center. I am assisting with the writing of the documentation and taking care of the documentation to execute the Bid.
We also use Microsoft for Identity Management, and we consider it to be better.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup in the Google environment is always a nightmare because you have to implement the solution for the customer. You have to take care of the customer's needs, including the movement of workloads from the data center to the cloud environment. Part of the reason it is complex is that you have to understand the applications the customer uses and assess the suitability for a cloud environment.
Most of the errors are made during the setup and implementation, or by having to change the implementation because you have incorrectly estimated the consumption of CPU or storage resources.
The deployment takes three to four months, after which you begin to see immediately if the solution is okay or if you have some problems.
The deployment method was with a hybrid cloud. It is not public, as our customers do not want their data on the public cloud. We use the hybrid cloud because they have their own data center, and they move the workloads and they move the data in the cloud environment. It is a hybrid cloud configuration.
What about the implementation team?
Our company is an integrator in a way because we have two thousand people developing software, so we integrate too.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When making the decision the customer is not driven by the price. They are interested in using a well-known and reliable service provider. Our customers don't know the technology, so, we do that for them.
They know that the pricing is comparable with Azure, AWS, and those other solutions like Amazon are cheaper, but they are not as flexible.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
VMware, OpenStack, and all of the technology related to the cloud.
At the moment, I suppose that technology is moving to the cloud. We are using cloud technologies, not related to VMware, OpenStack, or a vendor, but related to a service provider.
What other advice do I have?
I have over ten years of experience with project management.
I would recommend this product. It's a good product.
Technology is improving and is more exciting. For example, IoT, which is somewhat related to Google Cloud Storage, is another technology that is improving with storage.
We prefer Microsoft to Google because it is easier for the customer to understand.
Nineteen percent of our customers use an Active Directory and visit Microsoft Technology. It is easier to move with the Active Directory in the cloud than with Microsoft Technology.
We have a relationship with Microsoft but we have a partnership with Google to have a relationship with the cloud providers.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. I never rate anyone a ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner.
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Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees
Easy access to photos and documents
Pros and Cons
- "Everything I store in the solution is available on all of my devices."
- "The cost of additional storage could be cheaper."
What is our primary use case?
I use the solution to store photographs and documents.
What is most valuable?
Everything I store in the solution is available on all of my devices. I assume the solution is secure because I often get security notices.
What needs improvement?
The solution works fine.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the free solution for years and the paid solution for one year.
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. You just pay for the storage you need.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used OneDrive.
How was the initial setup?
There is no setup for the solution, you just sign up and start using it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My requirements are minimal, but the cost of additional storage could be cheaper.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution an eight to nine.
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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Technology Competency and Solution Head at LearningMate
Good price, stable, scalable, and allows us to work offline
Pros and Cons
- "It is stable and scalable."
- "Its security should be better from the data security point of view. It should be more secure, and it should get tightly integrated with products such as Google Docs and Google Sheets. Microsoft covers different kinds of tools such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Google Cloud Storage mainly for our document management. We have its latest version.
What is most valuable?
It is stable and scalable.
What needs improvement?
Its security should be better from the data security point of view. It should be more secure, and it should get tightly integrated with products such as Google Docs and Google Sheets. Microsoft covers different kinds of tools such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable. You can scale based on your users. We have more than a thousand users, and it allows me to share across my team.
How are customer service and technical support?
We don't need any support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We tried using other tools from AWS and Microsoft. We have a very limited number of users on Microsoft Azure. Office 365 is only for the senior leadership.
How was the initial setup?
Being a cloud solution, it doesn't require installation. I can also use it offline. To use it offline, I need to install an app on my machine that allows me to work offline and gets synced without my server.
It is completely cloud-managed. We don't need a separate team to maintain it. We only have our regular IT team that creates the users, and they automatically get signed up to Google Storage.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its price is fine.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others. We plan to keep using this solution.
I would rate Google Cloud Storage 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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Business Development Manager at TPIsfotware
Helps to share reports and files
Pros and Cons
- "Google Cloud Storage includes Docs, calendar, Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Meet."
- "The tool should increase its storage."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to share reports and files.
What is most valuable?
Google Cloud Storage includes Docs, calendar, Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Meet.
What needs improvement?
The tool should increase its storage.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is stable. I rate it an eight out of ten. Chrome's tabs slow down the performance.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
The tool's deployment is straightforward. You don't have to install anything. It works with Chrome.
What was our ROI?
Google Cloud Storage is worth its money.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Consultant (M&A/R) at Deloitte
Easy to use, reliable, and free to use for certain amounts of data
Pros and Cons
- "You do not need to install anything."
- "I'd like the solution to integrate better with other clouds, including the Apple cloud."
What is our primary use case?
I've used it as my personal online drive, just to store and easily locate files on the go.
What is most valuable?
It's easy to use. It is directly linked to my email ID, et cetera.
You do not need to install anything.
The product is stable.
It's scalable.
What needs improvement?
I'd like the solution to integrate better with other clouds, including the Apple cloud.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for five to ten years. I've used it for a while.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. You can expand it easily.
Our company is not using Google Cloud. I more or less use it for personal files, et cetera.
How are customer service and support?
I've never had the need to contact technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they would be.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I use both Apple and Google. Google doesn't cost anything, whereas I have to pay for Apple.
How was the initial setup?
There is no installation required. It's very easy to get up and running.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is free to use up to a certain point.
What other advice do I have?
I'm a customer and end-user.
If you are a personal user, if you are looking for something for free with limited data, you should go ahead with Google. If you're using it on an Apple platform, if you use the Mac platform, there is no other option rather than using iCloud.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Associate Technical Lead at SoftwareONE
A scalable tool that offers a user-friendly interface and GUI to its users
Pros and Cons
- "The solution's customer service and support are helpful since they are responsive...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
- "When compared to one of its competitors, Google Cloud Storage does not have or offer a lot of services to its users. So, this is one of the downsides of the solution."
What is our primary use case?
In my company, we have a multi-cloud environment in which we are using AWS and Google. So, we are using a mix of services, in which some of our work is on AWS, while the others are on Google. Mostly, we are using certain DevOps tools in our company since I am not a part of the team that handles the infrastructure.
In my department, Kubernetes, Docker, and some other DevOps-related stuff, like containers, are what we have been using on Google Cloud Storage. However, there might be some other teams who are using the infrastructure as well.
What is most valuable?
Although I cannot provide a detailed analysis of the solution's valuable features, I can say that its storage capacity is adequate based on my team's experience. We used to consult with our cloud team to get the storage, mainly related to volumes on the Kubernetes side, and they were able to align those things for us. So, I won't be able to specifically speak about its storage since when it comes to Kubernetes, there is also an open-source version available in the market. The service-based Kubernetes from Google is quite secure and helpful, specifically the GUI of the solution.
What needs improvement?
In my previous company, we used Google. More precisely, we were involved with it because earlier, I was using Azure, which we were specifically using AKS, which is Azure Kubernetes Service. So, AKS was a solution that was well-managed by both cloud providers. But compared to AKS, Google Kubernetes is better, especially its GUI and user-friendliness, because one doesn't have to search too much to find a solution.
Solutions from Amazon and AWS are quite better compared to Google Cloud Storage since they offer more services than Google. When compared to one of its competitors, Google Cloud Storage does not have or offer a lot of services to its users. So, this is one of the downsides of the solution. This might be because AWS has been there a long while Google has just come up in the last five years.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have experience with Google Cloud Storage for three to four months. Also, I am using the solution's latest version. My company has a partnership with Google. The solution is a Google-managed service.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Google is quite scalable, especially Google Kubernetes. But again, it depends on why we are using the solution.
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten since the services provided by the solution are good. More than a hundred people in my organization are using the solution. From an admin point of view, around ten to fifteen engineers work on the solution. We also have an engineering department with users using it for their applications and other work
How are customer service and support?
The solution's customer service and support are helpful since they are responsive. I rate the solution's technical support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
If we use a managed service, then Google takes care of the maintenance part. However, if we use an infra one, we manage the maintenance part. I can't say how many people are involved in the maintenance phase because we have multiple applications, and people are involved from the application side and the IT side. So, it depends, and it is situational in nature, like if we are using infrastructure service, then it's all managed by us. Only the VM is managed by the cloud. However, if the application is installed, then the application is managed by the application team. And if any storage or network is associated, then that is all managed by us.
The deployment model for the solution consists of AWS, Amazon, and Google. To some extent, I think we also use Azure for O365 or M365, like Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook.
There were no complexities involved in the installation of the solution. In our company, we only had to use the online services provided by Google to install the solution. Though most of the installation can be done online, we are dependent on certain deployment tools like Terraform and Ansible for easy deployment and integration.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Regarding the cost of the solution, Google offers its users a pay-as-you-go model pricing. The cost of the solution is handled by the department handling billing and procurement in the company. So, they used to come to us if they received any extra bills. Then, they used to ask us the reason for extra usage of the services since they always used to compare the solution's current usage with its usage in the past few months.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I previously used Microsoft Azure.
What other advice do I have?
I am not sure if I would recommend the solution to others since I am not involved in the infrastructure side, where they actually use the solution for storage purposes. Since I am a part of the DevOps team, I use it to manage services like Kubernetes and containerization. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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Consultant - Partner at Freelancium s.a.r.
Ensures your documents and photographs are accessible anywhere
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is that I can link with my PC."
- "The solution is good, however, it would benefit from increased storage without the additional cost."
What is our primary use case?
Before I joined the bank, I was working as a consultant. All my documents are on the cloud so that they are available to me from any location.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is that I can link it with my PC. Everything syncs locally. Because they are on the cloud, I can access them from any device at any time. This includes my mobile.
What needs improvement?
The solution is good, however, it would benefit from increased storage without the additional cost.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for more than 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable and secure.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is scalable. Currently, my wife and I are using it for our personal needs.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The purpose of Google Storage is to sell it. The product is subscription-based. When you pay, you will get more storage.
What other advice do I have?
Anyone looking at using Google Cloud Storage should go ahead and implement the solution. Overall, I rate Google Cloud Storage a nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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