I use Google Cloud Storage for a lot of purposes, such as email, storage, sharing documents, sharing documents between colleagues, and Google Meet.
Associate professor in accounting at The British University in Egypt
Highly stable, scalable, and easy file sharing
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues."
- "Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues.
What needs improvement?
Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for a long time.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Google Cloud Storage is good.
I have approximately 90 colleagues that are using this solution at our university.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the technical support from Google Cloud Storage.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously used I use Microsoft OneDrive, but I prefer Google Cloud Storage. Google Cloud Storage is much quicker and easier to use than Microsoft OneDrive.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a license needed to use Google Cloud Storage at our university.
What other advice do I have?
Google Cloud Storage provides me with 15 GB of storage.
I rate Google Cloud Storage a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Lead DevOps Engineer at Etisalat
Stable, scalable, and has a useful filter feature
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the filter option. You can search with some artificial intelligence kinds of features. For example, if I search for a beach, it'll show me all the beach-related pictures, which I took five or ten years before. So this is a cool feature that I've seen. They give as many features as they can to make it better, so I'm happy with this solution."
- "Google Cloud Storage could be improved if they provided more free storage for free accounts."
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use Google Cloud Storage to store most of my large videos and images. It's very easy to filter it out and get something whenever it's required, rather than keeping it in the traditional way of storage. I use it for personal purposes.
This solution is cloud-based, so it's always on the latest version.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the filter option. You can search with some artificial intelligence kinds of features. For example, if I search for a beach, it'll show me all the beach-related pictures, which I took five or ten years before. So this is a cool feature that I've seen. They give as many features as they can to make it better, so I'm happy with this solution.
What needs improvement?
Google Cloud Storage could be improved if they provided more free storage for free accounts.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This solution is stable. So far, I've never faced any kinds of outages or unavailability. So far, so good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution provides scalability. If you're ready to pay, they're ready to give you as much storage as you want, so it's okay.
I'm continuously using Google Cloud Storage. I add a few photos or videos day by day, but there aren't many specific cases where I have to increase my usage.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before using Google Cloud Storage, I used the traditional method of storing things on a hard disk.
How was the initial setup?
The installation process is straightforward and perfect. It doesn't require any technical knowledge, and you can do it yourself. It took me less than five to ten minutes.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented this solution myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
If you're ready to pay, they're ready to give you as much storage as you want. Considering the features that Google Cloud Storage provides, the pricing is reasonable. So far, I'm still using the free service from them because I'm able to meet my requirements with the free subscription. Maybe, in the future, if a storage requirement comes, I'll pay for it or go for the license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Google Cloud Storage a nine out of ten. In terms of security, scalability, availability, and free storage, I always recommend that people go for Google Cloud.
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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Principle Data Engineer at Spring ML
Highly reliable, useful, simple to scale, and affordable
Pros and Cons
- "Google Cloud Storage is highly reliable."
- "There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing."
What is our primary use case?
The company that I am with currently is doing consulting, and my previous company used it in the cloud. Both will be in the Google Cloud.
I personally used Google Cloud Storage to upload data, and the company is using it to save data model training results, such as AI training results.
How has it helped my organization?
Its integration with BigQuery has helped in the organization's improvement.
What is most valuable?
Its blob storage, being able to handle large amounts of unstructured data, is very useful.
Google Cloud Storage is highly reliable.
On the surface, it appears to be a straightforward product.
It's everything you want, and not complex.
What needs improvement?
There was one complicated use case at a previous firm, two years ago. If you didn't name it, but sequentially named it, and you saved your files over a day, and it's a sequence, there would be some inefficiency with the cachets. If you are trying to retrieve large blocks of files, there was a problem with the cache, it was inefficient.
There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing.
Creating a hierarchy can be a little difficult, and obtuse to deal with, but it is something that is workable for a good engineer.
There is no learning curve as compared to other solutions.
I would like to see some assistance in establishing a hierarchy.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Google Cloud Storage for seven years.
The versions are upgraded, but there are not many changes.
In the past, we have used S3, and Amazon AWS.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is an extremely reliable product. There are no issues with the stability of Google Cloud Storage.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The Google technical support is not very good at all. But it's such a simple product that in my entire career, we have never had to contact support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have several solutions such as BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Data Studio as well as Looker.
I have been working with Google Data Studio for three or four years.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was fine.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's an inexpensive product.
What other advice do I have?
Solid, cheap, and performant are the three words that come to mind when describing 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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Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Easy to use, stable, and easy to scale
Pros and Cons
- "The performance is good."
- "I would like to see better pricing."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for our documentation.
What is most valuable?
Google Cloud Storage and Google Docs are very good.
It's user-friendly.
The performance is good.
I am satisfied with this solution.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see better pricing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for a couple of years.
We are using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have no issues with the scalability of Google Cloud Storage.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not contacted technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are also using Dropbox.
How was the initial setup?
There is no installation required. It's a cloud-based solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price could be cheaper.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I would rate Google Cloud Storage a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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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.
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
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Cloud transformation & migration manager at Accenture company
Allows you to access your data from anywhere and from any device
Pros and Cons
- "It's very practical and reliable."
- "I would like the storage to be less expensive."
What is our primary use case?
Cloud Storage allows you to access your data from anywhere, from any device, at any time, and you don't have to worry about backup hardware failure because the cloud keeps multiple copies. I'm using this solution for personal use.
What is most valuable?
It's very practical and reliable.
What needs improvement?
There's a limited amount of storage, so we need to be cautious because it costs more for more storage. I would like the storage to be less expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for almost two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable. You can ask for more storage if you need it.
How was the initial setup?
You can access the solution on the internet or you can install the client to access it. Installation is very simple.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I pay for a monthly subscription.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution 9 out of 10.
I would recommend Cloud Storage for those who want to start using it.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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?
We basically use this solution to store our data, run our mobiles, and link our data.
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.
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 technical 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.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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