Amazon FSx vs Google Drive Enterprise comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Cloud Storage category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.3, while Google is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 4.7% mindshare in CS, compared to Google’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Google users who would recommend it.

Amazon FSx

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97% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon FSx and Google Drive Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Amazon FSx

Ranking in Cloud Storage

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (5th), File and Object Storage (15th)

Google Drive Enterprise

Ranking in Cloud Storage

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Content Collaboration Platforms (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon FSx is 4.7%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Drive Enterprise is 2.4%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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MuhammadAzhar Khan

Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group

Shared storage capabilities provide enterprise value with good reliability

Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS. The auto-scaling feature should be improved, as it currently includes downtime. I need to manually increase the storage, which is not ideal. Integrating FSx with Windows Server is challenging; it's a long process involving Active Directory (AD) setup and synchronization.

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AshwinMor

Senior Test Lead at HCL Technologies

Offers the most simplest and easiest UI to use

I would not like many changes in the tool, but I think the 15 GB space provided by Google Drive Enterprise needs to be increased to around 25 five GB, as it would be really helpful for users. These days, the resolution of pictures and everything else has been increased. If you take a picture from an iPhone, it could easily be of around seven to eight GB. Photos are memories that one would want to keep or store properly. I believe that it is not possible to save a lot of photos in Google Drive Enterprise since it only provides 15 GB to users. The product does not offer a bit more storage space for users, which makes it an area that needs to be considered for improvement.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"FSx operates as an independent service, not tied to any server, which eliminates dependencies between applications for storage."

"We used it for disaster recovery perspective behind a number of resources, like batch services and RDS."

"The shared storage capability is highly valuable."

"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Amazon FSx a ten."

"I rate the stability of Amazon FSx ten out of ten."

"The program is very stable."

"It's very convenient for me. I used to work in a corporate setting with shared servers and workspaces."

"The collaboration aspects between teams and within team members are the most beneficial features."

"Google Drive Enterprise is a good product, and it is easy to use."

"For me, the most important feature is the option to save the documents and then access it from anywhere from a mobile or a desktop, or any other device."

"Google Drive provides a guarantee that I can retrieve my data anytime."

"Google Drive is much more stable compared to Dropbox. Dropbox is a catastrophic solution. I used Dropbox because I manage many files, and I lost files because the synchronization between Dropbox and my customer folder was unstable. I use Google Drive to back up my files. Google Drive is the best solution to manage the backup between my Apple computer and my personal computer."

"Some of the most useful features of Google Drive Enterprise is the ability to store my data and share it."

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Cons

"A direct FTP feature would be beneficial instead of relying on transmission services."

"Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS."

"I've been facing a challenge when doing a failover from FSx side. AWS console does not refresh within a half hour."

"Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS."

"From my experience, there are areas in Amazon FSx where more performance is needed, as they will be looking for higher IOPS."

"Wasabi is better for scalability aspects because it is limitless."

"Considering things like speech recognition or enhanced benefits in Google Cloud could be worth exploring for a better experience."

"It would be ideal if they could offer more GBs for free. Offering 15GBs is too small."

"The price of additional storage could be reduced. I have an annual subscription and I'm only using 150GB because of the price."

"The only thing that's really been annoying is the single file size limit."

"Google can add a personalized dashboard that would give insights into the files that I have."

"In the free version, managing the files and folders and data is a little difficult."

"The solution's capacity could be increased to store more documents."

More Google Drive Enterprise cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The lowest price I have paid is $370 or $380 per month, while the highest can exceed $3,000 per month."

"The costs could be lower, but they are reasonable for the value they provide."

"I am using the free version."

"There is a monthly fee that we pay for the use of this solution and the price is fair."

"The product is available for free, so I don't need to pay for it."

"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."

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

"That would be ideal if it were as cheap as possible."

"The price could be better."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Retailer

10%

Performing Arts

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon FSx?

From my experience, there are areas in Amazon FSx where more performance is needed, as they will be looking for higher IOPS. Sometimes we go with Weka or other solutions due to this need, so it sho...

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What is your primary use case for Amazon FSx?

Our customers mainly use Amazon FSx for high-performance computing. Our customers are mainly in the Life Science and Pharma industries. The majority of people are looking at S3 as their destination...

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What advice do you have for others considering Amazon FSx?

There is an ongoing project where my customers are exploring the FSx solution, but not yet for AI-driven projects; they plan to in the future. For those who want to use Amazon FSx, I recommend it a...

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What do you like most about Google Drive Enterprise?

With Google Drive Enterprise, multiple people can edit a document, and you can open it as Google Docs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Drive Enterprise?

I am familiar with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing costs of Google Drive Enterprise, and I find it cost-effective.

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What needs improvement with Google Drive Enterprise?

There is room for improvement in Google Drive Enterprise.

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Also Known As

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon FSx for Lustre

Drive Enterprise, Google Drive

Overview

Amazon FSx makes it easy and cost effective to launch and run popular file systems. With Amazon FSx, you can leverage the rich feature sets and fast performance of widely-used open source and commercially-licensed file systems, while avoiding time-consuming administrative tasks like hardware provisioning, software configuration, patching, and backups. It provides cost-efficient capacity and high levels of reliability, and it integrates with other AWS services so that you can manage and use the file systems in cloud-native ways.

Amazon FSx provides you with two file systems to choose from: Amazon FSx for Windows File Server for enterprise workloads and Amazon FSx for Lustre for high-performance workloads.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Drive Enterprise enables you to transform how your business stores, accesses, and secures files, all without extensive change management. Drive Enterprise is a standalone offering with usage-based pricing that includes all the features of Drive.

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