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 8.5. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 4.1% mindshare in CS, compared to Google’s 2.1% 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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100% willing to recommend

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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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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 (4th), File and Object Storage (16th)

Google Drive Enterprise

Ranking in Cloud Storage

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Content Collaboration Platforms (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon FSx is 4.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Drive Enterprise is 2.1%, down from 3.2% 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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Kepa-Ayerbe

Connectivity Platform Cyber Security Specialist at BASF Business Services GmbH

Offers valuable features like synchronization and backup

Some time ago, I faced issues with Google Drive Enterprise, but it is not related to the tool and was more of a problem associated with Android. At the end of the day, I had to contact Google's support team to deal with the issue associated with the capacity offered by the solution. Google's support team held me for free, and they helped me change the location from the US because the mobile app factory showed that the activation work was done in the US. Google's team helped me move the location to Spain. Google's support was fast, knowledgeable, and customer-friendly. I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

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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

"The shared storage capability is highly valuable."

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

"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."

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

"It is very convenient and easy to access."

"Google Drive Enterprise has helped compile data in one spot."

"The integration with Gmail, Calendar, and Google Meet is the most valuable."

"It is very easy to use. Everything is available on the cloud, which is what I like the most. So, when we require a document, we can download it at any time and in any of the formats."

"The initial setup of Google Drive Enterprise was simple."

"The solution is absolutely stable."

"The solution's most valuable features are collaboration and the automatic sharing of information among different company stakeholders."

"The most valuable features of Google Drive Enterprise are the secure file-sharing service. It is necessary to communicate with people, and the safe large file transfer is good. It's very useful and critical for us to communicate with each other nowadays. They integrate well with other Google solutions, such as Google Documents and Google Spreadsheet."

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Cons

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

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

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

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

"Security-wise, Google Drive Enterprise needs improvement. Compared to its competitor: Kiteworks, Google Drive Enterprise is less secure."

"The ability to share documents with outside clients can be improved. It is difficult to share documents with outside clients, and that's why I am looking at some other solution. If you use Google Drive, they want you to use all of their Google Suite, but not everybody uses Google Suite for document creation. It is not a great solution if you are working with a company that doesn't use Google Suite."

"The tool must provide more storage capacity."

"There is really not too much that I think needs to be added to the product to improve it. Some of the features within Sheets could be enhanced so this product is a more complete replacement for Excel."

"Lacks scalability and security."

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

"It's a cloud-based product that is stable and secure, but I would like to see more security features added."

"I would like to see larger storage capabilities."

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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."

"We pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution."

"It has a yearly license."

"The program is very affordable."

"The tool is a bit expensive."

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

"I use the free version."

"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."

"I use the free version."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

Real Estate/Law 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?

We pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution.

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What needs improvement with Google Drive Enterprise?

The search function in Google Drive Enterprise could be improved as it currently requires looking through many documents to find the right one. I am not aware of the security level it provides, and...

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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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Neiman Marcus, T Mobile, Docxellent, Matrix, Lyell

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