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"I have more than enough personal storage and have had no security issues.""It is easy to use.""The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are the ease of use and I can share files with my colleagues.""Google Cloud Storage is easy to use, and it's free. I also enjoy the speed I am able to share with family across the globe. The storage is synced.""Everything I store in the solution is available on all of my devices.""It's very practical and reliable.""The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is that the backup feature is always on.""The feature we've found most valuable is the ability to access our data anywhere, anytime."

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"The stability is the solution's most valuable aspect for our organization.""The ELT versus ETL extract, transform and load versus extract, load, and then transform, the ELT method is what really sells SoftLayer."

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"It is hard to migrate to another product if we want to.""There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing.""Google Cloud Storage could be improved if they provided more free storage for free accounts.""I would prefer more support for alternative operating systems like DSD. The performance could be better because sometimes there are glitches. The price could be better.""Google Cloud Storage could improve the integrations in a way Microsoft Azure is going about it. For Data Lake integrations, Microsoft Azure has a bunch of native pipelines available. All Google needs to do is add the same set or maybe even improve on the sets that they have. All the analytics, including the Data Lake, would then be able to sit in Google Cloud Storage.""Google Cloud Storage could improve by having better integration with Microsoft Office files. When I open a Google document I would like it to be able to be opened with Microsoft. You can already open Google documents in Microsoft Office.""The solution’s stability could be improved.""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."

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"For us, the versioning was an issue.""The interface is hard to use for us. It should be simplified."

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  • "They know that the pricing is comparable with Azure, AWS, and those other solutions like Amazon are cheaper, but they are not as flexible."
  • "Better pricing would be helpful."
  • "Its price is fine."
  • "It's about nearly $10,000 USD to use the services on GCP, however, Google gave us a good deal which is why we originally went with them."
  • "The solution is free."
  • "They have recently changed their pricing structures, it used to be free but now it is a paid service. However, I am on a monthly subscription and the price is reasonable."
  • "The price could be cheaper."
  • "The price of the license could be cheaper. We are on an annual subscription."
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    Top Answer:From a stability standpoint, the solution is excellent. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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    Overview

    Google Cloud Storage is praised for its fast performance, seamless integration, high security, and scalability. Users store and access large amounts of data easily, backup files, host websites, and collaborate on projects. The platform's reliability and cost-effectiveness make it a top choice for data storage and management.

    SoftLayer provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. Our customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.

    Products and services include bare metal and virtual servers, networking, turnkey big data solutions, private cloud solutions, and more. Our unique advantages include the industry's first Network-Within-a-Network topology for true out-of-band access, and an easy-to-use customer portal and robust API for full remote-access of all product and service management options.

    Sample Customers
    1. Adobe 2. Airbnb 3. Amazon 4. Apple 5. AT&T 6. Baidu 7. Cisco 8. Coca-Cola 9. Dell 10. eBay 11. Facebook 12. Ford 13. Google 13. HP 14. IBM 15. Intel 16. JPMorgan Chase 17. LinkedIn 18. Lyft 19. Microsoft 20. Netflix 21. Nike 22. Oracle 23. PayPal 24. Pinterest 25. Qualcomm 26. SAP 27. Spotify 28. Tesla 29. Toyota 30. Twitter 31. Visa 32. Walmart 33. WeWork
    Whogohost Ltd., Skypicker, Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Grace Co. Ltd., Keyword, Uvionics Tech, Tennis Australia, immixGroup, Salesbox, Cxense ASA, Avnet Inc., Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seekr
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    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Educational Organization8%
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    Educational Organization63%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Retailer5%
    Comms Service Provider3%
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise42%
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    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise67%
    Large Enterprise23%
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    March 2024
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    Google Cloud Storage is ranked 4th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 66 reviews while IBM SoftLayer is ranked 22nd in Public Cloud Storage Services. Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8, while IBM SoftLayer is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Google Workspace and Microsoft Azure File Storage, whereas IBM SoftLayer is most compared with Amazon AWS.

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