Google Drive Enterprise vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server comparison

"Google Drive Enterprise provides convenience to its users. Also, it provides its users the option to easily share and collaborate."

"The tool is user-friendly."

"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."

"Offers good storage."

"The stability of Google Drive Enterprise is good."

"I can check emails from anywhere, and use the applications wherever I am."

"Even if you lose your laptop or device, your data will still be accessible on Google Drive Enterprise. Therefore, keeping your files on the tool is a safe option. You can access it from any device if you have a Gmail account. When you create a Gmail account, you automatically get access to free Google resources, including 15 GB of Google Drive Enterprise storage, which is shared across all Google products."

"Provides a secure backup to my data."

"The solution is pretty easy to use for the most part."

"The solution's most valuable features is its document management. It allows sharing with external users and integrates well with Office apps and Microsoft Flow."

"Ability to collaborate with others in one location."

"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact that it doesn't require coding. You just need to configure it. You don't need to code before getting something running. It makes it very fast."

"The level of stability is good."

"The software is friendly to use for mixing data and analyzing it."

"Document management and records management features are the most valuable."

"It is a decent tool for collaboration, especially if you are already using other Office products."

"I'd like some UI enhancements for an even better user experience."

"The solution could improve User Access Management by showing more detailed information of which users have access to folders or files. For example, you can see which users have access one by one, but there is not a dashboard that can show what user has access to a library document."

"I want better support, and I expect quicker support for any issues."

"I also use Word from Microsoft Office. Sometimes it's difficult to find some features that are available in Office and not available in Google Docs or are in a different place (if you are more used to Word). We sometimes lose time trying to find certain useability features."

"Google Drive Enterprise can improve by having better compatibility with Microsoft files. Google Drive Enterprise sometimes blocks Japanese characters in documents."

"When compared to Commvault or Veeam, I'm not sure what Google Drive has to offer in terms of backing up data on the cloud or in a data center for a large organization."

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

"If you have different accounts, you have to log out and log in to access the accounts. This could be improved by removing this requirement. The storage limit could also be increased."

"The product could be improved by accommodating different technologies, particularly integration."

"The user interface needs improvement because there is a lot of stuff in there. I use five to eight navigation buttons. It should be more user-friendly. Frequently used menu items should be arranged in a proper way. That would be helpful."

"Many of our customers would like to see an OCR feature, so it would be very good to have this in a future release."

"This solution is not very stable. It is useful to arrange data but it's not the best for big data. Sometimes we have issues with our reports as a result."

"The GUI is outdated."

"The search feature needs improvement. I can never find the information I need when I use it."

"The solution is like a CRM, so the initial setup is complex. It takes a few days to deploy the solution and the length of time depends on how large the company's topology is and what the client's demands are."

"The solution needs to have more flexibility. The classic version had more flexibility, however, the modern version has many more limitations."

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

"I use the free version."

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

"Google is much cheaper than Microsoft."

"Google Drive is free."

"The product is free."

"The program is very affordable."

"If you need extra storage for the product, then you need to make certain payments towards the product's licensing charges."

"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."

"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."

"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."

"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."