Google Drive Enterprise vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server comparison

Google Drive Enterprise vs. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

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Categories and Ranking

Google Drive Enterprise

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (5th)

Microsoft Office SharePoint...

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

5th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

4.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Google Drive Enterprise is 3.9%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is 3.6%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server	3.6%
Google Drive Enterprise	3.9%
Other	92.5%

Content Collaboration Platforms

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ManibabuPippalla

Founder & CEO at Lanzar

Have faced some confusion with the interface but have managed collaboration and document sharing efficiently

We currently use Notion for project management and CRM, which includes document capabilities and task management features. We have a self-hosted solution and utilize Google Drive Enterprise for everyday tasks. We are customers of Google and integrate Google Drive Enterprise with third-party applications. The compliance requirements are met through the platform's features. On a scale of 1-10, I rate Google Drive Enterprise an 8.

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Daniel Giacomelli

Security and Compliance at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has transformed how I manage documents through metadata and automation while enabling structured collaboration

Microsoft should restore some functionalities from older versions of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003 and 2010. Specifically, bringing back something similar to SharePoint Designer would be beneficial. SharePoint Designer was both advantageous and challenging - developers found it limiting and preferred Visual Studio, while non-developers struggled to use it effectively. A new tool for configuring webpage design and development for content pages would be valuable. The current system is too basic. While integration of filtered lists and libraries is possible, it requires knowledge of Python or jQuery. A WYSIWYG editor would be preferable to requiring programming knowledge or Visual Studio.

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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

"This solution has become an enhanced product over the years, it is more stable and they keep adding features, and we are happy with it."

"The initial setup is easy."

"Provides a secure backup to my data."

"The solution secures the data well."

"Google is great when people save documents and work on them together."

"Google Drive Enterprise excels in collaboration efficiency, making it easy for teams to work together."

"The solution secures the data well, offers good storage, is simple to use and easy to understand, and the user interface is great."

"Offers good storage."

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"This product has improved the way our organization functions in the following manner: We are provided with policies and procedures for administration, we can store all the documentation related to all IT projects, and we have developed some workflows for automating licensing requests and other types of requests."

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

"The integration with security tools in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is one of the significant pluses since it alerts the IT team if anyone tries to redirect an email, which is illegal for us."

"This solution has provided us with a collaborative workspace to allow everyone to work together and be on the same page."

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

"The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a main feature of Microsoft, and I use it for everything I share inside the organization and outside the organization; it's easy to use, easy to share, and easy to manage all SharePoint services."

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

"The best features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are the integration between SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and email."

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Cons

"It is difficult to share documents with outside clients, and that's why I am looking at some other solution."

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

"They recently updated the email interface and I can't fit everything in one window."

"The free storage amount should improve in Google Drive Enterprise. They only provide a small amount of storage."

"The solution is relatively new and takes some time to get used to."

"Google Drive Enterprise can improve by suggesting to me I have duplicate files or some kind of duplicate feature."

"The solution should be more user-friendly so that people get used to it."

"You cannot upload multiple files with the same name to Google Drive."

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

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

"From Microsoft, the support normally takes longer than we need and it's not a route we appreciate."

"It is a bit restrictive to develop in the cloud version. A lot of features are in the cloud now, and you have to develop on the outside. As far as the platform and the programming side of things are concerned, it is moving more towards configuration management rather than programming. When we are doing solutions, we are basically just configuring it to make solutions happen rather than actually using the Visual Studio code and developing from scratch in the cloud. It is almost like creating an app. You have created an app for your phone, but the app doesn't really sit on your phone. It sits somewhere on a server, and the database sits on another server. The app is just pulling and pushing information. The whole development has changed. We used to install things directly on the server and then run the application from the server. Now, it is more of a modular architecture."

"The only complaint we have is about the lack of OCR capability."

"The solution needs to enable better sharing capabilities between users and external users. Several users also have problems with linking their emails to their Microsoft account."

"The ability to preview files in different formats should be expanded to include formats such as embedded postscript (EPS), AutoCAD, and Adobe Acrobat PDF."

More Microsoft Office SharePoint Server cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"In the free subscription, Google Drive Enterprise provides limited integrations. You get basic integration features, but for more extensive API usage, a paid subscription is required. Even with the paid subscription, there are limits on free API usage, such as a certain number of calls per day or month."

"I use the free version."

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

"I rate the price of Google Drive Enterprise a four out of five compared to other competitors."

"Google Drive Enterprise is free for everyone to use."

"The licensing is yearly. We pay for the high-tier subscription."

"You don't need to pay if it is within your storage limits. If you need more, you can have a corporate license. I don't know the pricing, but there is a corporate license. The extra costs would only be if you exceed these free limits."

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"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."

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

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Marketing Services Firm

15%

Performing Arts

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Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	28

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	17

Questions from the Community

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.

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.

What needs improvement with Google Drive Enterprise?

The home page can be confusing at times. This is the main area that needs improvement in Google Drive Enterprise.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

I am not aware of the pricing, so I cannot say if the solution is expensive or quite affordable.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

My expectation when I start using a Microsoft product is that it would be easy to incorporate diagrams and such from other Microsoft Office products. Incorporating a diagram I've embedded in a slid...

What is your primary use case for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

I produce content about the work I'm doing inside the company, making information about IT architecture, work processes within IT architecture, and security reviews of applications or infrastructur...

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Also Known As

Drive Enterprise, Google Drive

Office SharePoint Server, MS Office SharePoint Server

Overview

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.

Google

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) is a Microsoft software portal based on the ASP.NET framework. MOSS facilitates file sharing and collaboration, social networking, Web databases and Web publishing. It is hosted by Microsoft Windows Server and is accessible through Microsoft Office or the Web.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

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Del Monte Foods, Unicredit Leasing, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Nokia Czech Republic, Perkins Eastman, JLL, ICA, óxito Software, Dorset Software, PKP Cargo, Arcapita Bank B.S.C., AVE CZ, Chesapeake Energy

Google Drive Enterprise vs. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server