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Google Workspace vs NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Google Workspace
Ranking in Cloud Storage
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
106
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (1st), Content Collaboration Platforms (2nd)
NetApp Cloud Volumes Servic...
Ranking in Cloud Storage
36th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (36th), Public Cloud Storage Services (26th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Google Workspace is 3.5%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Google Workspace3.5%
NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS1.1%
Other95.4%
Cloud Storage
 

Featured Reviews

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Assosiate Professor at Palazzo del Mediterraneo
Collaborative work with students has improved but storage limitations and support issues remain
We have Google Workspace, and we use it primarily for Drive to collect items. We categorize folders with topics and material either for students or for research. We use Google Doc to share documents, especially when we assign homework to be corrected for peer correction or classroom correction. With Teams and Microsoft, we use it for collective calls and exam supervision because we use video surveillance through camera with Teams. We use Teams for meetings and to share material with students. The ability to share documents with students and assign them things and correct them in real time has been beneficial. You can verify what they write, and they can contribute and cooperate to create a collective document, which is something that our society nowadays requires. The ability to cooperate, especially those who work with languages and those who work with writing, need to learn how to cooperate. There is co-editing and co-writing, all these sorts of things. I love the fact that I can easily have access to folders that I can categorize and where I can upload research material and teaching material.
reviewer2039379 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a university with 10,001+ employees
Great migrations, useful integrations, and offers good data replication
The local libraries from NetApp to NetApp are good. This way, we don't have to put the middleman in between to do the transition or conversion. The NetApp Cloud Volume Services for AWS has been helping migrate workloads onto the cloud. We did migrate a couple of native applications into AWS using this, and it was helpful. In terms of the integration with AWS native services, I did not configure it by myself. There was another team who did it. That said, I presume they didn't run into any issues, which is why we are using it. While the solution did not help us reduce the amount of storage, it allowed us to have data replicated across on-premises and in the cloud, so that we have a backup in DR. While it did not reduce the footprint, it helped DR expansion. It increased redundancy. Since deploying the product, we have not been affected by ransomware or other external threats.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easy to control the admin settings, like updating the SDS, NIK, etc. I"
"It's secure. It offers data security and user privacy. I use it for personal purposes. The interface is okay, and it's easy to use."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is its ability to offer sales administrative support."
"The collaboration features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Google Workspace is the sheets and documents."
"The valuable features of this solution are ease of use, performance is great, and collaboration. It is very easy to share and joins documents."
"The user interface is fantastic. It's also available for the individual person, so that's also a great thing about it."
"Google Meet is the most valuable function for me. It has enhanced collaboration in our team."
"The NetApp Cloud Volume Services for AWS has been helping migrate workloads onto the cloud. We did migrate a couple of native applications into AWS using this, and it was helpful."
 

Cons

"I am not a big fan of how Gmail organizes the mail. I find it complicated to see which mail from which users send at which date. Especially if there is a lot."
"The stability is good and it permits collaboration, but I think in the last couple of years it hasn't been as good as the Microsoft solution."
"There are times the plugins or extensions in the solution do not work properly and I need to disable and enable the solution."
"Integration with traditional e-mail clients (Outlook) is not there."
"In some cases, we are using the Google Meet functions but only when we have external clients. Internally, we are using Slack. Google Meet virtual meeting function is not as advanced as the one in Slack and should improve."
"Gmail interface should be advertisement free."
"Expensive with a complicated licensing structure."
"Integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved. The new integration was implemented last September, and we are facing some issues with OAuth 2.0 authentication."
"We'd like the solution to be less expensive and offer lower latency."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are several areas where a G Suite implementation can reduce costs: lower license fees than some competing products, reduced hardware, and IT support costs."
"The pricing of Google Workspace, so far, has been reasonable."
"We have purchased an annual subscription."
"I rate Google Workspace's pricing five to six out of ten. We do not pay any extra costs."
"We pay a monthly subscription for the use of this solution."
"It's low in cost as compared to Office 365. There is an annual licensing cost."
"G Suite and Microsoft Office 365 offer products with similar functionality at several different price points. Zoho offer a more extensive range of products and attempts to provide all the applications required to run most small and medium-sized businesses."
"The solution is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business64
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise29
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?
The company made the decision to migrate, so I'm not sure why specifically. The company is moving the data and the Microsoft subscription is no longer continued, so I have the choice to use Google ...
What needs improvement with Google Workspace?
Before I was in a Microsoft environment, which had its own software that was not website-based. When I moved to Google Workspace, it was not seamless because I have to access it through a web view ...
What is your primary use case for Google Workspace?
I have been using Google Workspace for file organizing, including Google Drive, Spreadsheet, Gmail, and Google Form, with most of my usage being in Spreadsheet. I do use Google Groups, which combin...
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Also Known As

G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault
Cloud Volumes Service for AWS, NetApp CVS for AWS, CVS for AWS
 

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Sample Customers

There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.
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