Google Workspace vs NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud comparison

Google and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Storage category. Google is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.2, while NetApp is ranked #18. Google holds a 2.9% mindshare in CS, compared to NetApp’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 13, 2025

Google Workspace and NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud target cloud collaboration and data management. Google Workspace appears to have the upper hand in collaboration and support, while NetApp Cloud Volumes Service stands out in storage capabilities.

Features: Google Workspace includes tools like Docs, Sheets, and Drive, enabling effective team communication. It focuses on simplicity and ease of use for everyday collaboration needs. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service emphasizes scalable and high-performance storage capabilities. It is equipped with robust data protection to manage complex data requirements. This focus makes it optimal for businesses needing intricate data management and storage solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Workspace is known for its intuitive deployment, providing strong customer service. It allows for an easy and quick integration into business operations. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service, while featuring a more technical setup process, offers specialized support suited for its complex data handling features. It advises for thorough customization, aligning with specific business needs.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace offers a subscription model, with pricing that supports improved productivity at a manageable cost. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service, despite its higher initial setup costs, yields ROI by catering to businesses demanding extensive data storage solutions. Google Workspace ensures cost-effectiveness with efficient collaboration capabilities, whereas NetApp’s powerful data management justifies its expense for data-centric operations.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Workspace

Ranking in Cloud Storage

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

104

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (1st), Content Collaboration Platforms (5th)

NetApp Cloud Volumes Servic...

Ranking in Cloud Storage

18th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (19th), Public Cloud Storage Services (20th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Google Workspace is 2.9%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud is 1.8%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sunil-Nair

IT Manager at Universal Carpets & Rugs

Email collaboration and accessibility have improved team productivity

The valuable features include the email service, email updates, and Google Drive. People are given email access to Google Drive. The team can share manual files and work accordingly. They can access different teams from anywhere, collectively putting files, sharing them, and managing them. Additionally, the manufacturing product does not require any downgrades. It works fine and continuously for the last three or four years. Users can access their emails from anywhere in their browser without a laptop or can directly access from Gmail. This is helpful for salespeople.

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Colin Constable

Co-Founder at Atsign

Enables us to fine-tune storage and capacity on the fly as our needs grow or shrink over time

NetApp delivers High Availability. It's critical to our work. That was the main driver for using NetApp. We have a highly resilient service and if you have a highly resilient service, you are only as resilient as the least resilient part of your infrastructure. That's what we were having trouble with our file system before. It was becoming troublesome, so we needed to find something that was much more highly resilient so that's why we moved to NetApp. The complexity of moving large numbers of files to the cloud depends on what you're trying to do. But for us, it was really simple. I imagine for large enterprise customers it is probably pretty tricky. They're probably on all different technologies inside a large corporation and they may or may not have very large pipes going to them. So if you're in a data center to the cloud then it's going to be easy, but if you have hundreds of branches like if you're a bank and have lots of branch banks, they might have very small pipes out to the internet. It might take forever. In our use case everything's brand new files, so it was pretty trivial. We didn't migrate to the cloud, we were already on the cloud, so it was a nonissue for us. NetApp enables us to share data across VMs. It actually reduced the amount of data storage we need. We were having to have storage attached to each VM. And now we can aggregate that storage across multiple VMs, so that actually gave us a net reduction, which was a good thing. We switched from using block storage to file storage to share data between our VMs. It made it easier, frankly but I worry about the scalability in the future. For the moment it made life easier. We were using block and then we moved back to file with NetApp.

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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

"Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner."

"The real-time editing feature is valuable."

"The product is user-friendly and knows how to appeal to a user. Google Docs accepts some of our requirements. Its most valuable feature is performance. The product's integrations are good."

"It's easy to control the admin settings, like updating the SDS, NIK, etc. I"

"The security and privacy policies of G Suite make it efficient, and the organizational data is secure."

"The most valuable feature of Google Workspace is its ease of use and stability."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is email."

"The most valuable features are the speed at which G Suite Enterprise works."

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"High availability is very important to us because we have a production environment. High availability is the highest priority for us to continue keeping our systems running."

"Storage was taking up maybe 10 to 20% of my life at the startup, and now it takes up zero. I was personally running all the infrastructure for the company. Now that we've moved to NetApp, I don't have to worry about making sure it's up and running. It's made my life personally much better."

"In terms of its storage snapshot efficiencies, the service is highly efficient. We are only doing things in small batches right now because we have not converted all of the data, but we have tested them in the Google Cloud and they work efficiently."

Cons

"Google needs to improve its support."

"Not all tools are available in the one facility."

"I believe that Sheets could have a more functional and user-friendly interface. Google Sheets currently lacks macros and cross file links which can be found in Excel."

"I find the price high for the full suite features. Compared to Exchange Online, the price might not be too high, but you cannot choose only one functionality. When you buy Google Workspace, you have to get everything, including file storage and communication tools, which I don't use."

"I would rate the stability a five out of ten."

"Despite being an excellent platform, I would very much like Google Docs to be more compatible with Microsoft Word."

"The feature set of Google Sheets is limited."

"The UI could be more graphic and sassy, but otherwise, it is quite functional."

More Google Workspace cons

"The user interface has room for improvement. We would like this service to be more integrated with Azure, which is very easy to manage and use. It was easy to create volumes and add capacity pools in Azure, but in Google Cloud, we can only create separate volumes. We need more management or configuration options in the user interface."

"It would help if they increased the area in which they employ artificial intelligence, by starting to do assessments on the environments, to project those. They're not using any AI tools, currently, on the administrative side."

"I would like for the sales team to get in contact more often and let me know what I should be doing next, what we should be doing about new features. So it would be nice if I heard a little bit more from him. From a technology perspective, I have no complaints."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay a monthly subscription for the use of this solution."

"The pricing is comparable, it's pretty decent."

"Licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"We pay on yearly basis."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"I can't recall the exact pricing per user for Google Workspace, but I know it's not that expensive. I'm in a mid-sized company that's able to maintain and afford Google Workspace, so it has competitive pricing, and I would rate its price as four out of five."

"Traffic management tools may be required for larger setups and should be included in any pricing calculations."

"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."

More Google Workspace pricing and cost advice

"We don't need so much space, and there is no option to pay as we go or use just what we need. Also, the only way to increase performance is by increasing the level of the service."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

14%

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

23%

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

20%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Workspace?

Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?

The pricing for Google Workspace is moderate. I would rate it a five out of ten, indicating it is neither cheap nor expensive. The current cost is approximately seven to ten euros per user per mont...

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

I don't see many areas of Google Workspace that could be improved or enhanced because everything I have been using has been effective. Regarding the user interface, when calling a member in the org...

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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

CVS for Google Cloud, NetApp CVS for Google Cloud, Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud, Cloud Volumes Service for GCP, NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for GCP

Overview

Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

Google

NetApp^® Cloud Volumes for Google Cloud is a fully managed or self-managed file service that is integrated into Google Cloud with the multiprotocol support, performance, and availability required to run business-critical applications. It is designed to provide massively parallel shared access to thousands of Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine instances, enabling your applications to achieve high levels of aggregate throughput and IOPS with consistent low latencies.

Use cases. Customers can use the service to migrate existing enterprise applications to Google Cloud. Other use cases include hybrid deployments, multicloud mobility, big data analytics, web serving and content management, application development and testing, media and entertainment workflows, database backups, container storage, and more.

Features. Multiple performance tiers, standard file interfaces, advanced data management, metered service, fully managed service, native service experience, integrated support, and integrated billing.

For more information:

NetApp: https://cloud.netapp.com/cloud-volumes-service-for-gcp

Google: https://cloud.google.com/netapp

NetApp

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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