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 #6 with an average rating of 8.1, while NetApp is ranked #18. Google holds a 2.9% mindshare in CS, compared to NetApp’s 1.6% 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 Apr 6, 2025

In the cloud ecosystem, Google Workspace and NetApp Cloud Volumes Service operate in distinct categories with unique strengths. Google Workspace currently has the upper hand in collaboration and productivity due to its integration and affordability, while NetApp Cloud Volumes shines in scalable data storage with its advanced capabilities.

Features: Google Workspace includes productivity applications like Gmail, Docs, and Drive, providing seamless collaboration and efficient communication tools for teams. It also offers integration with various third-party applications, enhancing its versatility. NetApp Cloud Volumes features scalable storage solutions with high-performance outputs. It provides automated data management services, easy scalability for data growth, and rapid restore options, ensuring robust data protection and accessibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Workspace is easy to deploy with straightforward integration into existing systems, supported by comprehensive customer service. This enhances its appeal for businesses seeking quick start-up solutions. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service allows flexible deployment tailored to enterprise needs, alongside specialized customer support, ensuring that complex storage requirements are met efficiently.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace is known for its competitive pricing structure, which provides clear ROI through enhanced productivity and collaboration. It is often seen as a cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service might involve higher setup costs but is justified by superior data handling capabilities. This makes it a valuable investment for operations requiring substantial data management, demonstrating differences in expenditure versus functionality achieved.

To learn more, read our detailed Google Workspace vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Google Workspace

Ranking in Cloud Storage

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

Email Applications (1st), Wireless Email (2nd), Content Collaboration Platforms (2nd)

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 (15th), Public Cloud Storage Services (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Google Workspace is 2.9%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud is 1.6%, down from 2.4% 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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John Wheeler

President/COO at ChartDoc

Tools and dashboard enable us to view our peak loads and to tune the system as we go, reducing costs

Confidential Computing is really the key for us because of the security requirements for HIPAA compliance. With HIPAA compliance, there are policies and rules in place on the ability to look at a patient's data. There are rules around security, encryption, and decryption on any part of that data. When you put in the data, it is encrypted when it goes to storage, and when you pull the data back, it has to be decrypted. And you have to have two-phase authentication built into that. The Confidential Computing adds another layer of security to the storage infrastructure, which is pretty slick stuff. The NetApp service's high availability is very important when it comes to upscale and downscale. Our system is a digital system so it requires immediate response for telemedicine. When your patients are going through a telemedicine session, you need the video to work properly and respond in a timely manner, and the doctors are actually taking notes regarding that specific patient session. 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.

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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

"We find Google Drive and mail useful for our services."

"The tool helps me keep a backup of old emails. Like everyone else, I love the Google search engine for searching emails on webmail. The Google Workspace connector for Outlook works well, so I have no issues with that."

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

"Google Chat is the most valuable feature of the solution."

"What I like most about Google Workspace is the Google Drive app because you can easily access it from anywhere and from any device. I also find the solution easy to use. It's user-friendly."

"The general ease of use is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's extremely simple to use. You don't even have to look up videos in order to figure things out. It's all very intuitive."

"I have found the solution to be pretty stable."

"The calendar is the most valuable feature."

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"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."

"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."

"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

"For Google Docs, if you upload a Word document up to Google Docs, it could mess up your formatting quite a bit."

"When I compare with Office 365, G Suite has fewer features."

"If your storage requirements in day-to-day work are large, then it will incur an additional cost since free storage is limited."

"Scalability is not as good as we would like."

"The meeting platform of Google Workspace has room for improvement."

"I don't recommend Google Workspace to others. It's expensive. Also, Google doesn't have enough oversight on their partners, so you will face some difficulties dealing with them instead of directly with Google."

"Google Meet can have a bit more functionality. It should show the views of more people. Right now, it shows just eight at a maximum, or six. When there are more people on the call, more than eight, everyone is not showing."

"One area of improvement for Google Workspace is the Google Meet functionality. Currently, users cannot upload files directly through Google Meet; instead, they have to share links via Google Drive, which adds unnecessary steps and complexity."

More Google Workspace cons

"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."

"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."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is a bit on the higher side than normal. For a basic Google account it costs $100, but Enterprise is %150."

"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."

"The solution is expensive."

"We have purchased an annual subscription."

"The price of the solution can vary."

"We receive value for the price that we pay."

"It's cheaper to run a couple of users in a Google platform than what it would be with Microsoft Exchange."

"2,500 Rupees per month per user."

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

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

56%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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?

I'm not satisfied with the cost because I feel these services should be free as they use our data.

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

As far as Google Workspace is concerned, it is working fine for us. Our needs are fulfilled, so that's fine. However, integration with Microsoft Outlook could be improved. The new integration was i...

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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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