Google Cloud Storage is primarily used for backing up my devices, to sync my photos and videos.
Business Process Management Specialist and Business Continuity Management Coordinator at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
Secure, performs well, and reasonably priced
Pros and Cons
- "On the phone, I appreciate how seamless it is."
- "On the phone, I appreciate how seamless it is."
- "It was a little more complicated when compared to Apple."
- "It was a little more complicated when compared to Apple."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The performance is good.
I haven't had any issues with the security of Google Cloud Storage.
I use it on the phone the majority of the time. On the phone, I appreciate how seamless it is. You don't have to be concerned about it because it's thinking in the background.
What needs improvement?
It is difficult to say what could be improved because it works in the background for me.
I haven't done much with it on a laptop, but when I first logged in, it was a little more complex than Apple.
It was a little more complicated when compared to Apple. However, I believe they have simplified it in the most recent version. But I haven't had much access to it in a long time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have worked with Google Cloud Storage for three years.
We always use the most recent version. My phone automatically updates.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I am satisfied with the stability of Google Cloud Storage. I haven't had any issues with the stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is for my personal use and not used by the organization.
I will continue to use it on my own.
How are customer service and support?
I have not had to contact technical support. I have had no experience with them.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have worked with Enterprise Password Manager, Domain Name once or twice.
How was the initial setup?
My phone came with it pre-installed. In terms of installation, I didn't have to do anything. Everything was easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
In my opinion, it is well-priced. In general, it's fairly priced.
Initially, I was working with the free version, now, I have updated to the paid version.
I have paid for the first year, and it's reasonably priced for my needs.
What other advice do I have?
If you are on an Android platform, I would highly recommend it, but it depends on the ecosystem. However, if you're an Android user, I believe it's the most universal one for the device.
I would rate Google Cloud Storage a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
First Vice President/ Private Banking Manager at Eastwest Bank
Easy to find features, and performs well, but the storage usage could be improved
Pros and Cons
- "It's simple to use."
- "I am satisfied with this solution."
- "It would be better to assign storage usage to different categories, because storage capacity is cumulative, if your Google album and email are both full, you will be unable to send or receive email."
- "It would be better to assign storage usage to different categories, because storage capacity is cumulative, if your Google album and email are both full, you will be unable to send or receive email."
What is our primary use case?
I use Google Cloud Storage for my personal use for storage. It is the most common and well-known.
What is most valuable?
I am satisfied with this solution.
The performance is acceptable.
It's simple to use. You can easily find the function you require by looking at the bottom of any page.
What needs improvement?
It would be better to assign storage usage to different categories, because storage capacity is cumulative, if your Google album and email are both full, you will be unable to send or receive email.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for five years.
We are working with the most recent version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is for my personal use, I am the only user of this solution.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
For my personal computers, I have Windows.
Previously, I worked with One Drive.
How was the initial setup?
There is no installation because everything is done in the cloud.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There are no licensing fees.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I am not an expert in log management. I am just looking for a useful tool in the SRE field. I am just conducting a study. I'm an intern at our company, and I try to assist them with their research, but I have no idea what's going on in our company. I simply present my research.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others who are interested.
I would rate Google Cloud Storage a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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CEO at Informula Ltd
Simple to install, has no special requirements, and works well
Pros and Cons
- "We are satisfied with the parameters of Google Cloud Storage."
- "The performance is good, and we are satisfied with the parameters of Google Cloud Storage."
- "The licensing fees could be reduced."
- "The licensing fees could be reduced."
What is our primary use case?
It's not for my personal use, but we use Google Cloud Storage for a special product for banks that offers it as a service as well.
What is most valuable?
The performance is good.
We are satisfied with the parameters of Google Cloud Storage.
What needs improvement?
The licensing fees could be reduced.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Google Cloud Storage for four or five years.
Because it is a cloud solution, we are always working with the most recent version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We are satisfied with the stability of Google Cloud Storage.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is scalable, but we don't need a large number of users. We use it for four or five users, so it's not a large product.
We don't have plans to increase our usage.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted technical support. I have not experienced any issues.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously, we worked with Azure.
I believe we switched the database. We used Azure's cloud before, which is very simple to use. I'm referring to Azure. But then we switched to a different database, and that's when we started using, Google Cloud Storage.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. There are no specific requirements.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing fees could be better.
We pay a monthly subscription.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution for anyone who is interested in using it.
I would rate Google Cloud Storage an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Co-Founder and Director of Services at Continuous Software at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Enables you to access your files anywhere
Pros and Cons
- "Access your files from anywhere, no installation necessary"
- "We synchronize documents from a personal machine to Google Cloud Storage, and in addition we make use of Google docs where we can easily create Word documents, Excel spreadsheets or even Powerpoint, then it is really easy to access documents from anywhere."
- "Additional cost for more storage"
- "The free subscription with Google Cloud Storage provides a lower amount of GB storage, if you want to upgrade to more you have to pay an annual subscription."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case is to store documents in various formats, enabling me to access them anywhere.
What is most valuable?
We have found synchronization to be a really useful feature. We synchronize documents from a personal machine to Google Cloud Storage, and in addition we make use of Google docs where we can easily create Word documents, Excel spreadsheets or even Powerpoint. Then it is really easy to access documents from anywhere.
What needs improvement?
It would be beneficial to manage duplicated documents better. For example, when conducting a search, it would be useful to indicate when files are the same or duplicate. You could have the same files in different folders and therefore if you are given a choice to decide what to do, that would be a nice feature. You could either delete or merge them.
Also, it would be nice to have the possibility to convert video files that you have stored, compress them and store them in different formats. If I had a huge 3-5GB video file and I had the option to convert this to MP3 and compress it that would greatly reduce the file size that is being stored in the cloud.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for approximately 2 years
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Regarding scalability, from a users point of view you are not installing anything on your machine. Scalability is not visible to me as an end user.
How are customer service and support?
There has been no need to contact Google for any form of support, I have faced no issues to date.
How was the initial setup?
There is no initial installation to setup, as it's cloud based storage all you need is a web browser and you can upload and download files right away.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The free subscription with Google Cloud Storage provides a lower amount of GB storage, if you want to upgrade to more you have to pay an annual subscription.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at OneDrive and DropBox as alternative solutions.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Lead DevOps Engineer at Etisalat
Stable, scalable, and has a useful filter feature
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the filter option. You can search with some artificial intelligence kinds of features. For example, if I search for a beach, it'll show me all the beach-related pictures, which I took five or ten years before. So this is a cool feature that I've seen. They give as many features as they can to make it better, so I'm happy with this solution."
- "The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the filter option, where you can search with some artificial intelligence kinds of features, so if I search for a beach, it will show me all the beach-related pictures I took five or ten years before, which is a cool feature that makes me happy with this solution."
- "Google Cloud Storage could be improved if they provided more free storage for free accounts."
- "Google Cloud Storage could be improved if they provided more free storage for free accounts."
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use Google Cloud Storage to store most of my large videos and images. It's very easy to filter it out and get something whenever it's required, rather than keeping it in the traditional way of storage. I use it for personal purposes.
This solution is cloud-based, so it's always on the latest version.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the filter option. You can search with some artificial intelligence kinds of features. For example, if I search for a beach, it'll show me all the beach-related pictures, which I took five or ten years before. So this is a cool feature that I've seen. They give as many features as they can to make it better, so I'm happy with this solution.
What needs improvement?
Google Cloud Storage could be improved if they provided more free storage for free accounts.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This solution is stable. So far, I've never faced any kinds of outages or unavailability. So far, so good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This solution provides scalability. If you're ready to pay, they're ready to give you as much storage as you want, so it's okay.
I'm continuously using Google Cloud Storage. I add a few photos or videos day by day, but there aren't many specific cases where I have to increase my usage.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before using Google Cloud Storage, I used the traditional method of storing things on a hard disk.
How was the initial setup?
The installation process is straightforward and perfect. It doesn't require any technical knowledge, and you can do it yourself. It took me less than five to ten minutes.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented this solution myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
If you're ready to pay, they're ready to give you as much storage as you want. Considering the features that Google Cloud Storage provides, the pricing is reasonable. So far, I'm still using the free service from them because I'm able to meet my requirements with the free subscription. Maybe, in the future, if a storage requirement comes, I'll pay for it or go for the license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Google Cloud Storage a nine out of ten. In terms of security, scalability, availability, and free storage, I always recommend that people go for Google Cloud.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Principle Data Engineer at Spring ML
Highly reliable, useful, simple to scale, and affordable
Pros and Cons
- "Google Cloud Storage is highly reliable."
- "Solid, cheap, and performant are the three words that come to mind when describing this solution."
- "There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing."
- "The Google technical support is not very good at all."
What is our primary use case?
The company that I am with currently is doing consulting, and my previous company used it in the cloud. Both will be in the Google Cloud.
I personally used Google Cloud Storage to upload data, and the company is using it to save data model training results, such as AI training results.
How has it helped my organization?
Its integration with BigQuery has helped in the organization's improvement.
What is most valuable?
Its blob storage, being able to handle large amounts of unstructured data, is very useful.
Google Cloud Storage is highly reliable.
On the surface, it appears to be a straightforward product.
It's everything you want, and not complex.
What needs improvement?
There was one complicated use case at a previous firm, two years ago. If you didn't name it, but sequentially named it, and you saved your files over a day, and it's a sequence, there would be some inefficiency with the cachets. If you are trying to retrieve large blocks of files, there was a problem with the cache, it was inefficient.
There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing.
Creating a hierarchy can be a little difficult, and obtuse to deal with, but it is something that is workable for a good engineer.
There is no learning curve as compared to other solutions.
I would like to see some assistance in establishing a hierarchy.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Google Cloud Storage for seven years.
The versions are upgraded, but there are not many changes.
In the past, we have used S3, and Amazon AWS.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is an extremely reliable product. There are no issues with the stability of Google Cloud Storage.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The Google technical support is not very good at all. But it's such a simple product that in my entire career, we have never had to contact support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have several solutions such as BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Data Studio as well as Looker.
I have been working with Google Data Studio for three or four years.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was fine.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's an inexpensive product.
What other advice do I have?
Solid, cheap, and performant are the three words that come to mind when describing this solution.
I would rate Google Cloud Storage a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Easy to use, stable, and easy to scale
Pros and Cons
- "The performance is good."
- "Google Cloud Storage and Google Docs are very good."
- "I would like to see better pricing."
- "The price could be cheaper."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for our documentation.
What is most valuable?
Google Cloud Storage and Google Docs are very good.
It's user-friendly.
The performance is good.
I am satisfied with this solution.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see better pricing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Google Cloud Storage for a couple of years.
We are using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Google Cloud Storage is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have no issues with the scalability of Google Cloud Storage.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not contacted technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are also using Dropbox.
How was the initial setup?
There is no installation required. It's a cloud-based solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price could be cheaper.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I would rate Google Cloud Storage a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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PMO at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Scalable and stable with a free version available for personal use
Pros and Cons
- "There is a free-to-use version. This is the version I use."
- "The solution is very stable, there are no bugs or glitches, it doesn't crash or freeze, and the performance is good."
- "While the solution seems to be secure, I worry that, with the cloud, there is a chance of hacking. It would be ideal if they could be more transparent about the processes they go through to keep our data secure in the cloud and on their systems."
- "While the solution seems to be secure, I worry that, with the cloud, there is a chance of hacking. It would be ideal if they could be more transparent about the processes they go through to keep our data secure in the cloud and on their systems."
What is our primary use case?
I primarily use the solution for storing documents.
What is most valuable?
It's my understanding that the solution is secure.
The solution is stable.
The scalability is very good.
There is a free-to-use version. This is the version I use.
What needs improvement?
While the solution seems to be secure, I worry that, with the cloud, there is a chance of hacking. It would be ideal if they could be more transparent about the processes they go through to keep our data secure in the cloud and on their systems.
I'd also like it to be more clear in terms of who is accessing the files and when. I'd like to know if and when someone downloads something or if a file has been manipulated, and who has accessed or changed it, in order to protect our company's most sensitive information.
In my domain, you receive a lot of mail and a lot of publicity marketing and you need to trash them. I don't. One month ago, they told me that I have the maximum allowed storage and I would have to make space in my database. I don't have time to do that. Now, I check my email every day and I trash all things not necessary, and I'm not putting photos in it. I don't know why my database is already full. If you don't keep on top of deleting items and wait until it's almost full, it's so hard to go back and delete so much content.
For how long have I used the solution?
I first started using the solution a few years ago. It's been a while. I would estimate it's been about six years or so at this point.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The performance is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product can scale up if you need it to.
How are customer service and technical support?
I've never had to reach out to Google's technical support. I haven't had any issues with it. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they would be if you contacted them.
How was the initial setup?
There's no installation process as the solution is cloud-based. You don't need to upload or install anything.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The version I use is open-source. It doesn't cost anything to use.
What other advice do I have?
I simply use this solution for my own personal purposes.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
I would recommend this solution to other users.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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