2019-06-03T13:40:00Z

What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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EV
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-11-23T11:20:26Z
Nov 23, 2023

The product's user interface is an area of concern where improvements are required. The tool could be more user-friendly and offer more designs to users as it is currently very plain and straightforward.

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Chris Grego - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-11-22T13:41:47Z
Nov 22, 2023

The tool should increase its storage.

Akos Szirmai - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-11-21T11:38:29Z
Nov 21, 2023

I would like to see some improvements to the user interface. I'm not really comfortable with the user interface because I don't use it very often. I know that my files are there, and I get some information about the size of my storage from Gmail. However, I would like to see a more user-friendly interface.

RH
Real User
Top 20
2023-08-08T16:05:34Z
Aug 8, 2023

It was not easy to reach the storage because there were different network zones. We were able to implement things, but it was not that easy.

DB
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-04-05T14:31:35Z
Apr 5, 2023

The capacity could be improved. We'd like more storage and hope they reduce the costs for increased storage. We have some people not using storage at all and some who are using all of their allotment. We'd like to be able to have a certain amount, and those that need more have access to more, and those that need less can have their allotment shared with those that need more. The way it is spread should be more flexible. It is hard to migrate to another product if we want to.

VS
MSP
Top 10
2023-04-03T08:35:00Z
Apr 3, 2023

In my previous company, we used Google. More precisely, we were involved with it because earlier, I was using Azure, which we were specifically using AKS, which is Azure Kubernetes Service. So, AKS was a solution that was well-managed by both cloud providers. But compared to AKS, Google Kubernetes is better, especially its GUI and user-friendliness, because one doesn't have to search too much to find a solution. Solutions from Amazon and AWS are quite better compared to Google Cloud Storage since they offer more services than Google. When compared to one of its competitors, Google Cloud Storage does not have or offer a lot of services to its users. So, this is one of the downsides of the solution. This might be because AWS has been there a long while Google has just come up in the last five years.

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LM
Real User
Top 20
2022-07-25T10:09:00Z
Jul 25, 2022

The solution works fine.

AndreyRogov - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-22T11:36:24Z
Jul 22, 2022

What would make Google Cloud Storage better is if it provided more storage.

IN
Real User
Top 20
2022-07-21T15:02:00Z
Jul 21, 2022

It could be made even more secure and allow for more storage.

Wafaa Salah - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-20T09:49:02Z
Jul 20, 2022

Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money.

FadiAbi-Aad - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-19T08:58:00Z
Jul 19, 2022

The solution is good, however, it would benefit from increased storage without the additional cost.

Dilip Telang - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-11T08:30:40Z
Jul 11, 2022

The solution could always be more user-friendly.

Tanmoy Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-23T09:10:57Z
Jun 23, 2022

I don't find the solution very user-friendly.

NP
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-18T18:58:00Z
May 18, 2022

My use case of this solution is fairly minimal. However, I am concerned about privacy on a cloud platform. Many people are not migrating to a cloud service because they are still concerned about putting data in cloud-based storage.

NM
Real User
Top 5
2022-05-13T16:03:24Z
May 13, 2022

Increasing the amount of free storage provided would be an improvement.

CR
Real User
2022-03-18T09:50:35Z
Mar 18, 2022

It is stable, but it can always be more stable.

Karoly Krokovay - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-03-16T18:16:41Z
Mar 16, 2022

The licensing fees could be reduced.

GG
Real User
2022-01-24T10:05:00Z
Jan 24, 2022

From what I hear, Microsoft OneDrive is much better than this solution. The performance of Google Cloud Storage could still be improved. It could have better security.

Islam Bayraktar - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2021-12-17T10:21:00Z
Dec 17, 2021

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.

MA
Real User
2021-12-16T12:31:00Z
Dec 16, 2021

Google Cloud Storage could be improved if they provided more free storage for free accounts.

BN
Real User
2021-12-10T12:27:09Z
Dec 10, 2021

The storage could be improved to manage it a bit better. Google Cloud Storage could be more secure, but the security features are okay.

AB
Real User
2021-11-22T17:34:00Z
Nov 22, 2021

This solution could be improved by increasing integration with other tools, like Microsoft.

GH
Real User
2021-11-03T10:44:11Z
Nov 3, 2021

The solution should offer more free storage.

VK
Real User
2021-10-06T14:44:35Z
Oct 6, 2021

I would prefer more support for alternative operating systems like DSD. The performance could be better because sometimes there are glitches. The price could be better.

Neetu Majumdar - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-09-08T13:53:54Z
Sep 8, 2021

I would like to see better pricing.

Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-08-16T12:29:04Z
Aug 16, 2021

The solution should have two factor authentication.

NT
Real User
2021-07-29T12:49:58Z
Jul 29, 2021

Comparing to Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Azure is much better and they have more experience than Google. The problem I face right now is that my data warehouse is being hosted on Google Cloud, however, integration between Google Cloud to Microsoft Azure is a big problem. I would love to use Amazon S3 as it's more user-friendly and the SDK is better. It's easy to let the developer implement it, whereas Google Cloud Storage is hard for the developer to use. The SDK is quite complicated. The security could always be better.

AP
Real User
Top 20
2021-03-30T10:05:51Z
Mar 30, 2021

Its security should be better from the data security point of view. It should be more secure, and it should get tightly integrated with products such as Google Docs and Google Sheets. Microsoft covers different kinds of tools such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.

IS
Real User
2021-03-22T11:15:55Z
Mar 22, 2021

Having more storage space would be an improvement.

DD
Real User
2021-02-18T22:17:57Z
Feb 18, 2021

I think improvements can be made from a storage perspective and a cost perspective. We're currently working on the application modernization and I think that the integration section of Google and the cloud could be simplified. Integration across various applications isn't always successful.

AY
Real User
2021-01-14T18:15:17Z
Jan 14, 2021

Google Meet is missing the features needed to control the machines. Google Meet allows you to share the screen but not to control the device itself. It would be better to be able to control it. They need more enhancements in the security features.

MM
Real User
2020-03-09T08:07:56Z
Mar 9, 2020

I'm not sure if there are any improvements necessary. For my purposes, it works very well. The solution should improve its security and accountability.

YB
Real User
2020-01-27T06:39:00Z
Jan 27, 2020

It would be good to have more storage space. The user interface could be more intuitive.

Jan COETZEE - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2019-09-03T08:57:00Z
Sep 3, 2019

User management could be better. It's a complicated process to delete users and maintain the structure of documents created by deleted users. The solution needs backup and archival functionality. We had an instance where our account renewal was not done in time and we lost information. Archival and backup can be expanded upon, by providing archival/backup services within the google cloud solution. It would save us from using a third party for our cloud backup, which is what we are currently doing.

JM
Real User
2019-08-28T09:52:00Z
Aug 28, 2019

I would like to see an improvement in data visualization as well as new tools to manage storage in any platform. I think Google already has this solution for management. If you have a data set in Amazon, you must be able to manage it with a Google tool and that's a good improvement. I would also like to be able to use my own tools and packages within this solution and also have a tool to visualize the data with graphics.

VB
Vendor
2019-08-12T05:55:00Z
Aug 12, 2019

They could improve their storage and stay current. It is very easy to use Google Cloud Storage, easy to implement, but it is not very flexible when it comes to modifying the parameters. The level of storage, the level of technology, and the level of services could also be improved. The implementation is not as easy as Microsoft, and the process could be improved. We would like to see the implementation of better identity management.

AF
Consultant
2019-08-07T06:15:00Z
Aug 7, 2019

The user experience needs to be simplified. It is difficult to configure.

it_user1094874 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2019-07-17T07:31:00Z
Jul 17, 2019

I would like to see an improvement in the management or admin pages, because at times it is not easy to work with them. Also, I like an improvement in the IAM part of the Google Cloud . They need to get some parts of the program more mature, like the admin pages as well as the monitoring part.

IA
Real User
2019-06-03T13:40:00Z
Jun 3, 2019

I would like to see this solution made faster, cheaper, and bigger.

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