Google Drive Reviews

Pros

My favorite aspect of google drive is that multiple people can work of same document using google drive, google slides, google docs etcetera. Also, it provides a feature of version history which help in tracking and going back to the previous version of document. Moreover, one can manage who can access the file and even with the like anyone can access it.

Cons

Finding a file through search is a nightmare since I have a lot of data and files it takes a lot me to find files. Sharing drives within the organization and different departments can be a little complex which could to potential breach for confidential files.

Pros

I really like the cloud storage, Google Workspace integration, real-time collaboration, easy sharing, automatic backup, compatibility, fast search, and security.

Cons

The cons that I didn't like were the free storage limit of only 15 GB, the need for an internet connection, the sync speed, file organization, version control, privacy, collaboration limitations, and limited integration with other software.

Pros

Google Drive is a service that gives you a large amount of free space (15 gigabits) and additional storage for a monthly fee. As a musician, I upload files onto Google drive to share to my bandmates and anyone in the world. Beings that media files are typically large, the benefit of a large amount of storage for a small fee is a great value. This service also gives me peace of mind that my files will stay safe in the event of a computer crash (files stay on the cloud). I can share access to my Google Drive so the rest of my band can access entire folders of files.

Cons

The compression of the files can lower the quality of the media.

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business

Reasons for Choosing Google Drive

Dropbox compression degraded the media quality to a noticeable extent.

Switched From

Dropbox Business

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

The size of the Dropbox Mobile app was impeding on the overall functionality of the operating system on my smartphone, and did not offer the ability to move to SD card or alternative storage. Dropbox compression degraded the media quality to a noticeable extent.

Pros

I would recommend Google Drive mainly because it's so affordable and still dependable. I've never lost anything or had any major problems.
I've never been worried about running out of room which is a huge relief.
I think it's very easy to use, and usually it's the default application on my devices. When I click share on a file Google drive pops up as the first option. I was able to easily find the backup and automatic backup settings. It's also easy for me to control who has access.

Cons

I've only had one problem. Recently when logging in to Google Drive, Google required that I change my password even though I'd had no problems logging in or anything remotely like that. That was really frustrating because I couldn't even change it back to the old one later on. I like to use one secure password across most of my accounts so that I don't risk losing access. I hope this was a one off and doesn't happen again.

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business and iCloud

Reasons for Choosing Google Drive

I had so many problems with Microsoft that I just switched everything over to Google. I haven't looked back! The main thing with onedrive was everything was so difficult to find and then still difficult to use.

Switched From

OneDrive

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

I chose Google Drive because of price and because everyone could use it easily.

Pros

I like that I can install Google Drive on my desktop to quickly and easily access my files with the added bonus of being able to download the app for my phone and access my content from other devices at any time.

Cons

There's nothing that I don't like about Google Drive, it's been a huge benefit for my business, being able to setup a cloud based storage system for access from any device at any time from any location.

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

Google Drive works much better with a range of our apps and features that we use. Google Drive is also much more user friendly and easy to navigate.

Pros

It's easy to use and set up. You can organise your files easily, and access and share them without issue

Cons

I have no issues with Google Drive, and would recommend

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

I have both products, but I prefer to use Google drive. I find it easier to use, with better features.

Pros

Google Drive's seamless collaboration and real-time editing are incredibly useful. The user gets 15 GB of free storage which is wonderful.

Cons

Storage limits and occasional syncing issues can be quite frustrating.

Pros

I don't know what I would do without Google Drive. I teach several classes and I am able to store and organize so much. I also am able to create shared drives for classes to store photos, etc. instead of crowding my Google Drive. It then becomes an online database that all of my students can access. I can share items with others and select the amount of ownership they have.

Cons

One of the cons for Google Drive mainly comes from shared drives. I have found that any form that is created in a shared drive is unable to use the upload photo option.

Pros

Accessible from anywhere and has a full suite of apps to help with team collaboration.

Cons

Permissions can be an issue when sharing large documents.

Pros

Google Drive is very user friendly and can be accessed from anywhere!

Cons

There isn't anything that I dislike about Google Drive.

Pros

I love Google Drive and use it almost everyday not just to store some personal documents that i like to have access to from any location but also in managing documents shared with other collaborators. It allows me to share files, view changes others make and history, as well as control access. Now we can all see the same information with out having to deal with revision-version email nightmares groups often can experience.

Cons

The software works great. I wish they'd add a feature to encrypt data. I think the share area could be revamped to make some sharing tasks easier.

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business, OneDrive and Box

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

It is so much easier to use. Most everyone these days has a google gmail account (which isn't required but helps). They often don't have to sign up for anything in order to start working with our team on things. Some of the other online storage solutions are really bad and confusing for people to use; plus they have to create just another account for something that may make the onboarding process harder.

Pros

What I love most about Google Drive is that I can upload almost anything to it and share with other people or accounts. I use it to share files with my employees. I use it to draft estimates that I can collaborate on in real time with my business partner hundreds of miles away. I use it to draft web content that I can share directly to my web developer.

On the personal side I can use it to share anything between my accounts or to friends, even frivolous stuff like old video game ROMs. I can store recipes and other instructions and access them on any device.

Sure there are other platforms that have these functions, but being able to create and share everything right in my web browser is perfect for me. The Google integration is ideal for me, so hands down it's the best file storage and sharing option I've ever come across.

Cons

I find that the interface gets cluttered pretty quickly. I have a lot stored in Drive and sometimes it takes me much longer than I'd like to find what I'm looking for. This is partially due to me just needing to organize my files better, and partly due to the way items are laid out in the interface. I don't know exactly what I'd do to fix it, but I do know it's not as quick and easy to visually find information as I'd like it to be.

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business and OneDrive

Reasons for Choosing Google Drive

I never really liked Dropbox and only used it because others I was collaborating with used it. When looking for my own solution, Drive was the clear choice.

Switched From

Dropbox Paper

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

Because I like the other G Suite services and appreciate easy integration. No need for another account to complicate things. Simple, straightforward, integrated, easy!

Pros

I have been using Google Drive for several years and it makes my life so much easier. I use it to store and organize all kinds of documents - both for myself and for my clients. It is the primary way that I deliver content for my clients. I love that I can create folders for my clients, but retain ownership over them. This way, I can easily see what work I have done throughout the year, for whom, and when. It also makes it easier for me to revoke access to my work if a client decides not to pay. The one thing I love more than anything else, though, isthat you can use Google Drive ANYWHERE that has internet access (and can also do some things offline). Anyone who has ever had a computer stop working and you lose everything you were working on will understand how amazing it is to know that you can simply log into your Google account from ANY computer and access everything you've worked on. Ever since I started using Google Drive, it's hands-down all I need for storing and organizing documents.

Cons

Honestly, I can't think of anything I don't like about Google Drive. It's easy to use, has amazing features, and is trusted - which means that none of my clients have ever felt wary of using it. In fact, most are already familiar with and use it themselves.

Pros

I enjoy Google Drive's wide spectrum of file types that can be uploaded to its cloud. I am able to upload files ranging from photos, videos, presentations, songs, and PDF's all the way to entire databases, movies, and other compressed data. Then, I am also a fan of its compatibility with other members of the Google Suite–such as Docs, Slides, and Sheets–that Drive serves as a central hub for. The fact that Drive is free is another bonus, which is particularly helpful to students like me because most of my assignments are stored in Drive with my student email. Whereas, I have personal data on Google Drive through my personal email. I like to keep my data organized so I am glad Drive offers files to be stored in different folders. Lastly, one of Drive's most remarkable features is that it can be accessed anywhere by using its mobile application.

Cons

I sometimes find myself struggling with Drive's speed, especially when accessing my photos. I used to store most of my pictures on iCloud but Apple forces customers to pay after a certain GB limit. Drive, on the other hand, offers more space than Apple does and for free. The only problem is that it can be extremely slow at times no matter how fast your internet is. I once uploaded all the pictures from my PC on to Drive to create space on my hard drive, but now when I want to access these pictures on Drive it will take forever for each individual image to load. This makes it impossible for slideshow viewing.

Another feature I dislike is that it will often clump all the data together in the recent feed, no matter the file type. I wish it could automatically separate pictures from videos, and videos from PDF's, and such.

Pros

Ease of use, file sharing capability, edit with collaborators in real time, cloud storage without taking up precious hard disk space, offline loading capability.

Cons

editing with 10 collaborators at the same time is very difficult. Its almost like you have to set a schedule for who edits when.

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox Business

Reasons for Choosing Google Drive

Google drive was free, worked great, and did not take up hard disk space.

Switched From

Dropbox Business

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

Price, ease of use, no local space utilized.

Pros

Once installed and configured, the sync works fine with Google Drive. Also the compression of Google Photo is quite impressive (but you better keep your original pictures somewhere else). Google photo recognition feature of the pictures is probably one of the most advanced and impressive overall.

Cons

If you need to change the source disk where your data is, be prepare to reupload everything from scratch. Any change to your workflow is a nightmare, and support is clearly useless. 3 times I had someone trying to help almost immediately and for hours, but I never had the help I needed. Worst, the last time, the person didn't know how their product was working and I had to explain him (True story, I swear !). Also I started using Google drive and Google Photo when Pictures were unlimited. Unfortunately, since a year or 2, every picture file upload to Google Drive and Photos is taking double space, which wasn't the case before.

Alternatives Considered

IDrive

Reasons for Choosing Google Drive

Degoo was really not good anymore in term of speed, and close to zero in terms of features and tools.

Switched From

Degoo

Reasons for Switching to Google Drive

I have choose Google drive to switch from Degoo, but I also started to use other product that I find better than Google Drive (Like iDrive).

Pros

It's easy to use, it's generous storage, and it allows you to forego up front licensing models of competitors like Microsoft Office in favor of a subscription "pay for what you use" model.

We use Drive as a part of Google Apps for Enterprise, and I don't think you can diassociate those applications from Drive; they're bundled together. You either get all of them or none of them, basically, which is a plus or a minus, depending on your perspective.

Also, it's a bit weird to review just Drive without taking those other things into consideration, but I'll try.

Easily the most stable software platform we've ever subscribed to.

Cons

Customer support is always Google's weakest point. The company is congenitally against allowing customers to talk directly to support representatives, although it's definitely getting better about it lately.

Access is entirely dependend on internet access. If Comcast or Verizon lets you down, uh...you're kind of hosed.

Pros

Google has done a great job with the new user interface design of Google Drive. Now it looks easier to work with it because of its left side panel from where it is easy to add a new folder, file, doc, sheet, etc. The new font and Iconography looks really crisp from before. The new price changes made by Google Drive are also pretty likable such as the prices of Google One and others because the price range is now more affordable than before, which made me really happy to have more space even I pay less for it. I always love discounts so, this initiative made me really happy. Auto update of packages was great as I was using 100GB plan and automatically upgrade helped me to get more storage on that same price which made me more happy with the google drive storage service.

Cons

The competitor iCloud provides more space in less amount. It would be really appreciated if Google Drive provide it on same price or less, but as Google Drive's Free storage is still better then iCloud's storage and the User Interface beats it. So I will still prefer Google Drive over iCloud Storage. I will not compare Google Drive with Microsoft 365 Storage or Dropbox because they are charging more for fewer space and services. For me Google Drive is a winner and up in the competition because of its Prices and User Friendly Interface which no other service providers privides.

Pros

Easy use.

It syncs with a google account and you are able to have access to them from any device.

You can view documents and also edit them online with the google docs utility, (for example, there is a lot more) they save instantly which is really great if you are forgetful, or have to work in diferent devices.

It's like a folder that you can have on your device with the advantage of being online.
You can also install the application on your Windows PC and upload the folders from a folder that is created on your device locally.

It is really dificult to lose information.

You also can create shared folders or documents, really usefull for share with varius workers.

Cons

When saving documents or images if you do not look at the default folder, you have to go through all the folders and subfolders if you do not remember the name which you saved it.

You have to make sure to correctly select the permissions that are granted to the users with whom the documents and folders are shared, since one of the options is that they can edit, and eliminate the work.

Pros

Google Drive is my way to go if I need anything to be shared with friends and colleagues, Drive is so widespread in its use that virtually everyone will suggest you use it and frankly I rarely suggest something else.

It's great for small teams to collaborate on multiple files, Google Docs makes it super easy to work over spreadsheets and text documents and you can also access previous versions of the file. You can also see who is editing the document right now and where is their cursor positioned.

A huge benefit that Google Drive brings is that I know that my files are safe, even if I lose my computer my stuff will be there. The desktop client is quite reliable and is fast. Also, it integrates perfectly with the plethora of other services offered by Google, obviously.

I like the sharing features available, you can generate a link, create groups, assign capabilities and even change the ownership of a file and folder.

Cons

This is not really an issue, but Google Drive is not mean to be used as a file transfer service, you can use it like that but your Drive will end up cluttered with files you don't need, other services are better for that.

I still can't believe you can't see how much a folder weighs! Or how many files it contains.

Would be great to have a better metric on what is taking up space, for example, see what folder is taking up space rather than just files. Somewhat the competitors are offering three times more space for free, so as a backup service only, Drive is losing terrain.

Pros

What is there not to like its free cloud storage, it connects to everything because google is everywhere, it is useful in 101 ways and some and oh yeah did I say it was free. Every time I think I have figured out all the ways that I can use this to make my life more efficient, and bringing my time management up another notch i discover another use for it. just another real life example ironically enough it was only a few hours ago, for college classes I had to edit a document and input my my own personal info well I had a hold up google docs wasn't excepting my file format directly but it would through a 3rd party trusted software input 102nd use for google drive. A life saver is exactly what that was, another our huge use would be our phones would be over loaded fairly instant if we didn't utilize google drive or what would we do when we drop the phone into water that puddle or left our phone at the outing with your friends you know where all those contacts are that are backed up that giving you the little bit of comfort knowing not all is lost and giving that little bit of comfort makes all the difference in a time like that

Cons

Truthfully I have nothing bad to say about google drive If i did ever have problems with it, it was so long ago that those bugs were worked out and.. !t was so long ago that I do not even recollect

Pros

Google Drive is available everywhere I need a cloud-based drive to be. Plus, it is as easy to use as I would expect. And, perhaps the “only drive” you might need.
By everywhere, I mean every device I use: my laptop, my smartphone, my tablet. I can drop a file in from my laptop - literally, drag and drop. And it is readily available on my smartphone or tablet in seconds. Needless to say it works the other way as well. Something on the smartphone or tablet that needs to be accessed by my laptop/pc ? Sure, maybe it takes more than a “drag and drop” - but it is just as easy as sharing something (three-dots / share) with another app. Just have to tell it what folder - if you need to.
Speaking of easy, it really is as straightforward as having that extra drive on your device. Practically seamless. As if I had another drive - just one that is connected… wirelessly. A drive that I can share anything with anyone at any time. Just create a link to the folder ( make sure the permissions are appropriately set) and away it goes. Others can share their folders just as easily.
A drive for all drives? Maybe. For starters, anyone gets 15 Gb - which is plenty of space. As a Google One subscriber, the space starts at 100 Gb, and can increase depending on your subscription settings. It could be a solid reason for not using other cloud-drives at that point. Or - maybe even not bothering with solid-state drives or other physical drives. The “icing on the cake” is knowing that the data is safe.

Cons

Can you improve on “perfection”? There is always room for improvement. For one, it works best on platforms that are already built by Google: Android-based tablets, smartphones, (Chrome) Web-browsers, chromebooks, etc. and not-so-well on others. Case in point: using Google Drive on an Apple Ipad Pro is not intuitive in the least. After months of use, trying to figure out how to download and properly store a file where it needs to go proves to be a challenge. When uploading, it may be a little more evident, but it is not as simple as on an Android-based device. There are too many options listed - and at first glance can be dizzying. Across all platforms, the thumbnails can take a little while to show, but that is to be expected as it might also depend on the network speed the device is connected to.

Pros

There are several things I like most about Google Drive:

1. It's not very expensive and you get a lot of good value in return for a very small monthly fee. I pay £1.59 a month in return for 100 GB of cloud storage space, which is one of the cheapest options I've found when looking for similar software.

2. Because it's part of the Google suite, it combines its handy collab tools (such as Google Docs and Sheets) with Drive and makes file history and change tracking very easy. It also tells you which users have access, or have modified files which while useful, is not needed for me.

3. For solo developers, Drive can double as a basic form of version control, by using Google's Backup and Sync, which sync changes on your local drive to your Google Drive. Though not as indepth as regular version control systems and probably not a good choice for projects with multiple developers, it's perfect for solo developers.

Cons

For certain filetypes (particularly when transferring files from MacBook's to PC's), the metadata can be lost when uploading from a Mac, then downloading to a PC. This is only generally an issue for files made with Mac OS specific programs.

At times, performance and network can be slow when uploading/downloading to the Drive. Also, while it's perfect for cloud storage, I would not recommend this as a source control solution for the reasons above, unless you are working on a solo project.

Pros

Some of the features that I appreciate about Google Drive include its ease of use, accessibility from any device with an internet connection, large storage capacity, and ability to share and collaborate on documents in real-time. Additionally, Google Drive integrates seamlessly with other Google services such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, making it a very versatile platform for productivity and collaboration.

Cons

I have concerns about the security and privacy of my data when using cloud-based storage platforms such as Google Drive. Additionally, I find the storage limitations of the free version of Google Drive to be a limitation, as larger storage needs require a paid subscription. Finally, while Google Drive is generally easy to use, some users may find the interface to be somewhat cluttered or confusing, particularly if they are new to the platform.

Pros

As a user of Gmail, Google Drive is the hub for all of my documents and assets. It’s super easy to add assets to a folder straight from Gmail, and the organization and ease of use just works. I’m so used to Google Sheets that anything else feels clunky, and thanks to Google Docs I haven’t had to touch MS Word in decades. All of that lives in Google Drive and makes managing my projects a simple task.

Cons

I’m a video editor, and downloading large video files for Drive is a pain in the butt. It collects them all in several zip files and makes managing or naming them very hard. I also never use the Mac app sync option, because I don’t the same confidence in it the way I would Dropbox. Also, it’s a small thing but the new Move/Organize right-click menu buried my most used options. When you click something multiple times a day, having to go through multiple sub-menus adds up.