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Google Cloud

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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What is Google Cloud?

Google Cloud provides the building blocks so you can quickly develop everything from simple websites to complex applications. Explore how you can make Google Cloud work for you.

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Awards & Recognition

Google Cloud won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

6 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

8 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

8 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2023

Google Cloud Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 96%
Negotiation and Contract:: 94%
Conflict Resolution:: 96%
Strategy & Innovation:: 95%
Service Experience:: 95%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Google Cloud?

1% Negative

2% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Access Management

Load Balancing

Cloud Backup

Cloud Integration

Data Migration

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Workflow Management

Regulatory Compliance

Analytics and Reporting

Multi Cloud Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Google Cloud Reviews

Koutarou K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

For businesses who wish to lower running costs

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Cloud from other similar products?

"Google Cloud SQL" offers live migration, which has the feature of not interrupting program execution. It is worth exploring it for companies in situations where it is impossible to avoid working. It also allows continuous use of discounts and guaranteed usage discounts. Our team decided to switch the current environment from a server or Open-E. In that way, Google Cloud SQL has software to help you move your current applications to the cloud. You should transparently transfer your data in the background and your computation engine would be able to run your program in minutes.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Building on the Google Cloud service. Integrate computer technologies into utilities such as IA and ML. The programming languages are many supported. In languages such as Python and Java, tools can be created and managed. Functionality for high-speed operation. Genome data process petabytes in seconds.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Support operation is restricted by service hours.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It will reduce the running expense of information technology with continued utilization discounts and assured usage discounts. In addition to being a typical cloud server, the interface is transparent and convenient to use. Should you submit a complaint with the dedicated form, a Google representative will email you shortly. Live migration and encrypt sensitive data handled in the cloud during production.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Revanth Reddy Y.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Best cloud platform ever

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Cloud from other similar products?

Google cloud platform's approach saves up so much time and effort to kickstart your development. It solves all the problems with the easy build, deploys, and manage infrastructure.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Google actually gives 1-year free trial to get to know the platform and play around with it. The UI and features are top tier and make it very easy and sometimes overwhelmed with the services they provide.

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing as far as I have experience as it does everything that I need it to.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Choosing the google cloud platform is a no-brainer because it is tailored to all kinds of professional's needs.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

NANCY M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

GREAT CLOUD PLATFORM

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Cloud from other similar products?

NOTHING REALLY I HAVE ONLY USE GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I DON'T REALLY HAVE A FAVORITE ASPECT OF THIS PRODUCT

What do you dislike most about this product?

NOTHING I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT GOOGLE CLOUD

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST TRY IT OUT SEE IF YOU LIKE IT.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Google Cloud Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

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+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Google Cloud?

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Multi Cloud Management Includes multiple cloud computing services, file transfers, and security guarantee.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Google Cloud Reviews

Koutarou K.

For businesses who wish to lower running costs

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Revanth Reddy Y.

Best cloud platform ever

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

NANCY M.

GREAT CLOUD PLATFORM

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Access Management

Load Balancing

Cloud Backup

Cloud Integration

Data Migration

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Workflow Management

Regulatory Compliance

Analytics and Reporting

Multi Cloud Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support