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Google Drive

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

1431 Reviews Write a Review

What is Google Drive?

Drive Enterprise empowers organizations to create, store, share, and collaborate in the cloud — without any of the risk or disruption associated with implementing new tools or technologies.

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Awards & Recognition

Google Drive won the following awards in the Content Collaboration category

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2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

Google Drive 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.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+93 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 Drive?

1% Negative

4% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Drag and Drop User Interface

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Access Control and Rights Management

Mobility Support

Data Loss Prevention

Audit Trail

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

3rd-Party Integrations

Task Management and Workflow

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Google Drive Reviews

Swapnil P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Great Product, with simple features

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

It is very simple to use. No hiccups while opening files.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Team can work on single document by editing at the same time. It is best feature of G drive.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Currently, nothing is to be disliked. It works as intended.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please go ahead with the product, you can create, edit documents on the go.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Temitayo A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Fantastic product, easy to use, simple interface.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Google drives allow you to easily store and share files, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Allows easy access to files from any device as long as there's an internet connection.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I can work offline with Google Drive and can also easily convert pdf to docs.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't like it's too much dependency on internet connection. Downloading and uploading speed are dependent on the internet connection.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend Google Drive. It's a fantastic product.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Priya K.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Ensures the safety of your files.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

It has a high processing power that helps you to quickly search for files and drive that you want to share or edit. This helps to save time that could be wasted when manual searching.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love that it has made editing files simpler by using the built-in sheets, slides, forms, docs, and drawings to easily edit files in real-time.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Uploading and downloading files may take long when in an area with slow internet.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is the best cloud storage solution. It is easy to share files with users that don't have a Google Drive account and assign roles to them.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Google Drive Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Google Drive?

Pros

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

Drag and Drop User Interface Optimal user interfaces and interactions, such as drag-and-drop and file open-in applications.

Team Collaboration Allows multiple users to comment on, mark-up, annotate, or edit a document. Provides team sites, workspaces or other landing areas that enhance productivity.

Real-Time Synchronization Synchronization of files to a central repository (on-prem or in the cloud) facilitating access across multiple devices.

Access Control and Rights Management Ability to discretely control who can access the file.

Mobility Support Software is optimized for mobile usage.

Data Loss Prevention Detection of potential data breaches by monitoring, detecting and blocking the electronic transmission of sensitive data.

Audit Trail View all previous activity including any recent edits and user access.

Enterprise Grade Security Controls Encryption in-transit and at rest. Remote wiping of data on non-corporate owned devices.

Large File Optimization Contains optimizations for transfers of large files.

3rd-Party Integrations Integration with other identity providers, content management systems, or cloud services.

Task Management and Workflow Supports triggers and events for process automation.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

Google Drive Reviews

Swapnil P.

Great Product, with simple features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Temitayo A.

Fantastic product, easy to use, simple interface.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Priya K.

Ensures the safety of your files.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Drag and Drop User Interface

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Access Control and Rights Management

Mobility Support

Data Loss Prevention

Audit Trail

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

3rd-Party Integrations

Task Management and Workflow

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training