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Google Drive

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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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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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

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.

+94 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

3% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Drag and Drop User Interface

Mobility Support

Access Control and Rights Management

Data Loss Prevention

Office Online Integration

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

Audit Trail

3rd-Party Integrations

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Google Drive Reviews

ADAM A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Media
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Google Drive is a preferred cloud storage partner

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Shareability, easy to use interface, compatible with office, proprietary suite of apps

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The shareability for collaborative working in real-time, it is more intuitive and faster than competitors

What do you dislike most about this product?

You can't upload files larger than 5TB. Google can also analyse your content. The potential security risks that happen with Google suite.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Perfect for SMEs, start ups, but perhaps not large enterprises with need more secure encryption and data security.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Helps Innovate

GRANT T.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Google does it again....

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Google Drive provides for better integration, particularly with other Google products. Google Drive is also very functional using the free version, so long as you don't need large amounts of storage.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Intuitiveness and ease-of-use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Of course, I don't want to have to pay for the product, but the cost for additional storage is very fair, affordable, and competitive with other cloud-based storage products.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely consider Google Drive if you are using other Google suite products as it integrates beautifully.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

MANISH B.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

good product and efficient

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

efficient and safe as reputed brand

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

user friendly and safe

What do you dislike most about this product?

little pricy

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

be safe as you are dealing with google number one brand and trust

Pros

Client's Interest First
Transparent
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Google Drive Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 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

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.

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

Mobility Support Software is optimized for mobile usage.

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

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

Office Online Integration Provides cloud storage allowing file edits in the browser or mobile and saves back to file shares. Saves on licensing costs, and avoids costly migrations.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Google Drive Reviews

ADAM A.

Google Drive is a preferred cloud storage partner

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

GRANT T.

Google does it again....

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

MANISH B.

good product and efficient

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Team Collaboration

Real-Time Synchronization

Drag and Drop User Interface

Mobility Support

Access Control and Rights Management

Data Loss Prevention

Office Online Integration

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Large File Optimization

Audit Trail

3rd-Party Integrations

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support