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Google Drive

Composite Score
9.0 /10
CX Score
9.3 /10
Category
Google Drive
9.0 /10

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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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

87

Real-Time Synchronization

86

Drag and Drop User Interface

85

Mobility Support

85

Access Control and Rights Management

84

Data Loss Prevention

84

Office Online Integration

84

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

83

Large File Optimization

83

Audit Trail

82

3rd-Party Integrations

81

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

86

Business Value Created

86

Usability and Intuitiveness

85

Ease of Data Integration

85

Quality of Features

84

Ease of IT Administration

84

Breadth of Features

83

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

82

Ease of Customization

82

Availability and Quality of Training

81

Vendor Support

80

Google Drive Reviews

Courtney K.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Construction
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

User Friendly, Real-Time Document Sharing

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Google Drive stands out from other similar products primarily due to its seamless integration with other Google products such as Google Docs and Google Sheets. Its very user-friendly compared to competitors and efficient when accessing via mobile apps.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Google Drive's folder creation and sharing features are particularly appealing to me. This platform enables the creation of organized folders and offers the flexibility to share them with others while setting varying levels of permissions. Users can grant simple viewing access or more extensive editing privileges, providing a versatile and customizable approach to collaborative work.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A drawback I've encountered with Google Drive is that if the owner of a shared folder decides to delete it, my access to the contents is revoked. This can be inconvenient, especially when working on long-term school projects where I'd prefer continued access to our shared work. It's possible that there might be a feature or workaround for this limitation that I'm not aware of.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend utilizing the folders feature to help keep documents organized and easy to find.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Sam H.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Excellent free product, Desktop app syncing

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

The desktop sync app for mac is excellent. It allows you to mirror files from the cloud instead of downloading them, saving valuable harddrive space.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

See above -- mirroring files and saving harddrive space.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's hard to hate a free product that is this good.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try it. I think you'll like it.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Vendor Friendly Policies
  • Less Fair

Kheeda C.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Streamlined and easy to use for any and everyone!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Google Drive from other similar products?

Their ability to make streamlined easy to use software and apps compared to the competitors. Everyone can use google drive and it’s not complicated. Plus it’s very trustworthy for my content I produce.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The share photos feature.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not much. It does crash when I use it

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Recommendations… simply give it a try. It’s easier to use.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service
  • Inspires Innovation

Cons

  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Less Transparent

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