Google Cloud Storage Reviews & Insights

Score8.5 out of 10

241 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Google Cloud Storage are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Node SDK Appreciation: Users have expressed their satisfaction with the outstanding Node SDK, which has significantly improved their user experience by providing seamless integration and efficient performance. They specifically mention how the SDK's robust features have simplified complex tasks and enhanced workflow efficiency.

User-Friendly Web Management: The web interface for management stands out as highly intuitive and easy to navigate according to users, simplifying access control tasks and streamlining operations. Reviewers appreciate the clean layout and straightforward design that make managing access rights a hassle-free process.

Reliable Secure Storage Feature: Users value the reliability of the secure storage feature, citing its robust automatic backup system that ensures data safety at all times. They highlight how this feature gives them peace of mind knowing that their critical information is protected against any potential loss or security breaches.

Google Cloud Storage Reviews

12 Reviews

Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees)

Great for static files

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 29, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Cloud Storage for a few things. Primarily we use it to host static files for our web app, with a staging bucket for the staging environment and a production bucket for production. Additionally, we store user-uploaded assets like logo files in our buckets. We also store our Terraform state of our architecture in Google Cloud Storage.

Pros

Excellent Node SDK
Great web interface for management
Easy to use access management

Cons

Not very straightforward to integrate app authorization logic with Google Cloud Platform's authorization for files (better at fully public files)
Not ideal that if a bucket is public by default everything in it must be public

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Cloud Storage is great for any time you might need to put files somewhere for an application. It's straightforward to download files in the browser, use files in React components, and set up buckets for different environments. I would potentially look for an easier option if your primary use case is for managing users managing their own assets, though I'm sure with some time and effort Google Cloud Storage could get the job done too.

Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development (Environmental Services company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage - Good for projects from simple to demanding!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

March 23, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Cloud Storage to backup individual files, backup entire systems, share files, and to host static content. Since a storage bucket can be configured to a URL, this tool allows us to easily and temporarily host files needed between systems. Some of our storage buckets are used to host software updates, others are used only as background system backups, among many other uses.

Pros

Permissions - easy to configure.
Security - variety of permissions allows fine grained control.
Reliability - storage service is essentially always available.

Cons

Learning curve - working with buckets isn't as straightforward as end user cloud storage (like Google Drive).
Less integration support than AWS in 3rd party tools.
Integration required for best results (programming into the API).

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Cloud Storage is a great solution for many needs:

It can be used for sharing one-off files (assuming the bucket is configured with a URL, which requires a domain and ability to configure DNS settings). While this is a very simple use case, it still comes in useful in many real world cases.
Using Google Cloud Console or the Google Cloud SDK, it's easy to copy or move files between buckets and other cloud resources. These tools can be scripted for needs like system or project backups.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (Restaurants company, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage is Great!

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

March 11, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Cloud Storage is a great cloud infrastructure as a solution product, and deserves to be held up to the tops of the industry. The cost is rather reasonable for the amount of licenses it allows, and is used across all functions of my organization. Highly recommend this product.

Pros

Unlimited storage.
High performance.
Allows for multiple cloud programs to save on one drive.

Cons

Hard to find files sometimes.
Not entirely intuitive.
UI/UX could use some improvements to make it easier to use.

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Cloud Storage is best suited for instances where cold cloud storage is needed. By giving access to the product/development team, our company was able to provide a safe and usable cloud storage host. It is infrequently used by other teams, including the sales and marketing teams, which utilize Google Drive for their cloud storage needs.

Matthew Bernstein

Account Executive in Marketing at Intersection Co. (Marketing and Advertising, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Google Cloud Storage : Enterprise level solution with a good price

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 30, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Google Cloud Storage in the most diverse technology projects, software development and also in data analysis projects. It is one of the many solutions that Google Cloud Platform offers and is used by the technology and data science department. The GCS helps us deliver high quality solutions when there is a requirement for data storage in the cloud.

Pros

High performance, durability and disponibility.
One and robust API.

Cons

Bucket management is very complicated. When you have a ton of files, the UI/UX makes you suffer a lot.
Some settings, like make 'public files' is not intuitive to setup on the interface.

Likelihood to Recommend

The Google Cloud Storage works well with other products of Google. It's well suited for use in software solutions that needs a cloud storage solution. However, for some problems that need different types of data, like not structured data, I recommend a Datastore/Firestore solution. If you are dealing with messages data, Google Cloud Storage maybe not be the best solution.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (Marketing and Advertising company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage is a good and cheaper alternative to Amazon S3.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 26, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use this service for Cloud Storage (obviously). We use two cloud storage services, in case one of these fails or goes down for any reason. This service is used by the IT area mainly. We started using Google Cloud Storage as a trial and kept using it for a couple of months just for testing, but the pricing was better than the competition, that's why we finally decided to use both.

Pros

The pricing is much better than the competition.
It has Google's support.
They have many other services that you can put together (for an additional cost), which can make your life easier.

Cons

Implementation was easy.
Sometimes it can be more difficult to manage than their competitors.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for:

A large amount of data storage.
If you want a secure platform.
If you want reliable encryption of data.

If you don't have the money to pay directly to the largest supplier of U.S. cloud storage, there are other options available.

Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at Paradise Professional Delelopment School (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Love it!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 26, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Cloud Storage to house the various documents that our team needs to collaborate on before they are published. This could be anything from "how to" guides to Excel spreadsheets.

Pros

Easy collaboration so that everyone can view or have input.
Never had issues with reliability.
The interface is clean and easy to use.

Cons

Hard to find items at times. It's very easy to become disorganized.
There are times where pages take a long time to load up.
Often, the formatting in Excel documents gets messed up.

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Cloud Storage works well for those who need a collaborative suite of products for their project or business. If you're looking for a more professional product with better organization, you might consider an alternative option.

Verified User

Employee in Customer Service (Computer Software company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Google Cloud Storage: an ideal, reliable and easy to use storage solution that doesn't break the bank and take your business to the highest tech standards!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 25, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used to have file servers storing our customer's cases, forms, and documents. Accessing these documents remotely was not simple nor easy for members without extensive training and specific hardware. We replaced our main file server for personal data and legal documents for Google Cloud Storage—this gave us easy access to those files from any device, anywhere.

Pros

Easy to use and access files with little to no permission problems. That was one of our major concerns when using a similar solution in the past.
Access data remotely without the need for complicated software or specific hardware.
Is fast, reliable and useful. Updates files faster than other platforms. You can integrate it with other Google services.
Security: Access control works way better than similar products.

Cons

The way to change a file's policies is a little bit tricky, but probably that's something that we felt because of the way we used to perform this task.
Little to no documentation and not enough tutorials for beginner users.

Likelihood to Recommend

For our mid-sized law practice, with multiple locations, and data access needs this was the best available solution. Giving us full integration to our G Suite (email, calendar, tools), plus price-per-functionality made it unbeatable as it is the most complete solution for the price. Moving from traditional storage to the cloud was, at first, a traumatic experience, but when we switched to Google Cloud Storage our point of view regarding Cloud Storage changed forever! Easy, secure and reliable access to our stored data from anywhere changed the way our small firm works. We certainly recommend this solution to any company that needs a solid storage solution.

Claudio Hoffer

Business Development in Information Technology at BRADLEY, DENKOVICH & KARAYIANNIS, P.C. (Law Practice, 51-200 employees)

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2 years of experience

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Google Cloud Storage Review

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

February 23, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Cloud Storage for managing static assets across numerous projects and initiatives within the organization. We tend to use Google Cloud Storage as our base storage layer when working with other products in the Google Cloud family, like App Engine. Our use of Google's Cloud Storage product mimics how we use other cloud storage products, like Amazon S3.

Pros

Very large infrastructure network run by a leader in cloud computing.
UX is solid and has a lot of overlap with other Google products.
Support, if necessary, is helpful.

Cons

Storage rates are very expensive compared to other vendors.
Download bandwidth costs are among the most expensive.
Support is expensive, depending on the kind of plan you have.

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Cloud Storage is a great product when other product choices have already been made that situate a product's deployment in Google's cloud ecosystem. For example, if a product is already planning to use Google's App Engine service (or Firebase), Google's serverless platform, and Google's CDN, it makes a lot of sense to use Google Cloud Storage. If the product is deployed elsewhere, other services likely make much more sense.

Verified User

Director in Engineering (Computer Software company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Great Storage Alternative to AWS

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 21, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use Google Cloud Storage on the I.T. operations side. Our end users all use Google Drive as their primary storage. On the operations side, we use it for the long-term storage of critical information. We also keep data in Google Cloud Storage long-term for servers (physical, virtual, cloud) that have been retired. Archiving data in Google Cloud Storage allows us to eliminate physical media.

Pros

Archiving data long-term.
Providing quick access to data.
Higher performance backups.

Cons

It would help if it were easier to mount Google Cloud Storage.
Costs could be lower.
I would like to see a way to archive physical server data to Google Cloud Storage without first sucking the entire server up into the Google Cloud.

Likelihood to Recommend

We find Google Cloud Storage well suited for our active servers, and also the long-term backup of data. The days of archiving old servers to physical disks are over. We can now move old servers to the Google Cloud, and then save the storage long-term while shutting down the actual server.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (Higher Education company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

A highlevel insight on the Google Cloud Storage.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 24, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used google cloud storage to (along with a few other teammates) to store research data. A cloud platform is more of an obvious choice when the data is huge and needs to be accessed by multiple people and hence we decided to use the google cloud storage. Like any cloud storage service, the reason for usage is to store data in a secure, convenient location which can be accessed by all the required personal. To make it more convenient for users, Google allows you to use an existing Google account.

Pros

Simple! unlike amazon web services which tends to confuse users a lot, the google cloud can be used without spending a lot of time on learning how to use it. The user experience and user interface are some of the most important aspects to attract customers and by making its services easy to use Google seems to be doing pretty well in that area.
Trial period. Just want to try out before you make a final decision? Go for it. Google Cloud provides a free trial period without any strings attached.
Various options for different types of storage requirements. Pay as you grow your storage space. You can also pay less for storage that is accessed very rarely and so on.
Google Cloud Storage provides a sweet edge for developers, providing them with a cloud SDK, tools for Eclipse and other most used SDKs.

Cons

As we are strongly porting from conventional computer systems to tablet devices and smart phones, I think Google has to try and find ways for providing good access to users of these more modern devices.
Even though Google Cloud Storage is easy to use on many levels as we go deeper and deeper into development over the cloud, documentation is an essential factor. Google Cloud has a good amount of documentation but I would love to see a more detailed and expanded library for the documentation which can be used by pro developers.
Reduction in support pricing would be a sweet deal for many. It is agreeable that Google provides top-notch services and hence the high pricing, especially for the 15 minute response time but not every business can afford that.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think that it can be well suited for storing huge amounts of data, or deploying applications over the cloud, especially the type of applications that require a lot of memory or the types of applications that have a fluctuating amount of memory usage. Few of the most common examples of popular applications that are deployed over the Google Cloud are Spotify and Snapchat. It is also very well suited for just storing information of any format as it does not cost much for a cold storage.

venkat nitin panaganti

Student in Information Technology at RIT (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees)

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2 years of experience

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A highlevel insight on the Google Cloud Storage.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 24, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Simple! unlike amazon web services which tends to confuse users a lot, the google cloud can be used without spending a lot of time on learning how to use it. The user experience and user interface are some of the most important aspects to attract customers and by making its services easy to use Google seems to be doing pretty well in that area.
Trial period. Just want to try out before you make a final decision? Go for it. Google Cloud provides a free trial period without any strings attached.
Various options for different types of storage requirements. Pay as you grow your storage space. You can also pay less for storage that is accessed very rarely and so on.
Google Cloud Storage provides a sweet edge for developers, providing them with a cloud SDK, tools for Eclipse and other most used SDKs.

Cons

As we are strongly porting from conventional computer systems to tablet devices and smart phones, I think Google has to try and find ways for providing good access to users of these more modern devices.
Even though Google Cloud Storage is easy to use on many levels as we go deeper and deeper into development over the cloud, documentation is an essential factor. Google Cloud has a good amount of documentation but I would love to see a more detailed and expanded library for the documentation which can be used by pro developers.
Reduction in support pricing would be a sweet deal for many. It is agreeable that Google provides top-notch services and hence the high pricing, especially for the 15 minute response time but not every business can afford that.

Likelihood to Recommend

venkat nitin panaganti

Student in Information Technology at RIT (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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