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.
Our software platform is a distributed system; we run many batch jobs of varying workload types and sizes. We use GCS to store data from these VMs. GCS is able to solve the issue of needing a highly available storage option that one can store data on easily using various APIs. Our company also uses it as backup storage for our Google-managed file server.
Pros
Highly available storage option.
Virtually unlimited storage option.
Easily accessible using APIs.
Cons
Console can always be improved to better user experience.
More work to be able to use it similar to a file system.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is perfect for storing data in object storage, big or small. It is easily accessible and highly available. A great aspect of Google Cloud Storage is the cost -- Google Cloud Storage offers multiple storage options at multiple price points. It is great for storing data that is accessed regularly or vary rarely and prices are adjusted accordingly.
Individuals use the Cloud Storage for emails that we need to hold onto due to the length of our projects. I have to hold onto every email that comes in to Prime Solution and the only way I was able to accomplish this task was to use the Google Cloud Storage for these emails. This has helped us increase our email and storage capacity in order to best help our customers and their projects we are working with them on.
Pros
Emails.
Music/presentations.
Cons
None really.
Likelihood to Recommend
Good for email storage, presentations, forms needed in other offices.
It’s is currently being used across our entire organization. We are using the Cloud Storage for product images. We are especially using it for also storing profile images.
Pros
Large images.
Thumbnails.
Website backgrounds.
Cons
Moving around images from folder to folder.
Creating shareable links from Cloud Storage.
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe it is well suited for medium-large usage applications. It is very easy to use and there are multiple examples online on how to connect it with your current application.
VU
Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering (Consumer Goods company, 1-10 employees)
Cloud Storage is used to store files exported from Big Query. When larger data sets are pulled, the tables can be exported into the cloud storage. It is also used for other purposes but my main use is exportation from Big Query. This is needed whenever you have to query data sets containing more than 10,000 rows.
Pros
Stores files that are large and otherwise difficult to send or store.
Alleviates storage issues.
Receives larger data exports from Big Query.
Allows easy folder creation and organization.
Cons
Currently can't delete folders which means there are cluttered folders on my cloud.
Easier upload options would be nice. The ability to upload and store other file types with an easier interface.
Managing files and storage could be improved a little for easier access and editing.
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud Storage is ideal when you need to export large data samples from Big Query. It is also fairly good when managing a lot of users in a corporate environment. While there are other storage options available, Cloud Storage gives you enough options and flexibility to control and manage your large file sets quickly and efficiently. It is also a viable option for federated accounts. It is not the best when you need a lot of flexibility or features. Folders can't be deleted for instance, and managing or organizing folders is not its best feature. It's more a solution for simple exports and handling of larger BQ data sets.