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Overdrive

Score8.6 out of 10

2 Reviews and Ratings

What is Overdrive?

Overdrive is designed for organisations using G Suite in both business and education. It makes workspaces and sites, transforming Drive and other G Suite content into web pages automatically.

Overdrive can be used to build custom sites of any shape and size, with no need to upload and publish documents or content in the conventional, saving time and effort.

For sites which require large amounts of enterprise data or content, Overdrive helps deliver web solutions to users at speed. Filter and search tools also give users access to needed content, with features designed to make it easy, and provide teams web access to information, improving communication across an organisation.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

Create great-looking and powerful sites using Google Drive and other G Suite content.
Bring your site to life by embedding Google Maps, Calendars, Sheets, Photos, YouTube videos and more.
Use Page Builder to create pages by simply dragging and dropping content tiles.
Use Template Designer to customize your site.
Just a few of the many Overdrive uses.

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Top Performing Features

  • Role-based user permissions

    Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

    Category average: 8

  • API

    An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.

    Category average: 8

  • Mobile optimization / responsive design

    The CMS helps users build webpages that work well on mobile devices – whether m-dot pages or responsively designed pages.

    Category average: 8.5

Areas for Improvement

  • Admin section

    The admin page is easy to navigate and use.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Page templates

    The CMS has standard webpage templates or types of web pages (e.g. homepage, article page, interior page, blog page, etc.); users can also build custom templates.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Library of website themes

    A library of website frameworks or themes is available as a starting point for building a website.

    Category average: 6.7

Overdrive is amazing. Incredibly powerful. Straightforward. Great support. strong security

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Overdrive to access all my G Suite through a simple drag and drop function.

Pros

  • G drive integration
  • Mobile access's
  • Security
  • Can design templets

Cons

  • Good UI

Return on Investment

  • Cost efficient
  • Security

Alternatives Considered

WordPress and Wix

Other Software Used

Wix