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We performed a comparison between Google Drive Enterprise and Google Workspace based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Google Drive Enterprise vs. Google Workspace Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The possibility of working together in real-time on the same document is the most useful feature for me.""It allows multiple users to work simultaneously on a document.""The stability of Google Drive Enterprise is good.""The tool is intuitive and easy to use.""Google Drive provides a guarantee that I can retrieve my data anytime.""It is very convenient and easy to access.""The tool is user-friendly.""Google has a lot of tools. They are really useful and they are really simple to use."

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"The initial setup is very easy.""The valuable features of this solution are ease of use, performance is great, and collaboration. It is very easy to share and joins documents.""What I like most about Google Workspace is the Google Drive app because you can easily access it from anywhere and from any device. I also find the solution easy to use. It's user-friendly.""The solution is easy to use, and you don't need a lot of knowledge for it.""It's stable. There isn't really any downtime.""Google Mail lets you link a task to a specific email and add a reminder. That's helpful for reviewing your schedule. It's based on Slack, so you don't have these folders like in Microsoft mail. Using Slack instead of folders is a bit more intuitive. It's easier to find again a specific email than using Microsoft Suite. If you misplace things, it's much easier to find them because of Google's search capability.""It has saved us money.""Google Apps for Business and Skype for Business are the perfect solutions for every business thriving online. It is very easy and inexpensive to get work done with these applications online."

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Cons
"It's become difficult to fit everything in one window.""The tool must provide more storage capacity.""The product’s document management and automation features are very limited.""I would like better security because I use Google Drive to store some personal documents, It would be nice if I could password protect some files.""Google Drive Enterprise is not scalable.""If you have different accounts, you have to log out and log in to access the accounts. This could be improved by removing this requirement. The storage limit could also be increased.""You cannot upload multiple files with the same name to Google Drive. I'm not sure how relevant it is for other users, but I have multiple files with the same name that I'm unable to upload to a single folder.""The free tier of storage is limited."

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"There are times the plugins or extensions in the solution do not work properly and I need to disable and enable the solution.""The solution could improve by having more frequent updates.""They can maybe improve its graphical user interface. Google is not really known for having a PC interface. It is just a nice-to-have feature.""When I compare with Office 365, G Suite has fewer features.""I believe Google Drive has potential for improvement. Enhancements could be made in terms of synchronization and the functionality of the Google Sheets app, particularly in areas like formulas and pivot tables, to make it more comparable to Microsoft Excel. Google Chat needs to make improvements so that we can send Excel and PDFs from the mobile app itself. I would like to see Google Bard integrated with the product.""Google Workspace has limitations as a document or file management system. Without a workspace account, manual actions are required to perform tasks such as managing groups of people. Additionally, managing permissions individually is a time-consuming and inefficient process. It's difficult to articulate, but the process is not very streamlined.""I am not a big fan of how Gmail organizes the mail. I find it complicated to see which mail from which users send at which date. Especially if there is a lot.""We use Zoom most of the time for official meetings, and we use Google Meet only for internal meetings. I would like to get an improvised Google Meet. It would be good if they can make Google Meet more clear in communication and more scalable like Zoom."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The program is very affordable."
  • "It is inexpensive and the cost is per user per month."
  • "There is a monthly fee that we pay for the use of this solution and the price is fair."
  • "It has a yearly license."
  • "I have evaluated Amazon AWS and IBM solutions. Amazon AWS has competitive prices for cloud storage and backups."
  • "The costs could be lower, but they are reasonable for the value they provide."
  • "Google is much cheaper than Microsoft."
  • "The price could be better."
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  • "G Suite and Microsoft Office 365 offer products with similar functionality at several different price points. Zoho offer a more extensive range of products and attempts to provide all the applications required to run most small and medium-sized businesses."
  • "Careful consideration should be given to the different licensing options and provisions should be made for additional applications that may be required for your particular business."
  • "Traffic management tools may be required for larger setups and should be included in any pricing calculations."
  • "There are several areas where a G Suite implementation can reduce costs: lower license fees than some competing products, reduced hardware, and IT support costs."
  • "There are benefits that can provide a competitive advantage, e.g., improved productivity (with appropriate training), increased collaboration (with correct use of tools), flexible working - work from home or remote locations, easy to scale - fast onboarding of new employees, and ability to add and remove licenses, as required."
  • "We receive value for the price that we pay."
  • "The pricing is a bit on the higher side than normal. For a basic Google account it costs $100, but Enterprise is %150."
  • "The price per client within the business is too high."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:With Google Drive Enterprise, multiple people can edit a document, and you can open it as Google Docs.
    Top Answer:Google Drive Enterprise could be made more user-friendly.
    Top Answer:Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.
    Top Answer:The cost is distributed among the hospitals. We pay annually. We receive corporate discounts. The pricing is reasonable.
    Top Answer:The solution could improve in a variety of ways, including: 1. If you don't have internet access then only you can access the end-to-end functionalities of the tool otherwise only limited… more »
    Ranking
    7th
    out of 54 in Cloud Storage
    Views
    987
    Comparisons
    704
    Reviews
    35
    Average Words per Review
    390
    Rating
    8.4
    8th
    out of 54 in Cloud Storage
    Views
    1,275
    Comparisons
    1,133
    Reviews
    25
    Average Words per Review
    416
    Rating
    8.0
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    Also Known As
    Drive Enterprise, Google Drive
    G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault
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    Overview

    Drive Enterprise enables you to transform how your business stores, accesses, and secures files, all without extensive change management. Drive Enterprise is a standalone offering with usage-based pricing that includes all the features of Drive.

    Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

    As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

    Sample Customers
    Journal Communications
    There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company30%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    University8%
    Media Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise49%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business62%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise25%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise51%
    Buyer's Guide
    Google Drive Enterprise vs. Google Workspace
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Google Drive Enterprise vs. Google Workspace and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Google Drive Enterprise is ranked 7th in Cloud Storage with 69 reviews while Google Workspace is ranked 8th in Cloud Storage with 92 reviews. Google Drive Enterprise is rated 8.4, while Google Workspace is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Google Drive Enterprise writes "Allows us to manage data, control access rights, and share data with whoever we want". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Workspace writes "If you misplace things, it's much easier to find them because of the search capability. ". Google Drive Enterprise is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, LucidLink, Google Cloud Storage, Amazon WorkDocs and Dropbox, whereas Google Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online, Amazon WorkMail, IceWarp, ProtonMail and Dropbox. See our Google Drive Enterprise vs. Google Workspace report.

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