#1 most frequent
United States of America
53.5%2,704 installations of 5,057
What is Google Cloud Storage?
Google Cloud Storage is unified object storage for developers and enterprises.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Google Cloud Storage
#2 most frequent
India
7.9%401 installations of 5,057
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4.7%238 installations of 5,057
Superb software in the digital era
Pros
- Secured storage
- Easy access
- Automatic back up system
Cons
- Storage of the large data can be more easy
- Filtering system can be improved
- Pricing is high
Most Important Features
- Easy access
- Security is perfect
- Share cloud with colleagues for project management
Return on Investment
- This software is helping the organisation by securing the huge data
- Can share cloud with colleagues for work practice
- All can easily access to this software
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued), Microsoft Access and Kdan Mobile PDF Reader
Other Software Used
Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued), Kdan Mobile PDF Reader
Great for static files
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
Return on Investment
- Google Cloud Storage is very affordable
Alternatives Considered
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
Other Software Used
Google Cloud Run, Netlify Platform, Google Cloud SQL
Google Cloud Storage is Great!
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.
Return on Investment
- Lower storage cost.
- Increased security.
- Saves time.
Alternatives Considered
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
Other Software Used
Google Hangouts Meet, Zoom, Cisco Webex Calling
Google Cloud Storage is a Highly Available and Integrated Object Storage
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.
Return on Investment
- Saved money on storage.
- Saved time on maintenance of a file server.
Other Software Used
IntelliJ IDEA, MySQL, Tableau Desktop, Tableau Online, Google BigQuery, Google Drive, Google Hangouts (Classic), Google Keep, Google App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Docker, Stackdriver, Atlassian Confluence, Jira Software, BetterWorks, Udemy for Business, Pluralsight, Coursera, Apple iCloud, Oracle Java SE, Python IDLE
Google Cloud Storage, Cheap, Secure and Reliable
Pros
- It provides object storage at a very affordable price.
- Reliable/enforces security best practices.
Cons
- The JavaScript SDK is difficult to work with.
- The UI/UX could use some improvements/doesn't seem great for managing a massive number of objects.
Return on Investment
- Reduced our storage costs.
- Improved our storage security (reducing security infrastructure costs).
Alternatives Considered
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
Other Software Used
Google BigQuery, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)