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What Is Google Cloud?

Google Cloud Platform is cloud-based service that allows you to create anything from simple websites to complex applications for businesses of all sizes in all industries. Google Cloud Platform offers a scalable data warehouse powered by cloud storage and machine learning, as well as relational databases for transactions, complex queries, and more.

New customers get $300 in free credits during the first 90 days after exhausting free usage which is available across 20+ different products.

Who Uses Google Cloud?

Developers, ITDMs, customers and businesses of all sizes.

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Reviews of Google Cloud

Average score

Overall
4.7
Ease of Use
4.5
Customer Service
4.3
Features
4.6
Value for Money
4.4

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Yash
Yash
Project Engineer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
E-Learning, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Cost-Effective Solutions for Large-Scale Projects

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Overall, my experience with Google Cloud has been excellent, and I am completely satisfied with the product.

Pros:

It provides an extensive range of services that address every aspect of cloud computing, from computation and storage to databases, networking, and analytics. The worldwide network infrastructure of Google Cloud guarantees high-performance, low-latency communication across many areas.

Cons:

The quality of regular assistance may not be sufficient for all firms, especially those who need quick response times, and premium support solutions can be costly.

Erik
IT Director in Mexico
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

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GCP is very poweful, great UX

5.0 last month New

Comments: It has been good, I came from on-premise/physycal servers, and the inherit tools of the cloud are incredible useful. But maybe, this features are not exclusive of GCP, other vendors has similar features. In general, the UX of GCP is great.

Pros:

the flexibility, the easy way to setup new resources and features, also the monitoring tool is powerful.

Cons:

The stability of the Ops Agent, that is the plug-in installed at OS level to get logs and metrics, it is very common to have failures and it impacts because we loose visibility

Moustafa
AI Researcher in Japan
Biotechnology, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Google Cloud Review

3.0 last year

Comments: My overall experience is not good as Google Cloud does not provide an easy interface and i have to do everything through the terminal. Also, it is a little bit expensive.

Pros:

I like the free credits that Google Cloud provides for researchers to explore the platform. Google Cloud is very good in services related to NLP/text especially the that it is supporting multiple languages for these services. Also, I like the dashboards that Google Cloud offers to track and monitor the services I am currently using.

Cons:

Google Cloud has a very limited service for AI comparing to other competitors. The interface of Google Cloud is not easy to use, and I cannot customize it as I want. Also, I do not like the pricing of some services on Google Cloud like the virtual machines, it is really very expensive.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Entertainment, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

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Google Cloud Keeps My Docs With Me

5.0 3 weeks ago New

Comments: My experience with Google Cloud has been great. I love being able to access all my documents anywhere I go with an internet connection.

Pros:

I love the synchronicity across all my devices.

Cons:

The only con is that I have to pay for it, but the cost is so minimal that I really don't mind.

Langston
Creative Director in US
Design, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great Software For Data Mamagement

5.0 3 weeks ago New

Pros:

I use Google Cloud on a daily basis. It's one of the easiest softwares for me to store my files and answer emails. There is an app for every feature and it integrates seamlessly into my phone. Most people have a Google account; when I email new people, they are familiar with the software I am using.

Cons:

Google Cloud has great integration to my phone. I would say the growth area is having more personalization options.