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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.

Google Cloud Software - Google Cloud Platform Free programs
Google Cloud Software - Google Cloud Platform project information
Google Cloud Software - Google Cloud Platform dashboard
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Reviews of Google Cloud

Average score

Overall
4.7
Ease of Use
4.4
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
Lucas Pavel
Lucas Pavel
the max boss in Dominican Republic
Verified LinkedIn User
Design, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Very recomend to anybody

5.0 last month New

Comments: very secure and confortable

Pros:

i like to use becauyse is so simple u just need to put my computer online then i conect

Cons:

i feel worry if somebody will take my account

Malerie
Insurance Agent in US
Insurance Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Necessary product for data storage

5.0 last month New

Comments: I had a great experience with this product, it even allowed me to share the storage space with my family which in my opinion is a great feature

Pros:

I like the ease of use, the price for the amount of storage given

Cons:

What I liked least about Google Cloud is that they didnt make me aware of incoming payment and I was unprepared for it.

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

Google Cloud Review

3.0 3 months ago

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.

Prashanth
Python Developer in India
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Google Cloud VM

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: It is good to get started with Google cloud and especially when I use google speech to text subscription, I got very good results.

Pros:

It consists of Good Documentation. So one can easily get started with the Google Cloud. It have strong data analytics and storage.

Cons:

Some subscriptions are costly. If that cost is reduced, developer can easily access to new technologies. Limited choice of programming languages.

Claudia
Head of Forest School in UK
Education Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great tool

5.0 last month New

Comments: It's very easy and comfortable software to use. It's safe to access and I know that I will never loose any documents. Once on the drive, it will be forever on the drive.

Pros:

I use Google on my daily tasks both personally and professionally. It's easy and safe to access from any device. And it's easy to share documents (view only). I never lost a document or picture again. Even if I or someone delete something by mistake It's easy to access the previous versions of the document and recover it.

Cons:

I wish that it was easier to transfer documents from and to my laptop into my Google Drive folders. Most times it doesn't give that option. I need to download the document and then manually do it. Another downside is sharing documents with a person. Most times it asks permission for the other person to edit it. I normally just download it and then email it.