Google Drive vs Amazon S3 Comparison

I like that Google Drive file storage is easily mountable onto a computer for easy access to files in the cloud.

There's not much I dislike about this software, however, I do prefer AWS' S3 cloud storage option, but that's more difficult to mount, although possible.

Its very to use and well integrated with all Google products. The price plans are competitive with onedrive and amazon.

I'm a microsoft user and it works much better with google products.

Google features all in one place is nice so you do not have to look in multiple places as well as being able to share between people.

Not compatible with fire tablet. Unless you use all the features of google it really does not seem necessary.

Great internet tool, easy to share and install store documents From the cloud to almost any device. V

Not to friendly with amazon fire tv devices, it wont let you set up google drive, it shows error the whole time.

Being a gmail and google docs user, Google Drive is embedded in my daily routine. No matter where I'm working, or on what machine (regardless of operating system), I have access to all of my files and data. No longer do I have to head home on lunch to get that presentation, its all built and hosted in Google Drive

Google Drive used to behave like AWS S3 used to, which made it even capable of hosting websites! they have since removed this functionality. Its still a very powerful tool, but the web hosting functionality is dearly missed.

Great place to store app installers for cross platform use. Can't find an app on Amazon? Google it download to drive and install from there.

There aren't any cons that I can think of at this moment. The storage capacity is fine for single users.

Implements well to the photo and on demand document storage needs of Iphone users.

The free version offers limited amounts of traditionally data hungry file types. Whereas some competition, such as Amazon, is offering more or some data types for free.

Fast, secure and reliable. Never had an issue with Google's cloud service it works like a charm. I love the drag and drop features that they provide, the ease to organize and share files is just amazing. Never thought of having an alternative since I feel like I'm using at the moment the best cloud service that *currently* a company can provide. It provides great synchronization between multiple devices running different operating systems.

To be honest, I like this Web app a lot so I have no concerns nor problems with this software. Perhaps they should try to make this app to be more usable on old devices, a friend of mine still has a Samsung S3 and the app works very slow on his phone.

Google drive was a game-changer for how cheap and reliable document storage and collaboration can be! It still is a strong aspect of the product, alongside the document editing/management capabilities which have eliminated the need to pay for Microsoft Office products.

Strictly for use cases I have developed and architectured atop the Google Drive ecosystem, I have always felt the API layer is the weakest for this offering and have encountered performance issues on several occasions, far more than what I have experienced with other SAAS/PAAS storage services from AWS (S3), Azure, etc.

I like how Google Drive seamlessly syncs to my phone and multiple computers. Shared folder sync to my coworker's computers as well. Extending your storage is a simple and affordable option.

No real downside, though Amazon storage is a fraction less expensive. The bulk of my free storage is used up by files from Gmail. It would be ideal if this wasn't counted towards my G-drive storage.

Its free!! Not many storage systems are free. and its linked to my gmail account so it is very easy to access and search for my files when I need them.

I dislike the fact that I can't put any confidential files there becasue of Google's privacy policy. I work for Amazon and we are not allowed to place any of our files on google drive for that reason.

It’s so easy to store you files and access them from anywhere - phone, pc, Mac, tablet, or...well...just about any device that has a web browser. It’s also easy to search for documents - especially using their website. In fact, accessing things from the website is almost the easiest way to interface with your documents. If you need something that is more instant, you can back up your files on your PC or Mac and have instant access to some or all of our documents. And, if you make changes, the changes are auto saved and uploaded to your google rive. It’s that easy!

The app versions of Google Drive appear like the web version, but don’t work quite as well. I wish they could update the code to match the web version. Something about the apps never appears to work quite as well. Even on my IPad Pro, I tend to favor using the website vs. the app. It’s just easier and, well, just “works”.

Ease and availability of platform; ubiquitous gmail presence allows for easy sharing accessibility between just about anyone

Additional organization options that can divide by file type and breakdown between upload time, type, category

1. Material design, Super fast sync and uploading file to the cloud. 2. Easy to use and get the best with Chrome browser. 3. Android or PC, amazing privacy, security features and many more including latest update and features 4. Pretty cheap rather that Amazon and Microsoft cloud storage solutions.

1. It can Crash without any notification. It's really annoying 2. If you are a poor internet connection, you might have to face multiple bugs and issues 3. Not good with Firefox, EDGE and other available browsers. 4. Downloading speed is too poor sometimes but uploading speed is great!

I love google drives seamless integration into any operating system. I can open my drive from my desktop,laptop, mobile devices and access my data anytime I desire. It has an easy to use interface which can be utilized by any age group.

I feel this software can improve in move bulk data from different could storage platforms such as amazon, or other file vaults. The transfer rate seems to be slow when moving large amounts of data, however the ability to run processes in the background does seem be helpful in curbing that experience.

Google drive provides SOOOO much free space to store audio files, work files, so many different kinds. There a lot of functionality between sharing the files with other people. I love google drive, I've had too many external drives break on me, and this is definitely the solution.

There are a lot of cloud storage sites as offshoots of programs I use, Apple, Amazon, Excel, and Google. I wish I only had one. It's bound to get confusing when trying to take advantage of all the free space. I wish I didn't need to pay subscriptions to some, I know I'm wasting my money somewhere.

For 5 years I tried all the popular repositories, including Amazon and Microsoft products, I did not completely refuse them, but most of all I liked Google Drive. Its main feature is that the service allows you to work with a variety of documents online. To do this, you can create a text document, table and presentation directly in the repository.

I really miss Push notifications while working on documents. Alerts come to my mail late in a few hours. It is impossible to respond to colleagues promptly.

I would say the biggest pro that google drive has is its presence and accessibility on every single platform. Its competition from apple, amazon, and Microsoft all cater to their own hardware, but leave everything else feeling clunky. This means that with drive, when you need your files they will be available, no matter where you are or what device you are using. This means everything for user experience and reliability.

The pricing plans and tiers seem a little outrageous at times and I would love to see the ability to share a drive with one or more accounts easily.

Everything!! I use this software daily for multiple purposes. Not only do I use it for my personal picture/video storage, but I also coach three soccer teams and create folders I can share with the parents to access pictures of games or important documents that they need. Add in the fact that I can access the content from anywhere, and I am a very happy person.

The only problem I have come across, which has happened several different times, is that the permissions to a shared folder breaks? I have shared a folder with someone, but then a week or two later, I have to re-share it because they no longer have access? It has only happened a few times, but not sure the root cause.

So easy to use, instant access to my photos anywhere, on my Windows PC, both my Samsung Note 9 phone and my iPhone. Photo sharing, email are so easy! When I am traveling in other countries, take photos from my phone and upload directly to my Google drive! I even have my resume and vcard there in case I need it on the fly! I also have Amazon Prime, which comes with an unlimited space drive, but the app isn't as friendly as Google.

None, really I can't think of anything negative about this product.

Very easy to access. Its a cross platform product. Upload is very quick. Data can be shared with others with one click. Storage can be increased. Any type of documents cab be stored. They don't alter any data stored. Interface is very easy to understand. UI is awesome. We don't need multiple accounts to access it. Very mobile friendly.

Only 15 GB of space is available in free version. In day today life 15 GB is very less for storage. If we exceed storage limit then we have to buy additional space which is bit expensive as compared to Yahoo and amazon. Its storage is shared with G-mail so if you are a person who deals with quotation and supply work then your storage can be filled quickly as they receive a lot of .pdf and .xls files.

The initial free space (15GB) and how easy it was to get started with file storage. Google is very forefront with the protection mechanisms in place with Drive (SSL encryption - same as gMail). Google, being known for its search capabilities, is no different with Drive, as it is very simple to search among file names for those that are not storing things in clearly marked folders or for those that simply prefer to search keywords. The iPhone app (cannot speak for Android) is exceptional and makes accessing files on the go extremely simple - this is one of my favorite features.

It does not seem to be as widely adopted yet, although it's integration with gMail and other office applications, many individuals still seem to use Box or Dropbox, etc. when it comes to sharing or storing files (even Amazon storage is becoming popular) so sometimes it is tough when trying to share or getting user adoption. However, for an individual storing files, receipt, warranties, business documents, etc. - the files are safe and access is controlled which is the most important thing in my opinion.

I like how easily we can replicate data in different High availability zone

This is more complex to use than google drive

Amazon S3 is easily one of the best cloud storage softwares I have used. It’s encryption and security is top notch for a service like this.

There are things that are definitely different from something like google drive or anything else.

It is so inexpensive and the options for Glacier and Deep Archive helps so much in reducing the cost.

They can bring S3 integration to other services too and the ability to use S3 in place of Google Drive.

Amazon S3 is like Dropbox/Google Drive, but on Amazon's cloud server. That means, it's fast with a 99.9% uptime. All of our public-facing course material is secured on Amazon S3, and I don't have to worry about the server being down.

There's a learning curve. It's kind of ugly - I'm not expecting someone to use it right out of the box. There's lots of options to choose from, and you could accidentally expose all of your sensitive data if you didn't set it up correctly.

Amazon S3 is very similar to Dropbox and also Google Drive. The information is well located and safe, I feel very comfortable using this tool. I recommend it if you are among several options, It is possible to store a lot of information.

I have no negative comments about Amazon S3, I am using the free trial version and I am very satisfied, that is why after the first year I am going to migrate my company to this storage cloud.

When I found out amazon prime had cloud storage, I was so excited because it's something I already pay for and I don't have to start paying for another service.

That I didn't know about it sooner! We have lots of pictures that we have been trying to figure out how to store.

It is very inexpensive and reliable. It's an amazon product, you know it'll work as expected.

It is almost impossible to know how much you'll pay with AWS pricing system. Using it as an alternative to Google drive or other user-friendly storage solutions is highly discouraged, as it is overly complicated for non-ITs (almost as if they did that on purpose). You don't have support unless you pay for it.

Our major online reports are downloaded through S3 Bucket. It helps to keep the uploads and downloads automatically to directories. Most of the backend of our online physical files are from S3 bucket.

You cannot sync S3 buckets to your physical hard drive. You always have to access S3 dashboard online in a web browser.

It allowed me easy and secure storage, not on an external drive, where I felt like my data was safe.

The cost might not be worth it in my opinion, but I haven't found a cheaper option that seems as reliable.

The lifecycle feature is very helpful. Being able to create bucket policies, helps.

I find the pricing a little high, compared to Google Cloud.

We can upload any file, any format, any iso and access it from any part of the work unless security access is setup. easily maps drive with all platforms.

Using Route53 for DNS is comparatively costly with respect to other domain providers but that is okay because Route53 gives good throughput.

This is a top solution to manage large and small amounts of assets if you are a big company or enterprise, but not that favorable to small of medium ones.

But still, it doesn’t change the fact that Amazon S3 is not that easy to get started as compared to Google Cloud Storage. The cumbersome and clunky interface really keeps away from the avast amount of resources and features. And there is no Free Tier. 1+ for Google Cloud Storage

Amazon S3 is great, you can host servers, containers, and services all with granular control. The reliability of the services is also top notice, and speed to the hosts are very fast. Amazon is the company to best when it comes to hosting. Microsoft and Google are the other major players in this spaces. I've tried Google cloud engine which will start to meet Amazon level of service. Again this only shows Amazon is the leader, that everyone will try to match or beat.

Pricing on some some locations I find to be really high. I don't know the rent or electricity rate, I imagine all of that goes into the pricing.

Amazon S3 has been a life saver for us recently. We have recently changed platforms that we use for all of our Marketing efforts and using Amazon S3 we were able to export data from our old platforms and store it there and then use it to ingest the data into our new platforms so that we still maintained historical data.

Sometimes it is a little tricky to get the data in/out, but with a quick Google search we are usually able to get everything figured out quickly.

Fast responsive time. APIs are very easy to use .less complex to use, the apis support multi threading concepts.

No proper customer support attest in my organization , there is a good help when you google the issue but I think amazon documention should be more detailed for developer

Amazon S3 is a great value in my opinion. I use Good Sync to back up my files automatically to S3. I prefer this route to using Microsoft Cloud or Google Cloud, since I am in control of the whole process.

The interface is rather boring. Moreover, while the security is excellent, it is confusing too: are you a root user or regular user, what is your secret key, your password, etc. It's a bit much.

We can simply store any sort of file in cloud. Objects stored is easily accessible to application through end points. No need to worry about memory or size, simply create buckets and store files in cloud. As AWS is leader in market s3 comes with more than 99 percent accuracy

So far I loving everything about it. Pricing information may be more clearer.

Archive data, stream data, or may be your private data , you can store everything in s3 on a very less cost and its accessible from anywhere,anytime. It wont allow you to execute any .exe files , its not meant for that, do not think of it as VM, think it like your hard drive.

so far I have not found anything least liked feature

Very reliable and insanely fast. Faster than I thought possible for a cloud storage service. Very robust and flexible API.

Support could be better. If you need help, Google search is pretty much all you have. The forums are a decent resource but it's mostly community-driven, not much help from Amazon.

I was struggling because our site support pictures uploading and the drive was filling out, I heard of S3 and created a bucket, was able to easily setup the app to upload to S3, and I pre compressed the images on the server and then send them to S3, I dont have to worry anymore of space isssues on my server.

Could be easier to use, has a learning curve as a lot of AWS services. Lack of Image compression when uploading an image.