Google Drive - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

“This is where all my documents are created and edited, and it's free! Everything is automatically saved as you work, so you never have to worry about losing your work. It seamlessly switches from phone to computer and back as needed.”

“we can access documents created using Google Docs directly at one place Google Drive, also any docs file uploaded in Google Drive can be edited using Google Docs directly from Google Drive, which makes it faster and easier to use.”

“Docs and Drive go hand in hand, since Drive acts as a type of parent application to support Docs, even though they can be used independently of one another or combined in various ways.”

“Most of the files created in google drive end up being documents for me as a student, and they are opened in google drive. These can be accessed from any device.”

“Excellent integrating with Google Docs and any other Google related applications. And everything is stored under my Google account.”

“I create documents for my business, I also create and design journals so having this integrated with google drive is a plus for me”

“It's so easy to navigate where are the documents that you've made because it is automatically synced in your Google Drive account”

“Very ease to add my documents to drive and I dont have to worry about my data being breached and dont have to worry about spam.”

“Drive is our document management software so the files need to be accessible and they are with the direct opening within Drive”

“It's very important because I use Google Docs rather than Word and it integrates flawlessly and saves my work automatically.”

“I create and edit documents in Google Docs, and store and share them through Google Drive so my team can collaborate easily.”

“Easy to find document as it is linked and able to retrieve quickly. No delays in opening another software or login needed ”

“The integration of Google Docs with Google Drive and vice versa allows me to be more agile in my daily processes.”

“Google Docs is more than a writing tool it’s the command center for my content, communication, and collaboration.”

“Because I write frequently and I need some place to store what I write and google drive does this automatically ”

“I create every document with this, and I save them in drive to access, improve, edit, update, and share later. ”

“Using google drive and google docs together, I can record written things and leave them stored in google drive.”

“As it's a very easy way to write text with other users and you have access to this file directly in your phone”

“It makes it super easy for me to create notes as I know they are backed up and synchronised automatically.”

“Google docs allows all team members to contribute across multiple platforms quickly and efficiently.”

“This is where all my spreadsheets are created and edited, and it's free! Everything is automatically saved as you work, so you never have to worry about losing your work. It seamlessly switches from phone to computer and back as needed.”

“Happens to similar to the Microsoft Office Suite ( probably the defacto software for working on Spreadsheets , Documents Presentations. Et al. ) However keeping with our preference for open source, ties in well with Libre Office. ”

“As my education progresses into college-level, sheets is being used more commonly by students and professors as a way to track and calculate lots of data at once. Spreadsheets are stored in google drive.”

“I use Google Sheets within Google Drive to maintain shared billing and tracking spreadsheets. The integration allows our team to work collaboratively, ensuring everything stays organized and up to date.”

“same way as Google Docs, it makes it easy to use .xlsx or any sheet files directly from Google Drive we do not need to navigate to Google Sheets to use it. Thus it saves lots of our time.”

“Homeschooling assignment for my kids are saved and completed through their school-related Google accounts and shared easily with their teachers.”

“I use Microsoft Excel but then I realise and came to know like Google has Google sheets and after that I never look back to the Microsoft Excel.”

“Most my spread sheets are created on google sheets and kept on my google drive so other people in department can access or edit too remotely.”

“It helps me stay organized and have information available from google forms. I can also integrate it with google slide to display charts.”

“It has all the functions of Excel, but you have it uploaded to the network and you can view it from any device. 100% recommendable”

“It's very important because I use Google Sheets rather than Excel and it integrates flawlessly and saves my work automatically.”

“It's so easy to navigate where are the sheets that you've made because it is automatically synced in your Google Drive account”

“The integration of Google Sheets with Google Drive and vice versa allows me to be more agile in my daily processes.”

“I can create a spreadsheet from google drive on Google Sheets in whatever shared drives or a folder in my own drive.”

“I create every spreadsheet with this, and I save them in drive to access, improve, edit, update, and share later. ”

“I can access my budget/grocery sheet on my phone and can make adjustments that I know will automatically be saved.”

“It allows me to transfer spreadsheets I've created for time management in a designated area inside Google drive.”

“It's important since I work with data bases and using Drive you have access to these files from any device”

“Use it daily and in conjunction with other google drive software, especially google forms.”

“As we inherit the data from the sheets stored on remote locations and is really helpful.”

“Mail attachments can be directly stored at Google Drive, so we do need to first download it locally and then we again need to upload it to Google Drive to share it with someone or to take the backup, it automatically does this set of work for us.”

“All Googles products are integrated into one another, so it makes it easy to use and everything is in one place. I can share documents and different files with a few clics because my email account is with Gmail. Real simple!”

“Gmail is important to Drive for being the liaison between collaborators/files, etc., and is handy for being able to remember and access links that takes everybody back to Drive.”

“Providing links for clients to download their assets as well as grabbing marketing material zips without ever having to open Google Drive”

“I don't need to download one document and upload it to my email. Just share from Google Drive. This way more memory for photos.”

“I download and save attachments directly into my drive, and often share with others. Much easier and preferable to forwarding. ”

“We use Google Drive as our main document management software and cloud storage and email and share all from our Gmail. ”

“Very important integration, because its totally attached to gmail, and for sharing purposes its excelent. ”

“We are able to pull things from docs and send them via gmail to clients, and other team members”

“I need to be able to send and receive large files at times, and this integration allows that.”

“My only complaint is that Gmail attachments consume some of the data allotted to users.”

“It is critical to integrate mail with the file system for management of attachments”

“Being able to get gmail and drive integration is critical when sharing files.”

“This integration is significant to me because it allows me to easily search my Google Drive files in Slack and automatically submit a message with a link to the specified file. Instead of closing Slack and manually opening Google Drive, this will enable me to find and open the precise file I am searching for.”

“Many project teams use slack to communicate and share their thoughts and ideas. These messages typically have a meeting presentation, data sheet, overview document, or pictures/videos added onto them which are loaded through google drive.”

“Using Slack along with Google Drive is great. If I forget to give someone permissions (share) to a document/sheet/etc. in my drive I can do that through slack right in that message thread. ”

“The collaboration and sharing tools in Drive are already so good, the Slack integration isn't that big of a deal. We still post Drive links in Slack but don't really need the integration.”

“By linking Slack to the Google Drive it allows for instant notifications when I have been given access to a new folder or document in the Google Drive.”

“Use this feature a lot. Being able to share files via slack and getting notified when someone shares files with you is extremely helpful.”

“The integration lets users on our team know when they've been mentioned in a document or when there are changes they need to review.”

“We can use this integration to make an announcement to ask our member to check a document in Drive.”

“All help us keep work documents/files/chats in one place that is easily accessible ”

“I have integrated, it's good, works well, it's important for me and my colleagues.”

“Google Forms is essential for collecting structured information quickly. Automatic storage of responses in Drive and easy access to linked files saves time and keeps data organized and accessible for analysis or collaboration.”

“this Google feature helps you create surveys with multiple questions and also online forms, and all the answers as well as the forms are safely stored in Google Drive”

“I use surveys to get feedback from my clients. Google Forms is perfect because I can have easily access to them through Google Drive.”

“The best invention ever made, I do several searches online. Precisely for behavior where a certain secrecy is required!”

“I used it to create a client questionnaire that I send to clients and it gets submitted back to me when filled out”

“It totally depends on the work you do, but if you need to send forms, this is the tool for you. ”

“I use google drive to save my google forms and I can also integrate it with docs and sheets.”

“Use it daily and in conjunction with other google drive software, especially google sheets.”

“Every form response is stored instantly in Drive and can be linked to a Google Sheet.”

“Great for creating quizzes and storing them and google drive does this automatically ”

“I like being able to sign important documents right on my computer & being able to send them right back to where they need to go. It practically replaced the need for a Fax Machine”

“Documents that need signing are easily implemented into a seamless system and project move forward fairly quickly.”

“While working on our files, the integration makes it easy to sign documents where a signature is needed.”

“Whenever i need to authenticate a document using my e-signature, it gets easier with this integration.”

“With this integration, it has been easy to validate files and sign documents using e-signatures.”

“It simplify my work of authenticating documents patient documents before i store them.”

“we can get deals done remotely with the customer being at the comfort of their home!”

“Its crucial that i be able to professionally and accurately sign my documentation. ”

“In my home office when I use Google slides to just prepare my lecture for University students and then in case I just miss out something and I just stop and do some other work for example and then I move to University and go to my University office a simple login to my account and continue the slides preparation from the same spot. ”

“This is the Google version of a slideshow presentation program. I don't is it as much as the others, but it's free and saves work automatically and works from anywhere.”

“I can create a presentation from google drive on Google Slides in whatever drives that are shared to somebody, or a folder that is located on my own drive.”

“It can be integrated with google sheets, this is super important because I can display information with charts and modify them in real time.”

“I use it to save my edited lecture slides on my phone, and then I can just adjust the slides and use them any time.”

“Slide presentations and materials are stored in Drive. And mostly used in different synced devices”

“I have a Google Workspace account for my blog with a custom email address. Google Workspace also gives me additional Google Drive storage space, and also professional branding for my business by using my website email instead of a personal one for all client communication.”

“The integration of Google Drive with Google workspace is important because it brings about enhanced workflow, boosted productivity, efficient collaboration, and enhanced data security.”

“to create users and manage groups to share files, also to exectue all the admin operations needed on the shares”

“For people attachments or links directly to files that I need them to be able to access.”

“They're essentially two sides of the same product, which makes both even better.”

“We use Trello for a lot of our management of projects and work processes. The ability to integrate with Google Drive allows us to make it all run much smoother”

“I can create an action plan to execute in my work using the kaban layout to see the process of the activities.”

“It helps sometimes access the project management schedules only in cases if they forget the credentials. ”

“Awesome how they work together so well to assign task and projects for people to look at or work on.”

“It's part of my daily flow with Trello and both Trello and Google Drive integrate very well.”

“Whenever we are trying to record an important event in Google Meet, the recorded video will be in Google Drive. The name of the file depends on the time and date the Google Meet is held, thus it is easy to locate where will be the video on the Google Drive.”

“I use Google meet daily for meetings which I supplement with documents uploaded to Google Drive. It is a super necessary complement if you work remotely. ”

“Resent my screen from Google meet or even write on Google drive while on a conversation with a client.”

“I use it to have meeting with my colleagues regarding work information that is on Google Drive ”

“We store the recorded meetings, and video information we create in our Google drive.”

“Yes, you can use it together for editing and storage, integration with Office online, synchronization with Google Drive and sharing and collaboration.”

“Been using excel for so long now, google drive makes it easy to store my sheets and retrieve at any time.”

“Because it is the main tool that I use to generate tables of contents in the forms that I make in Drive”

“Being able to for you, share, and modify excel spreadsheet is critical for my cloud storage needs.”

“All the mega spreadsheets are available to me on every desktop i authorize to use”

“I use Zapier to automate file creation, organization, and updates in Google Drive based on triggers from other tools. This reduces manual work and helps keep folders and documents consistently structured.”

“This allows us to create customized workflows that automate upon "Zaps". Drive is a great example of how Zaps can automate administrative tasks based upon certain "trigger" events.”

“I used Zapier to automate file management across some of my apps. No stress, just a trigger like when a new file uploaded automatically i can set to create a new folder”

“Works well but doesn't support direct integration---For integration to work directly with Mailchimp, you need to connect the drive to Zapier prior to connecting it with Mailchimp”

“Accessing documents, photos, and videos related to emails created on MailChimp is fast and easy so that the email marketing process is seamless.”

“It’s so easy to get quick access to the items on the drive and get them into my blast emails ”

“Notion is where I organize projects, documentation, and workflows. Being able to easily link, embed, or reference files from Google Drive keeps everything centralized and avoids duplication. It makes planning and execution much smoother.”

“It was crital for us to be able to integrate notion with Google Drive and it was easy. ”

“google photos and google drive are automatically synchronized since they are products under the same umbrella and using same email address allows both applications to integrate. ”

“Google Photos is able to let the user easily view images while Google Drive simply manages what images you want to keep, delete, put into a folder and more.”

“All my files on drive are also on iCloud so that no matter what type of device I am using I always have access to the exact documents that I need.”

“I have so much stuff I need to have a lot of space which each platform doesn’t offer enough free space so it has to be divided up”

“everyone uses microsoft product. Using google docs or other software from google is fine too, but this makes it easy for collaborators.”

“In storage, application integration, synchronization, sharing and collaboration, and document convention.”

“it is important since you can share all the content that is already saved in onedrive to drive.”

“Integrating Zoom allows the ease of appointment sharing and saves everyone from having to click into multiple pages.”

“Good tool for jotting down ideas and remembering commitments and things to do.”

“I have created so many content for my social media and I need to some of my files.”

“With this direct integration, i can easily and securely transfer data for analytics.”

“It's extremely useful for triggering events throughout a project's workflow.”