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OpenText HighTail vs Google Drive Comparison (2026)

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OpenText HighTail

Google Drive

Overview

Send up to 100GB files to colleagues & clients. Share project folders and file editing permissions with your team and let clients upload files to your folders.

Google Drive is a cloud storage and backup platform to access files, docs, photos & more, store them in a safe place, and collaborate with other people

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

/user

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

290

197

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

82%

would recommend this app

4.8

28.6K

22.6K

5.3K

550

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

92%

would recommend this app

Pros

“I liked Hightail's design, service, and storage/transfer capabilities, in addition to my using it as a backup or alternate to other programs; Hightail is reliable in this capacity, and I generally felt confident in using it--whether sending out or receiving.”

Mack B.

Digital asset manager

“The overall Experience was Good and I was able to share the large size files to others and the collaboration features are also good and you can also track your files and know when they were opened or downloaded.”

Kalpit G.

CEO

“For our photos, brand standards, or even when we need to send files/images/videos to someone else on the team.”

Austin D.

Digital Marketing

Pros

“We use it with several vendors and when they send me a document because they are sending it to my work email, but my log-in is set to my personal Google account, it requires requesting permissions or logging out and back in.”

Patrick C.

VP Strategy

“Google Drive provides me with a cloud storage that makes it possible for me to always have access to my stored documents from anywhere and whenever i need to use them.”

Daniel H.

Senior Lecturer

“The system functions as a dependable cloud storage solution which provides scalable storage capacity to our organization while it enhances our operational procedures.”

Enguerran M.

Fullstack web developer

Cons

“Hightail did not work well with my Internet speeds, and felt slow and even cumbersome at times.”

Mack B.

Digital asset manager

“There also appears to be an issue where the email notifications to recipients often end up not being delivered based on my experience, which is a minor issue when dealing with low volume usage.”

Rakawi L.

Game Designer

Cons

“One drawback of Google Drive is that the free storage space can fill up quickly when storing large files, requiring users to upgrade to a paid plan.”

Piyusha P.

Customer service

“Customer support for free users is somewhat limited, and recovering accidentally deleted files beyond retention periods can be challenging. While bugs are uncommon, minor performance issues can occasionally affect large file operations.”

Piyusha P.

Customer service

“One really key issue for me -- it's frustrating that it doesn't support viewing or opening files that are larger than 100mb. As a marketer frequently dealing with large files (graphics-heavy), it means that I still have to pay for a separate piece of software to access those certain files outside of Google.”

Aaron C.

Founder and CEO