Modular platform for computing, hosting, storage & more
4.64/5 (970 reviews)Pricing model: Free, Subscription
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25 reviewers had the following to say about Google Cloud Platform's pricing:
Host static websites and game servers on GCP for a low price.
Pros
Host servers online for various things like game servers for minecraft or host my own website.
It is relatively cheap to host a static website
Free tier allows you to try out GCP with no commitments
Cons
It can get more expensive with higher tiered services and it may not be easy to setup for most people but by following some references and documentation you can get up and running.
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
AWS takes a lot of getting used to and I found the same with GCP. Overall I couldn't fault the products but just getting going and find options, pricing etc was just a bit difficult.
Pros
Lot's of services available for a reasonable cost. Can be cheaper than AWS.
Cons
I found GCP hard to navigate and set up when compared with AWS, Digital et al.
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Likelihood to recommend: 7/10
Serverless and Firebase is cool but not price effective if you can manage your own server. Digitalocean and others have cheaper network
Pros
Cheaper than AWS
With firebase, it is one of the easiest solution
300$ free credit for first use
there is everything you need from serverless to virtual machine
Cons
Expensive network
Outside of firebase is not easy to use
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Likelihood to recommend: 6/10
i tried it but for the price i will be looking elsewhere
Pros
the integration is second to none, the security is world class and one of the biggest global networks.
Cons
This product is too expensive for a hosting solution and for the customer service. I would recommend a cheaper one to friends.
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Likelihood to recommend: 5/10
Pros
All services are very easy to set up. From Maps to logins and backup systems. From the price point of view I don't know any cheaper solution. Specially for low usage which is free :)
Cons
If you have many access keys and services the management site can get a little messy, but once you get used to how to enable and disable api's and then where to go to set them up, all becomes easier.
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Likelihood to recommend: 8/10
I like it for all aspects except contacting customer service.
Pros
Works on all my devices. I liked that it's a cheap price and not a nightmare of taking advantage of businesses.
Cons
Help from customer service kinda sucks because it's difficult to actually talk to a live person.
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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10
Allowed to perform powerful data science by providing computing power at reasonable pricing, providing flexibility to users searching for lower cost services.
Pros
Be able to gain computing and storage ability at a large scale at low cost.
Cons
Not much help for beginners in setting things up.
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Likelihood to recommend: 8/10
Pros
They've added plenty of new features in the past year to help level the software and make it faster, better and cheaper.
Cons
We loved the pricing compared to AWS but when initially using it the feature set was not there. It seems to have improved in the past year however.
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Pros
Been using the platform for almost 3 years and every single product has been amazing in its own way. Highly recommended for all the startups. Pricing is pretty cheap as well.
Cons
Nothing that I can complain about, so far.
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
Overall, I like the program but I think there are other, cheaper options out there
Pros
It allows you to access documents from anywhere around the globe and good security. The also offer different types of file storage and other options
Cons
It is more expensive compared to other options and technical support is not free, you have to pay a monthly fee
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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10
Pros
The cleanest UI I've used from all the cloud providers I work with. It has a lot of pre-built instances with many integrations, making it easier to build images using just a few clicks.
Cons
Pricing is a bit high. There are cheaper alternatives on the market for the same computing power and capacity, like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
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Likelihood to recommend: 7/10
You gain stability knowing that your favorite documents are backed up, it gives you peace of mind
Pros
Very trustful. Excellent backup for your files. It is impossible to lose them again, you will always proceed to transfer them and recover them from the cloud. Excellent interface. Synchronization is easily done on all my devices
Cons
The space has a limited capacity, additionally the price is a bit high. Microsoft Azure is a cheaper alternative in the market and with the same power
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Likelihood to recommend: 7/10
The Google Drive program is confusing. I have a hard time finding things and it took a long time to figure out that you have to hit the magnifying glass an extra time to pull up everything you are searching in a way that you won't lose your place when you back out of a folder. Too much scrolling involved. Do not like that once you go into something and go back out it keeps making extra copies of everything. Once I change the name or type of document to something, then that is the only copy I want, I don't want the new one and then the old one to still be there. Sometimes it is creating copies of things I'm not even aware of and when I go back to look at it again all of sudden there are 3 copies of the file to look through or extras to get rid of...and then...that creates some more scrolling. Cannot express how much time I've wasted just trying to accomplish simple tasks with this program.
Pros
Lots of cheap storage space.
Cons
That is creates a lot of copies of things and that once you back yourself out of a file it starts all over at the top of the list instead of staying on the folder that you want to stay on.
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Likelihood to recommend: 2/10
Though Google Cloud Platform is possible to do all the web stuff you need: integrations, analysis, elaboration and so on. I find it not simple but extraordinarly powerful.
Pros
Powerful
Customizable
Integrated in Google stuff
Cons
Not easy
Not cheap
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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10
I have 30GB for a very low price! When I say low... I mean low! Just do it. It will save you time, money and headaches. Not to mention trees! Sooooo many trees!
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Reasonably price db storage with lots of integration capability
Pros
The platform is flexible, allows lots of integration within and outside of GCP, has decent value when comparing to in-house hardware and solutions.
Cons
Poor customer support. Had an issue during the trial which included free support, and that experience convinced me that paying for support on an ongoing basis was not worth it--pretty much need to figure it out on your own or in the community of users--maybe unless you're a very large user they prioritize support for. Documentation can be a bit limited too, and I followed one guide that led me astray and had to get Google Billing Support involved to partially refund me for having erroneous documentation.
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Likelihood to recommend: 7/10
Hassle free Web deployment, not as expensive as AWS.
Pros
Pricing-wise, Google Cloud Platform is very competitive compared to AWS and Azure. The console is also relatively easy to use.
Cons
As the product grows with more features, it will inevitably become less easier to use. I think it can be a challenge for new-comers, although it won't be as overwhelming as AWS.
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
Overall google platform is great. you can keep up to 15 gbs of data for a low price.
Pros
Google Cloud is amazing. It saves everything from google searches to youtube searches. Google cloud is very reasonable to hold as much data as you want or need.
Cons
I can get a little confused on how to save things sometimes or things I do not want to be saved can sometimes get saved - but that could be user error.
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Likelihood to recommend: 8/10
Pros
I love it. Very cheap and works perfect.
Cons
The only complain it’s costumer service. Take a time for response. For servers up. Fast
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
I recommend this platform for wide range of customers that have not super tight budget for their application hosting but want to stay away from bunch of low-level details of running and maintenance of application infrastructure.
Pros
Great platform to create, deploy and maintain cloud applications of any size for everybody who don't want to get stuck in all those low-level server and os administration. Provides most advanced technologies including Kubernetes and serverless applications, has pretty useful management console that can looks a bit messy for beginners but really amazing comparing to competitor's management tools . Has pretty tight and seamless integration with wide range of Google services API, from Google Maps to Google Docs. Last not least has free tier that is enough for learning of platform, education and even some real "pet" projects.
Cons
A bit complicated and sometimes confusing price models, prices for some services are unreasonable higher than competing.
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
Overall I really liked my experience with GCP, the product is quite sound and pricing competitive. They do need to fix a few things to provide the full enterprise experience.
Pros
Ease of use and developer friendliness. I really like the plethora of tools available along with the multiple options for running services on GCP. The services are a bit sparse but certain ones are excellent (GKE). Performance varies based on location, the nice thing is they have several regions which AWS is not in. Pricing per instance is VERY competitive as other cloud services are not cheap.
Cons
Does not have as many platform services as AWS or Azure. Customer support was a mixed bag, would have liked more responsiveness for sev 1 issues. On several occasions GCP had a major outage, down for 2-3 days which is not acceptable.
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Likelihood to recommend: 7/10
good experience with GCP
Pros
The UI and API are very well thought out. Very clean interface, easy to perform whatever tasks you want. The google cloud CLI works very well in terms of authenticating and running any operation. Makes it very simple to quickly script and automate things. Pricing is usually cheaper than AWS.
Cons
Some UI aspects are not as intuitive. For instance, when looking for VPC (virtual networks), it took me a while to figure out where the sub-menu was located. Not a huge issue since most of the time I'll use the CLI or API to automate things. Since GCP is one of the newer clouds, it does not have the same number of services like AWS.
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Likelihood to recommend: 7/10
Pros
All of Google products are great, no exception with this one. It works really well, you can run multiple instances at the same time with no effort.
Cons
The price is more expensive than the competitors.
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
I have been using this product for years and earning small adsense dollars while not paying anything for my server.
Pros
The standard platform of Google Cloud, which is PAAS, has free tier which is perfect for starting your own website. It scales automatically so developers dont have to worry about sudden spike on the website. The flexible runtime has tons of options ranging from linux to microsoft server, the pricing is almost as cheap as AWS. It's good to use when you want more control of the system.
Cons
The pricing model could get complicated really fast, the learning curve on the PAAS side is a bit harder when you're new to programming.
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
It has helped me a lot and I like it because it offers many services, it is easy to use and has low prices.
Pros
The good thing is that you can access and manage all the services from any device, also provides many interesting features for your project.
Cons
there is not much that I do not like, but it lacks documentation and sometimes there are problems to load files, but it does not happen frequently
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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
