Google Drive Review

 
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Google Drive Review

Company Overview

Lowest Price
$2.50/Month
Storage Space
25GB
Free Trial
No
Free Plan
5GB
Single Computer Plans
Yes
Multi Computer Plans
Yes
Business Plans
Yes
Plans Offered
Year Established
1998

Supported Operating Systems

Windows
Yes
Mac OSX
Yes
Linux
Yes
Windows Server
No
iPhone / iPad
Yes
Android
Yes
Windows Mobile
No

Backup Features

Scheduler
No
Versioning / Snapshot
Yes
Browse Online Files
Yes
Incremental Backup
Yes
Bandwidth Throttle
No
Idle Backup
Yes
Resumes After Interruption
Yes
Email/Online Ticket Support
No
Phone Support
No
Live Chat
No
Blog
Yes
Knowledgebase
Yes
FAQs
Yes
Tutorials
Yes
Video Tutorials
Yes

Web/Mobile/Remote Access

Web Access
Yes
Mobile Phone Access
Yes
FTP Access
No
Can Set Permissions
Yes

File Restore Options

Backup Software Restore
Yes
Web Interface Restore
Yes
Zip File Restore
No
FTP File Restore
No
Physical Media Restore
No

Security

SSL Secure Transfer
Yes
Data Encryption
Yes
Geo-Redundant Storage
Yes
User Generated Encryption Key
No

Summary:

Google Drive is Google’s cloud storage solution. They have made a name for themselves being the first online word processing suite. Now they have expanded their reach to include cloud storage.

Drive takes Google Docs and adds 5 free GB’s of extra space and allows you to upload any type of files you want. It is a very easy to use system, and with Google constantly making upgrades to it, it will likely be a household name in no time.

Genie9 Plans & Pricing:

  • 25GB’s for $2.50/Month or $30/Year
  • 100GB’s for $4.99/Month or $60/Year
  • 200GB’s for $9.99/Month or $120/Year
  • 400GB’s for $19.99/Month or $240/Year
  • 1TB for $49.99/Month or $600/Year
  • 2TB’s for $99.99/Month or $1200/Year
  • 4TB’s for $199.99/Month or $2400/Year
  • 8TB’s for $399.99/Month or $4800/Year
  • 16TB’s for $799.99/Month or $9600/Year

Company Profile:

Google was founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. These college kids started the company in their Stanford dorm room and it grew very fast. Sun Microsystem’s founder Bechtolsheim was one of the first investors.

Their total acquisitions is $21.3 Billion, they have tons of products including Google Plus and Gmail. Google has started many products like Google Wave that do not last. However, Google Drive is seen as a major player and will not likely disappear anytime soon.

User reviews

1 review
Overall rating
 
8.2
Ease of Use
 
10.0(1)
Features
 
6.0(1)
Space / Price
 
9.0(1)
Customer Support
 
7.0(1)
Security
 
9.0(1)
Ratings
Ease of Use
How easy was the software to configure and run your first backup?
Features
How many helpful tools are available?
Space / Price
How much space do you get for your money?
Customer Support
How helpful and accessible is customer support?
Security
How secure do you feel your data is?
Overview
Pros and Cons
Comments
So Far So Good
Overall rating
 
8.2
Ease of Use
 
10.0
Features
 
6.0
Space / Price
 
9.0
Customer Support
 
7.0
Security
 
9.0
So far I am happy with google drive. I signed up for 100GB per month plan. The data syncs up and it works well.

I think sharing could be a little easier and I wish they had an iOS app for my iphone and ipad.

I do like that Google Drive works great with my google docs and my google account. I use gmail so it is nice to have most things in one place.

I just hope that Google does not start sharing my files. I don't expect them do but I wish the end user agreement was more assuring.

I am glad that I tried them out and I hope they improve the sharing and release their iOS app.

Pros and Cons

Pros
It is Google
Very easy to install
Price is competitive
Cons
Privacy agreement gives concern
Sharing could be better
No iPhone app
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