2020-03-05T08:39:00Z

What needs improvement with Google Cloud?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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Dileep Maurya - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2024-02-01T12:51:10Z
Feb 1, 2024

The product should be more cost-effective.

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GS
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-10-26T07:59:03Z
Oct 26, 2023

They could integrate artificial intelligence into the applications.

David Jacobo - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-10-20T13:52:01Z
Oct 20, 2023

The product must provide support for .NET. Microsoft has support for .NET because .NET is a Microsoft product. We ran into an issue when we were waiting for Google to support .NET 6. Google is slower to support .NET. It must cater more to .NET developers.

Walter Fang - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-10-10T10:37:52Z
Oct 10, 2023

For Google Cloud, the availability could be improved. I'm from China, and Google Cloud is not so popular there. Other than that, I would like to see an increase in storage with Google Cloud. For example, I use Baidu Cloud. Their cloud storage reaches the limit. In China, the biggest problem with Google Cloud is price.

JK
Real User
Top 20
2023-06-30T10:29:36Z
Jun 30, 2023

The solution's integration with Oracle could be better. We encounter issues while migrating the database from Oracle to another SQL server.

Akshat Baranwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-17T08:18:00Z
Mar 17, 2023

When the companies grow at a larger scale, I often see them shifting to a different cloud services provider, like Oracle or AWS, because they may have critical features or preferences over Google Cloud. While Google Cloud is expanding, there is still room for improvement in flexibility.

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JD
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-09T22:03:19Z
Mar 9, 2023

I'm still confused by the usefulness of the cloud and I'm not sure why everyone is moving there. I don't trust the act of sending my company's information to whoever knows where instead of having it safe on my own servers. I find it hard to download items, especially on their operating system. The Google operating system leaves a lot to be desired. It does not seem to provide any virtualization whatsoever.

Henk Bredell - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-09T14:09:56Z
Mar 9, 2023

I can't think of any improvements off the top of my head. The solution could be a bit cheaper.

Luther Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-02-13T20:29:44Z
Feb 13, 2023

I would like to see more code generation features that enable you to take user input in simple English and automatically convert it to code.

Gerald Gomez - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-01-27T10:37:07Z
Jan 27, 2023

Google Cloud could improve interoperability with other cloud services. Our objective was to attain a convenient and straightforward configuration process not only in Google Cloud but in other widely utilized cloud services. Regardless of the cloud service you are currently utilizing or intend to connect to, we desire for the process to be seamless and effortlessly attainable with only quick action. It is our hope that all cloud services possess this level of interoperability with one another.

PradeepKumar3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-01-05T11:08:20Z
Jan 5, 2023

Lower pricing would make Google Cloud better.

RN
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-12-07T12:28:08Z
Dec 7, 2022

There is only one issue that I have and it is when you create an account, they limit the number of accounts you can create. The documentation could be better. The backup needs improvement. I would prefer to do a one-piece backup solution where I can schedule backups. It's just too complicated to migrate from one Firebase database to another. It should have been easy. I'd like to see something like an exchange server, a managed email server, where I can handle other clients. I'd like something similar to Microsoft Exchange yet something that is like a fully managed email service.

JL
Real User
Top 20
2022-11-10T09:44:39Z
Nov 10, 2022

The solution could improve by being less expensive.

BG
Real User
Top 20
2022-10-13T19:57:58Z
Oct 13, 2022

An area of improvement would be in the of managing accounts in terms of what we are using for memory, availability, and monitoring. We want to monitor our SaaS deployment within Google to give our SOC a good idea of what's going on.

Nelson Hernandez Guerra - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-13T21:46:32Z
Sep 13, 2022

I cannot recall coming across any missing features.

UchechiSylvanus - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-08-16T21:09:33Z
Aug 16, 2022

The product could be improved by expanding the initial storage space available.

Dimitar Alexov - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-07-27T09:32:59Z
Jul 27, 2022

The cost could be lowered. The analytics could be improved. The analytics that they have are very focused. It serves Google and not really the client. There needs to be some kind of ratio between the purpose of the service, how much of this service is for the client and how much is for the provider. Google is getting more value from the analytics services than the client.

IsuruPonnamperuma - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 10
2022-05-19T10:55:01Z
May 19, 2022

Cloud vendors can't afford to have data centers all across the world because of the economics of scale and the size of markets. That is one reason that some customers don't get onto the cloud. Another issue is the applicability of local language data capturing mechanisms, which are more advanced on cloud service providers, but still there is room to grow. Also, their hybrid version isn't available in all markets worldwide, so I'm hoping that it will be released globally soon.

NASSER ALY - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-04-27T08:21:00Z
Apr 27, 2022

Microsoft's solution is more common, Google Cloud could improve by being more compatible with different platforms or entities.

Octavian Enache - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-04-25T09:35:54Z
Apr 25, 2022

From my point of view, the security features could be improved.

Nisar Tak - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-04-25T09:35:13Z
Apr 25, 2022

The storage available for this solution could be improved, especially compared to a solution like Microsoft which offers 1 TB of storage. Google cloud offers only 30 GB.

JuanGonzalez5 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
Top 10
2022-04-07T05:11:21Z
Apr 7, 2022

The Spanish version is in beta. It needs to be farther along. We'd like the solution to be smaller and lighter. It could be simpler. We'd like for some better integration from TerraForm.

AW
Real User
Top 5
2022-04-06T13:22:45Z
Apr 6, 2022

I don't have any problems using the solution. It's been problem-free for the most part. The product could always be a little bit less expensive.

SD
Real User
2021-12-22T14:48:00Z
Dec 22, 2021

Google Cloud would benefit from more detailed practical hands-on training especially in your mother tongue, not just English.

RS
Real User
2021-11-07T09:43:29Z
Nov 7, 2021

My only concern is that a number of the offerings are built on their own proprietary technologies. This means that, with respect to the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers.

AP
Real User
Top 20
2021-08-11T09:01:15Z
Aug 11, 2021

They need to improve the costing for predictive analytics, which is mainly related to the tools that come with AI. They also need to improve the BigQuery cost optimization and the visualization. Their support could be faster.

II
Real User
2021-07-15T15:02:27Z
Jul 15, 2021

The privacy could be improved so that it is more secure.

OB
Real User
2021-06-22T09:20:02Z
Jun 22, 2021

It could have a reporting tool included.

IS
Real User
2021-05-28T14:02:00Z
May 28, 2021

I would improve the integration with other devices such as smartphones. It is integrated in our company, but I think it could be improved. It would be good to have fewer notifications.

TL
Consultant
2021-03-01T08:03:17Z
Mar 1, 2021

The solution has been good overall. I can't recall having any features missing. The solution could be less expensive. It may be helpful to go through some training in order to get comfortable with the product. The user interface could be a bit better. I've done a few deployments following the tutorial, and afterward, I'm not quite sure what exactly I've done. I just follow the instructions and just finish the command prompt and then it looks like it's working - but why, and how? I'm not quite sure. I want to understand fundamentally what I've done. If there were more documentation and training, it would be very helpful in explaining the underlying processes.

JA
Real User
2020-10-22T14:39:51Z
Oct 22, 2020

Monitoring and usage reporting could be improved. For example, they don't provide the CPU primary memory usage report. They do provide a CPU usage report, but not the memory. This is something that is critical for people interested in monitoring because if you are burdening the machine then you want the option of providing more RAM. There is no graph or monitoring in the console; if it is there then I haven't found it, so it is something that takes extra time to figure out. Google does not provide free support and at the least, email support should be available. I am not asking for free chat or telephone support, but given that we are paying to use the machine, email support should be included. The alerts are somewhat cryptic and do not say much about what is going on.

MK
Real User
2020-10-06T06:57:45Z
Oct 6, 2020

I think Google Cloud could provide more services.

JL
Real User
2020-08-02T08:16:46Z
Aug 2, 2020

Every once in a while I have trouble accessing it, but I don't know if that's a function of the Cloud, the way the Cloud is set up, or it's just something on my browser. Stability could be improved in terms of the Cloud in general administration. It's frustrating when companies have to deal with Cloud Administration. Change configuration management is an issue. I can envision customer companies that are Cloud-enabled where their biggest problem is having to keep up with the changes and managing it. The API is constantly evolving. IP addresses are constantly changing and it's hard to keep up with all of those changes. Typically it is being administered through IT organizations, although they have no visibility. If you engage in a security solution through a cloud provider, you have no view, it's all faith, trust, and hope. How do you reconcile the two, to provide the visibility, do it seamlessly, and make it easy to use? If they could include a popup section where all of the new updates are. That would be helpful. I don't have the experience or intelligence to know what it is that they are showing, or where I can get that I might need, which would make a feature like this important. It would like it if upon starting the browser, it tells you that it is out of date and asks if you would like to update. That would lead customers to take the optimal path as opposed to having to figure it out themselves.

RN
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2020-06-14T08:03:14Z
Jun 14, 2020

The analytics could be improved. I need to be able to give them to the client. It is there, but you have to go to Google Cloud to see it. I want it added as a service so I can add it to the client-side and make it easily sharable with my clients. The management side for the database needs some work. Currently, you do everything from the app. It would be nice to have an interface where you can go in and maintain data and deal with records and do something online. Also the ability to migrate the database should be a bit easier. You can't just copy a database and make another duplicate. You have to do all that bit manually.

it_user1002609 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-03-05T08:39:00Z
Mar 5, 2020

It is difficult to say what should be improved because, obviously, they have made some major improvements in the organization of how you do things — such as the way you set up a server. Google has made a lot of effort to try and catch up to the competition in the area of ease-of-use because that would have been my one complaint: that you have got to be quite technical to understand some of the ways that things are done. Azure and Heroku are number one in ease-of-use and they make it very easy. Google has done a lot of work to alleviate that objection and to catch up with Heroku and Azure. But the people that have the most to say about the ease-of-use would be the guys using it. For the developers we have, they like the power and the control that Google gives them. So I can not actually answer what exactly has to improve for developers to be more satisfied at this point because they seem quite satisfied with it already. I do not get any complaints from the guys. They are the ones using it every day and I do not use it on a daily basis so I really can not comment in that sense. I could say that it can be easier to use for people that do not have the same level of technical skills, but even that has improved a lot with their upgrade to the user documentation.

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