Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

Google Docs

Stacks323

Followers214

+ 1

Votes6

Google Drive

Stacks79.9K

Followers66.4K

+ 1

Votes2.1K

Add tool

Google Docs vs Google Drive: What are the differences?

What is Google Docs? Real-time docs collaboration. It is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google. It brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.

What is Google Drive? Integrate your app with Google Drive. The Drive SDK gives you a group of APIs along with client libraries, language-specific examples, and documentation to help you develop apps that integrate with Drive The core functionality of Drive apps is to download and upload files in Google Drive. However, the Drive SDK provides a lot more than just storage..

Google Docs belongs to "Document Collaboration" category of the tech stack, while Google Drive can be primarily classified under "File Storage".

According to the StackShare community, Google Drive has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2093 company stacks & 2019 developers stacks; compared to Google Docs, which is listed in 12 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

Get Advice from developers at your company using StackShare Enterprise. Sign up for StackShare Enterprise.

Learn More

Pros of Google Docs

Pros of Google Drive

3
It's simple, but expansive
2
Free
1
Fast and simple

505
Easy to use
326
Gmail integration
312
Enough free space
268
Collaboration
249
Stable service
128
Desktop and mobile apps
97
Offline sync
79
Apps
74
15 gb storage
50
Add-ons
9
Integrates well
6
Easy to use
3
Simple back-up tool
2
Amazing
2
Beautiful
2
Fast upload speeds
2
The more the merrier
2
So easy
2
Wonderful
2
Linux terminal transfer tools
2
It has grown to a stable in the cloud office
1
UI
1
Windows desktop
1
G Suite integration

Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions

Cons of Google Docs

Cons of Google Drive

Be the first to leave a con

7
Organization via web ui sucks
2
Not a real database

Sign up to add or upvote consMake informed product decisions

What is Google Docs?

It is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google. It brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.

What is Google Drive?

Keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos, and more. Your first 15 GB of storage are free with a Google Account. Your files in Drive can be reached from any smartphone, tablet, or computer.

Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

What companies use Google Docs?

What companies use Google Drive?

See which teams inside your own company are using Google Docs or Google Drive.

Sign up to get full access to all the companiesMake informed product decisions

What tools integrate with Google Docs?

What tools integrate with Google Drive?

Sign up to get full access to all the tool integrationsMake informed product decisions

What are some alternatives to Google Docs and Google Drive?

Dropbox

Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.

Evernote

Take notes to a new level with Evernote, the productivity app that keeps your projects, ideas, and inspiration handy across all your digital devices. It helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects, and to-do lists, so nothing falls through the cracks.

Quip

Edit and discuss in one place. Quip combines documents with messages so you can work faster, on the web or on the go.

Smartsheet

It is an intuitive online project management tool enabling teams to increase productivity using cloud, collaboration, & mobile technologies. It provides your organization with a powerful work platform that offers exceptional speed to business value

Dropbox Paper

It is more than a doc, it’s a workspace that brings creation and coordination together in one place. You can write together, share comments, embed images, and more. If you have a Dropbox account, you can use Paper for free.

See all alternatives

Google Docs vs Google Drive

Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

Pros of Google Docs

Pros of Google Drive

Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions

Cons of Google Docs

Cons of Google Drive

Sign up to add or upvote consMake informed product decisions

What is Google Docs?

What is Google Drive?

Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

What companies use Google Docs?

What companies use Google Drive?

Sign up to get full access to all the companiesMake informed product decisions

What tools integrate with Google Docs?

What tools integrate with Google Drive?

Sign up to get full access to all the tool integrationsMake informed product decisions

Related Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

Top Comparisons