Google Drive to be used as our SaaS storage

Question

I have seen recent changes in the price of Google Drive, and they are amazing.

• 1Tb on Google Drive = $ 9.99
• 1Tb on Amazon S3 = $ 85 ($ 43 if you have more than 5,000 TB with them)

It changes everything!

We have a SaaS website that stores client files. Does anyone know if Google Drive can be used to store such files / services or just for personal use?

Does it have a robust API for downloading, uploading and creating a public url for accessing files from S3?

Edit: here I saw the SDK ( https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/ ). The main problem is that this service can be used to store client files, I mean, the SaaS site offering the service and storing files there.

Answer 1

This does not change anything.

" Google Drive storage for users and Google Cloud Storage is for developers. "

- https://support.google.com/a/answer/2490100?hl=en

A similar service with comparable functionality with S3 is Google Cloud Storage, which is very similar to S3 in pricing.

https://developers.google.com/storage/pricing

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Sorry to ruin your party before you worry too much, look at this problem . It is in Google’s own product and has been in effect since November 2013 (i.e. for 4 months). Now imagine re-synchronizing several hundred GB of files once. Or better, ask your clients to do this with their files after you have recommended the “Drive” to them.