In: Computer Science
Exploring Web-based Programs and Apps
Use Google to find information about web-based programs and apps to answer the following questions:
a)Articles comparing the features of Google Drive and Office Web Apps:
https://blog.cloudhq.net/google-docs-vs-microsoft-office-web-apps/
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2162833/review--office-web-apps-v--google-docs.html
https://www.guidingtech.com/17727/comparison-google-docs-drive-microsoft-office-web-apps/
https://www.maketecheasier.com/google-drive-vs-ms-office-web-apps/
Google Drive |
Office Web Apps |
Google docs is located on Google drive platform which allows you to create, store and share a variety of files and documents. |
It is a web version of Microsoft Office which allows you to create, store and share documents and files |
Online collaboration feature is already in place & robust |
Online collaboration feature is still in progress |
It is free for everyone, including old business users.New business users need to pay |
It is free for individual users & paid for business users. |
It currently comes with 5 free gigabytes of storage - in addition to the 10 gigabytes for the associated google account and unlimited storage for Google Docs and shared documents. Each additional 100 gigabytes of storage is $60 per year. |
It currently comes with 7 free gigabytes of storage, plus an unlimited amount of storage for the associated Hotmail or Outlook.com email account. Each additional 100 gigabytes of storage is $50 per year. |
Integration in place |
Promises better integration |
Preferred for Sharing,Word processing,Graphics/charts online |
Preferred for Storage,Presentations,Note taking. |
Simple structure | A bit complex structure for the new bies |
Speed is fast & Auto save option | Speed is a bit slow & no auto save feature |
b)Different tools that each offer:
Tools offered by Google Drive: CloudConvert,DocHub,DocuSign,StackEdit, Gantter, Calculator, HelloFax.
Tools offered by Office Web Apps:Word, Excel, PowerPoint ,OneNote,Outlook.com, People, Calendar and OneDrive
c)Costs associated with using these resources:
Google Drive:
It currently comes with 5 free gigabytes of storage - in addition to the 10 gigabytes for the associated google account and unlimited storage for Google Docs and shared documents. Each additional 100 gigabytes of storage is $60 per year.
Office Web Apps:
It currently comes with 7 free gigabytes of storage, plus an unlimited amount of storage for the associated Hotmail or Outlook.com email account. Each additional 100 gigabytes of storage is $50 per year.
d)Any premium services:
Google Drive-Google one cloud storage
Office Web Apps-Office 365 Business Premium
e)Any known security issues:
Google Drive-There is no complete privacy using google drive
Office Web Apps-They are not good enough to trust with critical documents