Name: Google Cloud Workstations
Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)

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Product Information on Google Cloud Workstations

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Google Cloud Workstations?

Google Cloud Workstations is a software solution designed to provide cloud-based development environments for software teams. It enables users to create, manage, and access secure workstations in the cloud, offering integrated tools for coding, building, testing, and deployment. The software allows organizations to standardize developer environments and ensure scalability, security, and consistency across projects. Features include support for popular integrated development environments, automated environment provisioning, and access control. By utilizing cloud infrastructure, the software addresses challenges such as configuration drift, resource management, and secure access for distributed teams, facilitating streamlined and efficient software development processes.

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50M - 250M USD, Healthcare and Biotech

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“Google Cloud Introduces Seamless Remote Collaboration Platform”

5.0

Feb 5, 2025

It offers a secure, scalable and fully managed development environment, making remote collaboration seamless.

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Company Description

Googlers is a company that creates products intended to create opportunities for an extensive audience, regardless of their location across the globe. The company values diverse perspectives, imaginations and non-conformity to predefined norms and impossibilities. The goal is to build products while incorporating uniqueness of each individual involved in this process, aiming to make their products accessible and useful to all.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1998

Head office location

Mountain View, CA, United States

Annual Revenue

30B+ USD

Website

www.google.com

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Google Cloud Workstations Likes & Dislikes

The integration with google cloud services and the ability to support multiple IDEs provide a flexible and efficient development experience.

No need to install the tools and dependencies manually. Environments are ready to use. Easy scaling. Anywhere access using just a browser, even on low powered devices. It also supports CI/CD

1. Low latency code development and deployment environment ensures we have faster implementation. 2. Integration with Google Cloud Suite along with other applications makes the storage requirement easier. 3. The availability of pre-made libraries and templates for remote code deployment is quite helpful.

The initial setup and configuration can be complex, requiring a bit of time to get everything running smoothly.

Running cloud stations in the cloud can become expensive over time. It is dependent on the internet. Limited local environmental features. Dependent on Google Cloud Ecosystem.

1. Uploads for larger code datasets and files need to be done avoiding peak usage times. 2. AI features are limited to only a few coding languages, with others having to be integrated using third party software. 3. Variable costs can sometimes exceed our expected costs at the end of the month due to large code deployment.

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Google Cloud Workstations Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(10 Ratings)

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5 Star: 50%
4 Star: 50%
3 Star: 0%
2 Star: 0%
1 Star: 0%

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.1

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.4

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Principal statistical programmer
50M-1B USD
Healthcare and Biotech
Review Source
Google Cloud Introduces Seamless Remote Collaboration Platform
5.0
Feb 5, 2025
It offers a secure, scalable and fully managed development environment, making remote collaboration seamless.
Accountant
<50M USD
IT Services
Review Source
Leveraging Python and React in Web Page Application Development
5.0
Jan 23, 2025
Consider, our team is developing a web page application using Python and React. We are distributing this application across different locations and to have the local environments. It helps to reduce the time to install tools . Google Cloud allows us to kind of developers to preconfigured, cloud-based workstations through a web browser or an IDE like vs code or PyCharm and helps to create the workstation with pre-installed tools like python, react, docker. It helps the developer to navigate to the workstations.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
<50M USD
Healthcare and Biotech
Review Source
Exploring the High-Speed Implementation of Cloud Development Environment
4.0
Dec 30, 2024
Our primary cloud development environment for all of the team's coding and collaborative editing.
MANAGER
1B-10B USD
Telecommunication
Review Source
Exploring Google Cloud's Strengths and Pain Points
5.0
Sep 6, 2024
Google Cloud workstations are a very powerful and robust system to engage from anywhere with a customised environment. we do not need to worry for the backend infra
GROUP PRODUCT MANAGER
50M-1B USD
Banking
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Focus more on coding and less on managing infraestructure
4.0
Jun 17, 2024
Simplify the setup and management of development environments, allowing developers to focus on coding less on managing infrastructure.

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Google Cloud Workstations Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(10 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star: 50%
4 Star: 50%
3 Star: 0%
2 Star: 0%
1 Star: 0%

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.1

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.4

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Most helpful

Last 12 Months

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Principal statistical programmer
50M-1B USD
Healthcare and Biotech
Review Source
Google Cloud Introduces Seamless Remote Collaboration Platform
5.0
Feb 5, 2025
It offers a secure, scalable and fully managed development environment, making remote collaboration seamless.
Accountant
<50M USD
IT Services
Review Source
Leveraging Python and React in Web Page Application Development
5.0
Jan 23, 2025
Consider, our team is developing a web page application using Python and React. We are distributing this application across different locations and to have the local environments. It helps to reduce the time to install tools . Google Cloud allows us to kind of developers to preconfigured, cloud-based workstations through a web browser or an IDE like vs code or PyCharm and helps to create the workstation with pre-installed tools like python, react, docker. It helps the developer to navigate to the workstations.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
<50M USD
Healthcare and Biotech
Review Source
Exploring the High-Speed Implementation of Cloud Development Environment
4.0
Dec 30, 2024
Our primary cloud development environment for all of the team's coding and collaborative editing.
MANAGER
1B-10B USD
Telecommunication
Review Source
Exploring Google Cloud's Strengths and Pain Points
5.0
Sep 6, 2024
Google Cloud workstations are a very powerful and robust system to engage from anywhere with a customised environment. we do not need to worry for the backend infra
GROUP PRODUCT MANAGER
50M-1B USD
Banking
Review Source
Focus more on coding and less on managing infraestructure
4.0
Jun 17, 2024
Simplify the setup and management of development environments, allowing developers to focus on coding less on managing infrastructure.

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Overall experience with Google Cloud Workstations

“Google Cloud Introduces Seamless Remote Collaboration Platform”

About Company

Company Description

Company Details

Key Insights

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Google Cloud Workstations Likes & Dislikes

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Google Cloud Workstations Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(10 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

Customer Experience

Product Capabilities

Google Cloud Introduces Seamless Remote Collaboration Platform

Leveraging Python and React in Web Page Application Development

Exploring the High-Speed Implementation of Cloud Development Environment

Exploring Google Cloud's Strengths and Pain Points

Focus more on coding and less on managing infraestructure

Recommended Gartner Insights

About Company

Company Description

Company Details

Reviewer Insights for: Google Cloud Workstations

Google Cloud Workstations Likes & Dislikes

Google Cloud Workstations Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(10 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

Customer Experience

Product Capabilities

Google Cloud Introduces Seamless Remote Collaboration Platform

Leveraging Python and React in Web Page Application Development

Exploring the High-Speed Implementation of Cloud Development Environment

Exploring Google Cloud's Strengths and Pain Points

Focus more on coding and less on managing infraestructure

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