Comparison

Google Cloud vs Alfresco Mobile Workspace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Google Cloud

Manage your Google Cloud services on your iPhone or iPad. Monitor billing, status, and critical issues. Create custom dashboards, access Cloud Shell, and SSH into VMs for direct control.

Highlights
  • Cloud service management
  • Billing and status monitoring
  • Customizable dashboards
  • Compute Engine/App Engine monitoring
  • SSH access to VMs
  • Cloud Shell access
  • Incident and error response
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The app helps you manage your services running on Google Cloud directly from your Apple iPhone or iPad: • Stay connected to the cloud and check billing, status, and critical issues. • Create your own custom dashboard to produce an overview of your Google Cloud services. • Monitor the state of your Compute Engine and App Engine resources with the ability to SSH into your VMs. • Access to Cloud Shell to perform any Google Cloud (gcloud) operation. • View and respond to incidents, errors, and logging. We plan to ship new features regularly and continually improve your user experience. Please give us your feedback in the app by tapping the menu button in the upper-left corner, selecting Help & Feedback, and then Send feedback.

About

Alfresco Mobile Workspace

Access and manage your content securely from anywhere, online or offline. This app allows for offline viewing, easy file management, and task completion, ensuring productivity on the go. Upload media, scan documents, and share files seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Offline content access
  • Recent and favorite file management
  • Document previews for major file types
  • Upload media via photos or direct capture
  • Scan physical documents to PDF
  • Task management (view, create, edit)
  • Offline search for synced files
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The Alfresco Mobile Workspace enables productivity anywhere, online or offline. Alfresco Mobile Workspace enables users to work away from their workstation without compromising on the way content is accessed. Keep productivity high by transporting technical documents into the field without having to worry about a data connection. Key capabilities: • Offline content capabilities: Keep content securely on your mobile device for offline viewing, when out in the field. Alfresco Mobile Workspace makes it incredibly easy to manage offline and view content with a built in native viewer. • Recent and Favorites: Mobile Workspace makes it easy to access recent content or favorite files and folders reducing the need to searches for content. Easily maintain favorites from the Digital Workspace and then access that content in the field. • Amazing document previews: View your documents in a large preview for the best viewing experience with support for all major document types such as PDF previews of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, large format rendering of JPEG and PNG images along with standard support for GIFs, image previews of Adobe illustrator files and support for many more types! • Upload media by photos and captures: Mobile workspace makes it easy to upload the media files(images and videos). User can upload the media files from photos and direct captures with metadata. User can see the preview of media files before upload where user can change the file name and description to the media files. • Upload files from the device files system: Mobile workspace enable users to upload files to the Alfresco repository by choosing files from the files system on the device. • Share files with the app: Users can now see the Alfresco app in the share options, when sharing the files from other apps. • Scan Document: Users can SCAN physical documents to PDF documents by scanning documents and the same can be uploaded to the serve. • Tasks: The user can view a list of all assigned tasks from the ‘Tasks’ bottom tab. Users can view the details of tasks and mark them as complete. • Create and Edit Task: The user can create a new task and edit its details like Title, Description, Due Date, Priority, and Assignee. • Add and Delete Files From Task: The user can add files(photos, videos, documents) and delete the file from the task. • Offline search: The user can search synced files and folders even without an internet connection. • URL Schema Compatibility: The application now supports URL Schema, enabling users to seamlessly launch the mobile app from a web browser and view its content. • Multi-Select Files and Folders: Select multiple files and folders at once to perform various operations such as moving, deleting, marking as a favourite or unfavorite, and marking for offline access. • Empowering Mobility By APS Feature: We've streamlined the experience by integrating all standard form components within the app, allowing you to build and select the perfect form for any situation easily. • Action Menus: Added an action menu that allows the admin to manage menu options in the mobile app, enabling or disabling actions as required. • Multiple IDP Authentication: The app supports multiple Identity Providers (IDPs), such as Keycloak, Auth0.

Screenshots

Google Cloud4 screens
Alfresco Mobile Workspace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Alfresco Mobile Workspace at 5.0 against Google Cloud's 3.4. Alfresco Mobile Workspace also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Google Cloud's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (29% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alfresco Mobile Workspace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Cloud has 105 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Google Cloud's written reviews are positive against 0% of Alfresco Mobile Workspace's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Google Cloud ships an update weekly, Alfresco Mobile Workspace every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Google Cloud versus Alfresco Mobile Workspace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoogle CloudAlfresco Mobile Workspace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (105 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings105 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogleHyland Software, Inc.

Customer experience

Google Cloud

All ratings105 ratings
Positive54.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative35.2%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive29.5%
Neutral15.9%
Negative54.6%

Alfresco Mobile Workspace

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Google Cloud

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • Cloud Shell stuck on 'preparing to connect' screen
  • Cloud Shell disconnects when switching apps
  • SSH authentication failures
  • App crashes when viewing error console details
  • Logs page continuously refreshing
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  • Cannot view saved dashboards from web
  • Saved queries not displaying correctly
  • Permission errors blocking access to projects
  • Billing section shows incorrect date ranges
  • Incident notifications not working
  • Device registration process failing
  • Cloud Shell input issues with special keys (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E)
  • Cannot select or copy text in Cloud Shell
  • SSH return key not working properly in some contexts
  • App crashes after updates
  • 2-factor authentication sign-in broken
  • Incidents marked resolved still show as new
  • Logs missing with applied filters
  • App crashes when viewing log entry details in dark mode
  • External keyboard support broken on iPad
  • Notification permissions not requested on iOS
  • Cannot change logged-in account
  • Project switching broken
  • Scrolling issues in logs and traces

Requested features

20 requests
  • Cloud Run service support
  • Cloud Tasks management
  • Cloud Build integration
  • Custom dashboard access from mobile
  • Dark mode for iPad
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  • Cloud Shell full-screen mode
  • Better keyboard support for external keyboards
  • Account switching capability
  • Notification management improvements
  • GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) support
  • Cloud Functions monitoring
  • Datalab integration
  • API quota viewing
  • Cloud Storage bucket upload/replace functionality
  • Instance group management
  • HTTP Load Balancing controls
  • Password protection for app
  • Font size adjustment in console
  • Improved SSH/terminal UX
  • BigQuery support

Alfresco Mobile Workspace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Google Cloud

No in-app purchases

None

Alfresco Mobile Workspace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Google Cloud free?
Google Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alfresco Mobile Workspace free?
Alfresco Mobile Workspace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Google Cloud or Alfresco Mobile Workspace?
Alfresco Mobile Workspace is rated higher. Google Cloud averages 3.4 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Alfresco Mobile Workspace averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Google Cloud or Alfresco Mobile Workspace have ads?
Neither Google Cloud nor Alfresco Mobile Workspace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Google Cloud or Alfresco Mobile Workspace?
Google Cloud ships an update weekly, and Alfresco Mobile Workspace every 4 months. Most recently, Google Cloud was updated on October 15, 2026 and Alfresco Mobile Workspace on October 14, 2026.

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