GatLabs or Folgo: Which one will suit my needs in Google Drive Management?

When it comes to managing Google Drive, having the right tools can make all the difference. In this article, we'll compare two popular tools, GatLabs and Folgo, to help you decide which one best suits your needs.

	Folgo	GatLabs
Usability	User-friendly interface, Integrated in Google Drive	Technical, requires another interface
Security & Error Prevention	Guided actions, low risk of errors	Requires caution, needs training
Triggered automation	Not available	Automation possible
Target Product(s)	Specific for Google Drive	Google Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Google Groups, Google Admin Console, Google Chrome
Target Audience	Non technical users, simple management	Only admins

Now let's have a look at the Google Drives Features:

	Folgo	GatLabs
Google Drive Auditing	✔️	✔️
Scoped Audits	✔️ Audit selected shared drive, selected folder or account to perform more precise actions	❌
Permission remediation	✔️ Public, external, designated email...	✔️ Only public and external access
Off Boarding process	✔️	✔️
Copy folders	✔️	❌
Move content to Shared Drives	✔️	❌
No need to export data to a third-party server	✔️ All data are stored in your Google Drive	❌

GatLabs

Gatlabs is a complex solution for Google Workspace. It lets you manage your entire organization across different products: Google Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Google Groups, Google Admin Console, Google Chrome.

Gatlabs is less specialized for Google Drive, but can still be used for auditing, remediation and monitoring.

Gatlabs is specialized for administrators, requiring training and a sometimes complex learning process.

Folgo

Folgo is a specialized tool for Google Drive that meets all your needs. Folgo helps you easily audit, secure, copy, transfer and ease the transition to Shared Drives.

Folgo is both designed for Google Administrators and Google Workspace end users.

It’s perfect for end-user operations, with actions scoped to the user's account, allowing them to automate tasks without doing anything they would not have been able to do manually within Google Drive. It's also designed for administrators, with actions designed to manage large amounts of data. Actions for administrators allow, for example: to migrate data from one user account to another, to give access to any file from one user to another in the event of sick leave, to migrate any folder to a shared drive....

In addition, Folgo protects your data: we do not store any data on any server. Folgo directly builds reports on your Google Drive, without any need to export your data.

Conclusion

The choice between Gatlabs and Folgo will depend on your needs.

Folgo will suit you best if you want an easy-to-use solution for managing Google Drive. Folgo is designed to save Google Workspace administrators time while empowering end-users (auditing, remediation, transfer, etc.).

Gatlabs will meet your needs if you're looking for a more complex solution for Google Workspace.

Gatlabs is specialized for administrators and will save you time if you're looking to manage your entire organization from a higher level, and have a portal with grouped information.

To find out more about Folgo you can visit our uses cases presentation