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CloudReady Reviews & Product Details

CloudReady is the highly secure, fast, and modern operating system that runs on almost any hardware. Launched in February 2015, CloudReady garnered immediate attention by giving budget-strapped schools a way to turn old, slow computers into fast, reliable devices that deliver the same experience as a Chromebook. Several years and more than 1.2 million installs later, CloudReady is the OS of choice for innovative organizations and IT teams eager to embrace the future of computing and eliminate the hassle and expense of legacy operating systems. Thousands of schools, businesses, and consumers in 142 countries around the world use CloudReady daily via our Education, Enterprise, and Home Editions. With CloudReady, you can transform your computers so they’re secure, easy to manage, and never slow down. CloudReady gives you all the power of the web without the weight or risk of traditional operating systems. Based on Google’s Chromium OS (the same foundation as Chromebooks and Chrome OS), CloudReady provides unparalleled speed, simplicity, and security without hardware limitations, whether your computers are brand new or 10 years old. That’s why companies, non-profits, schools, and government agencies around the world use CloudReady to streamline and secure their devices when accessing web apps and VDI.

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Neverware

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Drew Darnbrough (Director of Global Marketing at Neverware)

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CloudReady: Home Edition

Free

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CloudReady for Education: Site

student/year

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CloudReady Demo - The Chromebook experience you want (on any hardware)

CloudReady is certified on more than 400 models of PCs and Macs.

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Jamal C.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/18/2020

"CloudReady2"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

ITs not overly expensive and does not take much time to get started after the setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

that there is a slight learning curve to get going Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CloudReady:

make sure your net is stable and good before you start to use cloud ready both at setup and when using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CloudReady solving and how is that benefiting you?

To use Cloudready there must be good internet connectivity. Loss of the internet can result in loss of access thus casing you to be very mindful to how your connection is behaving this gave you an additional worry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/28/2020

"Cloud Ready best OS with supporting feature fo Academy and training."

5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

1. Supports on various OS

2. Best tool for Training for Mentors.

3. Tools to across all google platform

4. Best supporting tool for Training, Lecture

5. Best tool create videos and upload

6. It is a Multi-location and multi-device access: This is where it is enough to have an Internet connection to access my programs and files through any device and manage them remotely

7. It also allows my company to save on hardware, software and maintenance: By minimizing the need for the user to have powerful equipment and the programs responsible for managing and configuring them, the investment in their acquisition is reduced. In addition, the cloud provider is responsible for the technical maintenance and updates of their own servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

1. Suggest to work with other application

2. I highlight the availability of Internet: The availability of my data and applications depends on the existence of an active Internet connection, so if it stops working I can not access the data.

3. Another aspect to improve is security. Storing data remotely implies not exercising direct control over them with the risk that this entails, especially in the internal and confidential information of my company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CloudReady:

Product for mass storage of data oriented to companies that want to save efficiently and effectively all their documentation with an updated profile and can integrate it into the main systems in a very intuitive way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CloudReady solving and how is that benefiting you?

As mentor and trainer I am using this tool for training purpose

Among the multiple characteristics that this work tool has the facility to be able to execute all the information with which I work is quite good. The version is presented in a more or less constant way, completely updated, with the option of being able to integrate it with other work tools and the main operating systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/16/2020

"CloudReady, good product"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

Turning an older PC into a Chromebook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

Too easy to accidentally delete all PCs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CloudReady:

It's a good product. It doesn't work with every PC, but it does cover a lot of the most common models that are used in business/education. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CloudReady solving and how is that benefiting you?

We've been able to turn older PCs that would normally be discarded into Chromebooks, saving us money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pablo A.

Commercial Director

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/25/2019

"Everything you need in the cloud"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

Among the obvious advantages of the cloud that this computer product model distinguishes:

It is a Multi-location and multi-device access: This is where it is enough to have an Internet connection to access my programs and files through any device and manage them remotely

It also allows my company to save on hardware, software and maintenance: By minimizing the need for the user to have powerful equipment and the programs responsible for managing and configuring them, the investment in their acquisition is reduced. In addition, the cloud provider is responsible for the technical maintenance and updates of their own servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

Among the disadvantages I highlight the availability of Internet: The availability of my data and applications depends on the existence of an active Internet connection, so if it stops working I can not access the data.

Another aspect to improve is security. Storing data remotely implies not exercising direct control over them with the risk that this entails, especially in the internal and confidential information of my company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What problems is CloudReady solving and how is that benefiting you?

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/7/2020

"A very simple chrome alternative"

3.5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

Documentation is the best feature.Suitable for home use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

Security features can be improved upon and enhanced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/26/2018

"Some problems, overall very useful"

3.5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

It's great to have a normal PC that is able to turn into a Chromebook for an organization that runs entirely off a drive. It's really convenient to save a file and have it automatically be uploaded to my Google Drive (rather than have to take extra steps like with a normal PC/laptop). The CloudReady technology makes this possible without having to buy entirely new software. As a non-profit, this is very convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

I have had certain problems with the use of my CloudReady device. For example, the software on the laptop has made it difficult for me to connect to our organization's printer, while other devices, PCs, and laptops have no problem with it (leading me to assume that the CloudReady aspect is the problem). Further, because it's software on a normal PC, I had to manually go through and mark the new keyboard shortcuts - there are pictures on the keys of what the shortcuts used to do, but these no longer apply with the new CloudReady software. This isn't a huge problem, but it's a little annoying. Finally, the software runs a little slow over the network (far slower than the computer that I bring from home to complete work). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CloudReady solving and how is that benefiting you?

It pairs really nicely with an organization that runs off of Google Drive, so that's very convenient. In addition, it's nice when you don't have a lot of external software and are just using Google products (i.e. I edit photos using Google photos, make slideshows with Google Slides, excel sheets with Google Sheets, etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/10/2018

"Great to help coordinate office already on G-Suite products"

3.5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

Obviously, it gives PC's the advantage of operating like Chromebooks, which is awesome. Especially since our organization operates almost entirely off of Google products, it's really valuable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

There have been a few glitches with integrating the computer with the software that we use. For example, it is difficult to connect the new "cloudready" laptop to the printer in our office. Also, sometimes the laptop now runs VERY slowly, and needs to be restarted in order to function normally again. At first, it seemed like one of those things that happens to computers on occasion (where they just run slowly for one reason or another), but over time, it has become clear that it's an ongoing problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CloudReady:

It's a great software to use if you're a G-Suite organization! I definitely recommend! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CloudReady solving and how is that benefiting you?

As an organization with limited resources to spend on technology, Cloudready did help us modernize to Chromebooks. Again, it is so helpful to have them when our organization almost entirely operates off of Google products, so it's really valuable to have this technology as an option. It allows us to have products that work better with G-Suite without having to spend the funds to upgrade everyone to actual Chromebooks. Plus, it was easy enough to install to multiple devices and did no require too much effort to incorporate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/31/2019

"Work Great, When It Works"

5/5

What do you like best about CloudReady?

Being able to boot Chromium on a PC/Mac is great - it's lite, responsive, fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CloudReady?

Unfortunately, it's not as stable as it could be, and we've experienced problems with updates breaking features that are needed - this is on the stable version, or the beta or dev version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CloudReady:

It works well when it's working, but be ready to boot up and experience issues at any time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CloudReady solving and how is that benefiting you?

Used CloudReady on some old iMacs that were not able to be updated to the newest versions of OSX. When it was working correctly, CloudReady was a wonderful way to bring these machines up to nicely usable machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.