Google Cloud Pub/Sub is a managed messaging service for moving events between independent applications and services. It helps teams decouple publishers from subscribers so they can build asynchronous workflows and process events independently.

What company sizes and industries is Google Cloud Pub/Sub the best fit for?

Google Cloud Pub/Sub is used across small businesses, mid-market organizations, and enterprises, with small-business and enterprise users especially visible. Common uses include connecting services, building event-driven applications, and moving data through pipelines.

Small businesses: Use it for lightweight messaging, event triggers, and connecting applications.
Mid-market organizations: Use it to link services and support data pipelines as workloads grow.
Enterprises: Use it for messaging across microservices, streaming data, and large-scale event-driven systems.

What customer support options does Google Cloud Pub/Sub provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

The support experience comes across as adequate but not consistently a standout; evaluations lean toward the middle, with some stronger and weaker experiences. The emphasis in practical use is more on Pub/Sub’s managed messaging and reliability than on support as a clear differentiator.

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Verified User in Medical Practice

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/26/2019

"Expected"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

The client speaks highly of the efficiency and scalability offered by Google Cloud Platform. According to MediaAgility, the suite of tools offered in GCP allow for a well-connected application that scales seamlessly. The client highly recommends Google Cloud Platform for customers in need to develop web apps. The client speaks very highly of the entire platform and its functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

Can be difficult to use once started with the program. It’s very concise and concrete. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

We selected Google Cloud Platform because of the simplicity of the engine. It makes it easy for our employees to use and manage, all while having a very powerful tool to share files. Other companies may have better engines to conduct business with, but the Google Cloud platform boasts high power and efficiency for an incredibly low price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

At technologies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Curtis M.

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/9/2018

"When you need one or more services/applications talking to each other, GCP Pub/Sub is the way to go."

5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

The speed and control that you have with Google Cloud Pub/Sub is by far the best. You can leverage task queues and other various Google tools that make the experience seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

The error logging and rate limits can be a little annoying at first. Logging can be fixed by customizing what you log, by default it isn't great. As for rate limit, you get what you pay for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

When in doubt subscribe it out. This tool is great for sending messages between services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have multiple services that need to be able to send messages to and from each other. Using Google Cloud Pub/Sub has made that easier for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ian S.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/16/2018

"Google Cloud Pub/Sub Just Works"

5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

The 2 best things about Google Cloud Pub/Sub are the ease of configuration and the infinite scale/performance. Having a true saas solution for a pub/sub messaging queue is invaluable. Not having to worry about scale, setup, upgrades, hardware management makes using pub/sub a no brainer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

With all the glowing ease of use and getting up and running quickly the reality of maintaining and managing all your topics and subscriptions can become daunting, and the out of the box UI provided is somewhat limiting. If Google spends some time really thinking through the needs of an organization with 1000's of topics/subscriptions and puts some energy into the UI from a management standpoint it would be much appreciated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

Getting started and doing a simple prototype takes less than a day, so give it try and see if it meets your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using pub/sub to handle messaging for all events relating to inventory management and order fulfillment in an eCommerce environment. The ability for the developers to spin up new subscriptions and topics anytime they desire without having to be concerned about scale or going through a more burdensome configuration exercise has improved our options for application design and speed of delivery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2019

"Excellent messaging platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

It is a very flexible application which makes it easy for me to send any message across any devices. Brilliant product. Integration with the existing application is also very easy and does not require high proficiency. Sometimes the dashboard me look overwhelming but still looks more user-friendly than the other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

The most irritating this about this product is sometimes it overcharges us. It keeps on retrying sending the message and charges are also a bit high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

Worth a try Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

Application of the product is very wide. Starting from companies with metrics in payments like Square to companies in the field of e-commerce can leverage its advantages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Samridhi P.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2019

"Secure and reliable"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

Cost-effective

Secure and reliable

Integrated

Real-time

Supports long-running workloads Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

There is not really anything I dislike about this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

Try Google Cloud Pub/Sub if you are looking to decouple systems and components hosted on the internet including Google Cloud Platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

Google Cloud Pub/Sub software has definitely allowed flexibility to publish from anywhere in the world and consume from anywhere with consistent latency. It can integrate into multiple services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nikhil T.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2019

"Cloud Pub/Sub Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

Cloud Pub/Sub is messaging service that allowed us to send and receive messages between independent applications with our organisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

They need to work on the UI interface as sometimes we find it difficult to understand all the features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

Cloud Pub/Sub is a fully-managed real-time messaging service that is going in the right direction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloud Pub/Sub has helped us integrate different applications through messaging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2019

"Ingest, Process & Analyze"

5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

One of the things that I like best about Google Cloud Pup/sub is the fact that you do not have to replicate because it is global by default, this saves both time and space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

Googles entire platform is huge and it is so easy to mix things up and where to go to access certain things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/26/2019

"Cloud"

5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

The best part about the cloud is the accessibility. They have made it so easy to use that one can depend on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

I don't as such dislike anything specific but I believe that it can be improved as it takes quite some time to load. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

Easy to use. Must shift to this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

We share lectures, Files and even resume over the cloud. So it helps us to share the documents at once and not just sending individual emails to all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2019

"love it"

5/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

i love the easy way that it works and how I can without any experience use easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

i am very happy with it. its easy to use and meets all my needs no complains Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

this is by far a no brainer if you dont go for it you will be wasting your time with others Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Pub/Sub solving and how is that benefiting you?

saving all my information and accessing them where ever i may be. the best for our business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Preetham M.

Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/25/2018

"Works as expected. Easy to scale."

4/5

What do you like best about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

The setup is almost nothing. You don't have to worry about provisioning machines and its utilization. Everything is taken care of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Pub/Sub?

UI is very minimal doesn't help in debugging. The Python client library is an ever-changing mess with bad documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.