Out of the gate, you get 15GB of storage for free. Work in the cloud: All your documents are kept in Google Drive cloud storage. Prosįree: Like Google's other consumer services, the Google Docs collection of cloud-based productivity apps, which Google refers to as 'Docs Editors,' are free to use. The Google Docs suite - including Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides - is a free, easy-to-use, and surprisingly rich collection of productivity software tools.