Ubiquitous storage
Everyone has a Google account. Onboarding to a Drive folder is friction-free for anyone in the world.
// COMPARISON · GOOGLE DRIVE
IncidentClips vs Google Drive for incident video.
Drive is a fine file host. It wasn't built for monitoring companies — and that's where the workflow breaks. IncidentClips is the clip + package layer your operators (and your customers) actually need.
AT A GLANCEIC · GDRIVE
Customer portal for requests
✓✗
Per-request audit log
✓✗
Branded share link
✓✗
Built for monitoring companies
✓✗
> VERDICTDIFFERENT TOOLS, DIFFERENT JOBS
// 01 · WHY YOU'RE HERE
If Google Drive is working, keep using it.
Drive is a fine file host. It is not an incident workflow.
You came here because the part that breaks isn't the upload. It's everything after: a place customers can request a clip, a branded link you can hand to an adjuster, an audit trail of who opened what, and per-incident metadata that ties a file back to a site and a camera.
Drive solves storage. We solve the workflow on top.
Most monitoring companies keep an archive in Drive and run their customer-facing incident layer in IncidentClips. You don't have to choose. You just stop using Drive for the part it was never designed to do.
// 02 · FEATURE BY FEATURE
Where the two stop matching up.
CAPABILITYINCIDENTCLIPSGDRIVE
Customer portal for clip requests
✓
✗
Per-request audit log
✓
✗
Watermarked clips
✓
✗
Branded share link (your name)
✓
Drive branded
AI incident summary
✓
✗
Passcode-gated delivery
✓
Email-gated only
Per-incident metadata (site, camera, time)
✓
Folder names
Built for monitoring companies
✓
✗
> SOURCE · PUBLIC DOCS · 2026
// 03 · CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE
What Google Drive is actually good at.
Workspace integration
Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Meet. If your back-office runs on Workspace, Drive is the path of least resistance for internal files.
Generous free tier
15GB free, $1.99/mo for 100GB. For raw byte storage, it's hard to beat on price.
// 04 · WHERE IT BREAKS
What it costs you to keep using Google Drive for incident video.
YOUR CUSTOMER CAN'T REQUEST A CLIP.
A folder isn't a request form. Customers email or call your dispatch — the work falls back on your operators every time.
> FAILURE MODE · NO CUSTOMER PORTALOPERATORS COPY/PASTE LINKS INSTEAD OF BUILDING PACKAGES.
One incident = a folder of raw clips, no narrative, no metadata, no branding. Recipients have to make sense of it themselves.
> FAILURE MODE · NO PACKAGE LAYERYOU CAN'T PROVE WHAT YOU SENT.
Drive activity log shows file opens by Google account — useless when the recipient is an insurance adjuster with a personal Gmail.
> FAILURE MODE · NO CHAIN OF CUSTODYYOUR BRAND DISAPPEARS AT THE SHARE LINK.
The recipient sees a Google Drive page. Your company is invisible at the most important moment of the workflow.
> FAILURE MODE · GOOGLE BRANDED, NOT YOURSDRIVE PERMISSIONS FIGHT YOU.
Workspace domain restrictions and consumer/business Drive boundaries quietly block recipients. You find out when the adjuster calls.
> FAILURE MODE · PERMISSION FRICTION// 05 · THE WORKFLOW
What replaces the Google Drive link.
FIG. 02 · WORKFLOW01
CUSTOMER SUBMITS
Customer submits the incident request from their own branded portal. Date, time, site, what happened — no phone tag.
STATION 0102
YOU PACKAGE
Trim clips, pull stills, AI summary, operator notes. One incident, one package — built in minutes.
STATION 0203
PASSCODE-GATED SHARE
One link with a passcode goes to adjusters, police, legal. Every open logged. Your brand on every screen.
STATION 03// 06 · MIGRATING
You don't have to rip out Google Drive.
IncidentClips sits alongside your existing storage. Keep your archive in Drive. Send incidents through IC. Retire the Drive workflow at your own pace — or keep both indefinitely. Your operators, customers, and recipients get a real workflow; you don't have to migrate a single file.
> NO LOCK-IN ·KEEP YOUR EXISTING STACK// 07 · QUESTIONS
Common questions about replacing Google Drive.
“Does IC integrate with Drive?”
A.
We support exports to Drive for archive. Your packages live in IC, and your raw clips can mirror to your existing Drive folder structure if you want a second copy.
“Can we keep our archive in Drive?”
A.
Yes. Most customers keep months of raw footage in Drive for cold storage, and use IC for the live incident workflow. Nothing has to move.
“What about our existing Drive folder permissions?”
A.
Stay untouched. IC has its own per-customer access controls. Your Workspace admin policies don't need to change.
08 · Next Step
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