When comparing Google Drawings vs Figma, the Slant community recommends Figma for most people. In the question“What are the best vector graphics editors?” Figma is ranked 6th while Google Drawings is ranked 20th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy to use
It lacks all of the complex features of the larger editors, but makes all of the tools it does have easy to access and understand.
Pro Support for collaboration
Because it's integrated with Google Drive, Draw docs can easily be shared and worked on by multiple people.
Pro Free to use
Like the rest of the Google Drive suite, Draw is available to anyone with a Google account.
Pro Cloud storage
Google Draw saves to Google Drive so you can access it from anywhere at any time.
Pro Works in the browser
Pro Allows for real time collaboration
Pro Live previews for mobile
Mirrors your designs to your phone in realtime.
Pro Has all the core functionality you'd expect from something like Sketch
Pro Integrates with Slack
Provides integration with Slack.
Pro Provides a free version
Does not require a paid subscription for use. Can be used freely with a lot of features. The free use allows very limited collaboration.
Cons
Con Married to Google
Using Google Draw necessarily means committing information to their servers.