Amazon EC2 vs Google App Engine comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #5 in CS , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 6.5% mindshare in the category. Google is ranked #14 in PSP , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 3.0% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Google users who would recommend it.

Amazon EC2

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98% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EC2

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Compute Service (5th)

Google App Engine

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

PaaS Clouds (14th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon EC2 is designed for Compute Service and holds a mindshare of 6.5%, down 6.6% compared to last year.
Google App Engine, on the other hand, focuses on PaaS Clouds, holds 3.0% mindshare, down 3.6% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Julius Mboya

Chief technical officer at Solvezy Technology Kenya Limited

Ensures we can provision resources on demand, and we can grow and shrink them as per the traffic

We faced a challenge in regard to billing. There was a time when we were working on changing the mode of payment from card to wire. It took a lot of time because our state is set up in Kenya, so we needed to pay in Kenya currency. We have to go around in circles. There was a lot of documentation required, but we managed to go through successfully.

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OmkarPatil

Chief Executive Officer at Nyx CodeCraft

Simplifies app development process for businesses

The product simplifies app development processes since once the local development is completed, my company has a common configuration in place where we can specify the requirements to run an application, after which we need to do a one-click GCP deployment for the entire application. In general, the two offer managed deployment options, so we don't have to worry about deployment. In my company, we just configure the servers and check if anything needs to be containerized, after which GCP handles everything for us. A project where Google App Engine scalability was essential was when, recently, my company was involved with Golang to build a web application, after which deploying that application on Google App Engine was really easy. In my company, we also had a Django application in Python, and it was easy to deploy. As my company deals with small-scale projects, the automated scaling feature of Google App Engine is not something we thought about. I wouldn't recommend the product to others unless the potential end users use GCP and have a word with their vendors about their plans. One specific recommendation from me would be that the product's potential uses should stick with a particular vendor. If someone wants a product that is easy to deploy and scalable, then multiple options are available in the market. The product integrates very well with other Google solutions. I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features of Amazon EC2 are content delivery and adaptability."

"The tool's performance, reliability, security and flexibility are good. We can use it remotely. The autoscaling functionality of EC2 is quite good. I appreciate the DevOps suite for tracking development tasks. This functionality is important for pure software development."

"The product is easy to set up."

"The product is very mature and organized."

"The most valuable features are the scalability options, low maintenance, and options to upgrade. AWS support is also pretty good. The generation upgrade is pretty simple and standardized."

"The serverless architecture solutions are most valuable, and the ability to start with little cost, and then expand as needed."

"We find it easy to scale."

"I use it for NextCloud and for developer purposes."

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"The initial setup is okay. It's not too complex. Deployment took about one day."

"The product's setup and deployment phases are easy."

"Its ability to integrate with most devices helps users who have different or old devices."

"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that there is good documentation explaining the implementation part of it."

"Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine."

"It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful."

"Seurity features - unauthorized individuals are unable to access certain applications."

"I've found that all of the features are valuable, especially the shared drive and the ability for multiple people to use their documents at the same time."

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Cons

"This solution could be improved with better pricing. If you continue using this solution over a long period of time, your costs may accumulate."

"The product needs to improve its cost management."

"Amazon EC2 could improve the stability."

"Its price can be reduced."

"I would like to see improvement in the information available up-front for users around tailoring the package to their actual requirements. At present it can take time to work with the on demand instance until you are used to what features are right for the user."

"I would like to see as much automation for data validation as possible in the future."

"It is a little too expensive."

"The availability and response time of the free technical support can be improved."

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"I would like a simpler deployment tool on laptops. It is a bit complicated at the moment. We know how to do it, but it could be easier to deploy it on laptops."

"Difficult to assess how pricing is managed."

"The documentation and community are lacking for this product."

"The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe."

"There needs to be more directions in terms of how to use the solution."

"Data consumption of the device could be improved."

"I think there's still a lot that can be done with Google Meet and the video conferencing part of it. It could be more dynamic in terms of what can be done with it."

"Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is not cheap."

"It has helped to reduce costs with infrastructure."

"The price is reasonable, but there is definitely an opportunity to lower it in instances which are of a higher configuration, because they have been typically used for the long term."

"The price of Amazon EC2 could improve. The Google Cloud Platform is more cost-effective."

"The price can be improved."

"It's competitive but can vary based on instance types and usage patterns."

"Amazon EC2 has a pay-as-you-use cost model."

"We are using a pay-as-you-go model."

More Amazon EC2 pricing and cost advice

"We pay the license yearly. It's about $6 a month, which is $72 a year per person, so it's about $500."

"I would like to have more free application with it. Some of the applications, I am paying more for them. I think that they must be free."

"If we don't know how to work with the tool, we might have some spikes in price."

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Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

16%

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Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

15%

Computer Software Company

15%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EC2?

The scalability and elasticity are helpful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EC2?

We are paying about $1,500 a month for one of the services. I'd rate the pricing as six out of ten for being expensive.

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What needs improvement with Amazon EC2?

The pricing model could be improved. We found Amazon EC2 to be pricey.

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What do you like most about Google App Engine?

The product's setup and deployment phases are easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google App Engine?

If we don't know how to work with the tool, we might have some spikes in price. It will increase a lot of our bill. I rate the pricing a six out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Google App Engine?

The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required.

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Overview

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers.

Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use. Amazon EC2 provides developers the tools to build failure resilient applications and isolate them from common failure scenarios.

Google App Engine is a Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) provider that equips web application developers with all the resources and tools that they need to develop, test, and run their applications on Google's infrastructure. Everything is built into the kit, so with one download of the SDK, you'll be well on your way to first-rate apps.

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