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Google App Engine vs Google Compute Engine comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
Google App Engine users find support sufficient, with helpful documentation and varied experiences with third-party and regional support.
Sentiment score
6.6
Google Compute Engine support is responsive, with room for effectiveness improvement, offering multiple specialized assistance tiers.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Google App Engine is seen as scalable, reliable, efficient, and capable, accommodating variable storage and customer needs effectively.
No sentiment score available
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Google App Engine is praised for its stability and reliability, consistently supporting businesses with minimal disruptions.
Sentiment score
8.3
Google Compute Engine is highly stable, offering near-perfect uptime with users praising its reliability and swift issue resolution.
 

Room For Improvement

Google Compute Engine needs interface enhancements, multi-region support, more hardware options, simplified security, and improved auto-scaling features.
 

Setup Cost

Google App Engine offers competitive initial pricing, but costs can escalate, affecting user satisfaction and ratings.
Google Compute Engine offers flexible, usage-based pricing with scalability, though region-dependent and not always the cheapest compared to others.
 

Valuable Features

Google Compute Engine offers cost-effective, scalable virtual machines with integration, automation, and strong networking for large-scale applications.
 

Categories and Ranking

Google App Engine
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (14th)
Google Compute Engine
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Google App Engine is designed for PaaS Clouds and holds a mindshare of 3.0%, down 3.6% compared to last year.
Google Compute Engine, on the other hand, focuses on Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS), holds 0.5% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
PaaS Clouds
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

OmkarPatil - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Ivy W. - PeerSpot reviewer
A cost-effective and quite an elastic solution
I would say that Google Compute Engine is easy to use for skilled people and people with a tech background. For regular users who do not have experience with the cloud platform, it is not very user-friendly. If you wish to use Compute Engine, you must know a lot of technical terms such as availability, instance, and scalability. You also need to choose the proper instance for you. In my experience, there is a standard option, an advanced option, and a customized option for Google Compute Engine. You can choose the Compute Engine with high speed or with memory speed. All of this is too much for a person who is not tech-savvy. I am not sure whether they designed it like that on purpose or if they plan on improving it. I cannot think of any features that need to be upgraded.
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
22%
University
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google App Engine?
The product's setup and deployment phases are easy.
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.
What needs improvement with Google App Engine?
The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required.
What do you like most about Google Compute Engine?
Everything is simple and useful. The initial setup is not challenging.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Compute Engine?
Google resources are cheaper compared to AWS and Microsoft Azure. Among the three, Google is the cheapest option.
What needs improvement with Google Compute Engine?
Google has a lack of focus on their products. They have many products in various areas of the market, but they do not productize or appeal to the market effectively. They should concentrate on prod...
 

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