Google App Engine vs VMware Tanzu Platform comparison

"The WhatApp feature is the most valuable."

"The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it."

"Google App Engine's most valuable feature is self-management. You do not have to manage the infrastructure underneath where all the functions are happening, such as load balancing deployment and version management, they are managed by the system itself."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"The solution is integrated very well with a lot of other systems. Also, its GUI is very good."

"Tanzu Mission Control has quite a set of rich features when compared to OpenShift."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability to check the flow of all the different variants within our applications."

"The valuable feature I have found to be the management of Kubernetes clusters in a private cloud or public clouds, such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform."

"Defining security metrics has proven beneficial for customers in maintaining a safe environment."

"The most important feature of Tanzu Mission Control is its integration with the other products, especially with ESX and vSAN. This is a strong part of Tanzu Mission Control. In other solutions, such as OpenShift or Kubernetes, you can find similar features, but they don't have similar integration. With Tanzu Mission Control, you get a total solution with only one provider. You have the integration with the infrastructure, virtualization of networking, and virtualization of storage. You have a natural integration, and you don't have the problem of integrating it with different products or providers. Sometimes, different companies have good integration, but it is not always guaranteed. For example, many years ago, Cisco and VMware were good partners in networking, but when VMware started to sell ESX, the relationship was broken. This is the problem that you can face when you are using solutions from two different companies."

"Tanzu is easy to upgrade and scale, whether we're talking about horizontal or vertical scaling. It is as smooth as possible without any downtime. The platform maintenance, upgrading, and operations part is very smooth."

"It definitely gives the end customer a good overview and perspective of running applications in terms of overall workload footprint. TMC provides a very detailed description of your cloud-native application in the form of graphical visualization."

"The only concern is that there is a number of the offerings which are built on their own proprietary technologies. With some of the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers."

"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."

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

"Difficult to assess how pricing is managed."

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

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

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

"Cost is always a concern. Smaller companies might find the price a bigger issue."

"Having a unified dashboard to manage all infrastructure, whether it involves additional IT infrastructure or modern apps, would be highly advantageous"

"LYNX is a managed cluster solution that takes care of specific details within a cluster, such as sequences or services. I haven't seen this feature in Tanzu Mission Control."

"This product doesn't have a GUI. In order to use it properly, I need to connect it to a new GUI or build a GUI to manage it — it's pretty difficult."

"Another area of improvement is pricing."

"The infrastructure is quite challenging."

"It is not easy to build a solution with containers. It has a graphical user interface, but you need to have a lot of knowledge of Linux and how to work in the command mode. Its support can also be improved. Currently, its biggest disadvantage is that it is a new product, and the clients prefer to go for a solution that has been in the market for a long time. There are not that many people who know this product."

"I would like to see additional support for things outside of Cloud Foundry."

"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."

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

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

"One of our Spanish customers told us that VMware Tanzu Service Mesh is a very expensive product for their data center."

"The solution is only for large or medium size enterprises because it is expensive."

"It is not the most expensive option, and I believe the capabilities align well with the value it provides."

"Its pricing is very competitive. We get around 70% or 75%, sometimes even 80%, discount on the product. I would rate it a four out of five in terms of pricing."

"The license for VMware Tanzu Application Service is expensive. The license should be cheaper."

"I would recommend that businesses look into the full price for their requirements. The price is high, but there are some open-source add-ons that can be used for customization while keeping costs down, although these might not be suitable for everyone."

"The solution is bundled in with Cloud Foundry so the pricing is not independent."

"There are different licenses available. You have to upgrade your license if you want to scale the solution more."