We performed a comparison between Google App Engine and Google Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The WhatApp feature is the most valuable."
"The initial setup is okay. It's not too complex. Deployment took about one day."
"The product's setup and deployment phases are easy."
"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."
"The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it."
"It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful."
"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."
"The availability has been increased."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its flexibility."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The performance is a valuable feature."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution can scale."
"The most useful feature of Google Cloud is that it's basically completely managed or fully managed. There is no administration or maintenance needed from the user, and it's very simple to use."
"The automatic sync between my mobile device data and photos to the cloud is the most valuable feature."
"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 documentation and community are lacking for this product."
"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."
"The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe."
"Data consumption of the device could be improved."
"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."
"Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine."
"Difficult to assess how pricing is managed."
"The product should be more cost-effective."
"Security features could be improved."
"Google Cloud could improve the integration with other solutions."
"The product could be improved by expanding the initial storage space available."
"Technical support needs help."
"Microsoft's solution is more common, Google Cloud could improve by being more compatible with different platforms or entities."
"Monitoring and usage reporting could be improved."
"An area of improvement would be in the of managing accounts in terms of what we are using for memory, availability, and monitoring."
Google App Engine is ranked 11th in PaaS Clouds with 23 reviews while Google Cloud is ranked 5th in PaaS Clouds with 66 reviews. Google App Engine is rated 8.2, while Google Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Google App Engine writes "Simplifies app development process for businesses". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". Google App Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Heroku, IBM Cloud Private and IBM Public Cloud, whereas Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Linode, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and OpenShift. See our Google App Engine vs. Google Cloud report.
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