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."Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine."
"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 product's setup and deployment phases are easy."
"The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that there is good documentation explaining the implementation part of it."
"The WhatApp feature is the most valuable."
"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."
"It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful."
"Google Meet is simple to use regarding configuration and recording sessions."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"It's robust, and it has a wide reach in terms of office applications including storage."
"For us, the solution is very easy to use. We have the right skillsets for it."
"The solution can scale."
"The customer service team for this solution is very knowledgeable."
"Google Cloud is easy to use and accessible anywhere."
"My customers appreciate all the features that Google Cloud has to offer. They are looking for solutions for computing engines, storage, web hosting, and various other needs. The most useful feature depends on their specific requirements and how they plan to utilize Google Cloud. Each customer has their own unique set of needs and the Google Cloud provides a range of options to meet those needs."
"The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe."
"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."
"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."
"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 documentation and community are lacking for this product."
"Difficult to assess how pricing is managed."
"Data consumption of the device could be improved."
"Monitoring and usage reporting could be improved."
"The price could improve. Every customer would agree, that they would like the price to be reduced."
"They need to improve the costing for predictive analytics, which is mainly related to the tools that come with AI. They also need to improve the BigQuery cost optimization and the visualization."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"Sometimes the Google documents are difficult to learn from. Amazon has better support material."
"The price of the solution could be more transparent."
"The Notes application could be better."
"The analytics that they have are very focused. It serves Google and not really the client."
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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