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We performed a comparison between Amazon AWS and Google App Engine 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon AWS vs. Google App Engine Report (Updated: November 2023).
746,635 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"AWS is constantly growing in features with every new version. It's a good cloud provider with excellent availability. The integration is good, and their security products are interesting. Amazon is always innovating and delivering new products to customers.""Scalability is one of the biggest benefits we have.""AWS's containerization is the most useful feature for us.""Cloud Management has been a valuable feature.""We write a lot of Lambda functions for various services, as well as serverless functions.""AWS has a lot of flexibility, which is great.""The tool is a hosting platform that we can leverage to open servers. We can use it to build databases. We use cost management and high-performance capabilities of the tool.""It is easy to spin up resources."

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"Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine.""The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate 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.""It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful."

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Cons
"I'd like the solution to be more plug-and-play.""There is a feature called Kinesis, which has to do with image processing. There are a few artificial intelligence tools that Amazon AWS should improve on.""Amazon AWS could be improved with cheaper licensing costs.""Instead of using some third-party solutions, Amazon should include them as part of its offering.""The customization could improve. However, it depends on the customization needed.""IAM must be made simple and straightforward.""Amazon AWS should integrate AI capabilities.""There's a huge cost for support."

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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.""Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine.""The documentation and community are lacking for this product.""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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Technical support is expensive."
  • "This solution offers good pricing."
  • "The licensing cost varies with the project involved."
  • "Reasonably priced and comparable to similar services."
  • "From a cost perspective, Amazon AWS is excellent. You need to pay for a license to use AWS, and the license could be cheaper, but in each of the cases and instances I've used AWS, there has been a good chance to save money."
  • "The solution is on a subscription-based model, and it is pay-as-you-go. The price could be cheaper."
  • "It is comparable if you add in the price structure to an on-prem solution."
  • "Pricing is an area that can be improved because it is very complicated. It considers the number of processes, bandwidth, and different kinds of usage. This makes it difficult to predict."
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  • "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."
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    Top Answer:The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it.
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine. Sometimes we must tune it ourselves or ask Google’s team to improve it. It is the most important thing. Our clients always complain about it.
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    2nd
    out of 33 in PaaS Clouds
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    Average Words per Review
    428
    Rating
    8.1
    13th
    out of 33 in PaaS Clouds
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    Comparisons
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    Reviews
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    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
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    Also Known As
    Amazon Web Services, AWS
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    Overview

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is an adopted cloud platform that offers more than 200 fully featured services from data centers located across the globe. This is a scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that is utilized by thousands of businesses of different sizes around the world. The product offers a wide variety of solutions for its customers, which allows them to launch applications regardless of their industry.

    The most common use cases for AWS are:

    • Application hosting: Clients can take advantage of on-demand infrastructure to power their applications. The product supports multiple types of apps, varying from hosted internal applications to software as a service (SaaS) offerings.

    • Websites: With AWS, clients can satisfy their web hosting needs through a scalable platform for their websites.

    • Backup and storage: AWS offers reliable data storage services, which allow clients to store their data and build dependable backups for all of their valuable information.

    • Enterprise IT: The product allows companies to host internal- or external-facing IT applications in a highly secure environment.

    • Content delivery: Users who want to distribute content to end users worldwide can do so quickly and easily through the high data transfer speeds of this solution.

    • Databases: AWS offers a variety of database solutions, which include hosted enterprise database software as well as non-relational database solutions.

    Amazon AWS supports a global cloud infrastructure with AWS Region and Availability Zone models, which contribute to the high availability of enterprise applications running on the solution. Amazon AWS has an extensive array of products that serve different purposes, including:

    • Analytics
    • Application integration
    • Blockchain
    • Business applications
    • Cloud financial management
    • Compute
    • Contact center
    • Containers
    • Database
    • Developer tools
    • End-user computing
    • Front-end web and mobile
    • Games
    • Internet of Things (IoT)
    • Machine learning
    • Management and governance
    • Quantum technologies
    • Robotics
    • Satellite
    • Security, identity and compliance, and others

    The products and services that Amazon AWS delivers to these sectors provide a large computing capacity which is quicker and cheaper compared to building a physical server farm. Among the most popular services are Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, also known as "EC2," and Amazon Simple Storage Service, also known as "S3."

    Amazon AWS Features

    The wide array of products that Amazon AWS offers consist of different functions that utilize cloud computing across different sectors. The features of this solution can be categorized in the following ways:

    • Data and relationship management: With Amazon AWS, companies can manage multiple hierarchies of directory data, they can define attributes for objects and relationships, set custom inheritance rules for directories, and create multiple schemas.

    • Schema management: This group of features allows users to extend their directory schema according to their needs. They can extend it through multiple applications that share a single directory while avoiding duplication of data.

    • Fully managed infrastructure: This feature decreases time and costs for administrative tasks for companies regarding scaling infrastructure and managing servers.

    • Searching feature: The Cloud Directory feature of AWS offers built-in search capabilities which can cover sets of highly connected data and eliminate the need of creating nested queries.

    • Built-in data encryption: Users can benefit from high levels of protection of their data with AWS's products. The data in the cloud is automatically encrypted at rest and in transit through 256-bit encryption keys, managed by AWS Key Management Service (KMS).

    • Object policies: This feature allows Amazon AWS users to organize objects in different hierarchies by providing a framework for applications to evaluate policy assignments.

    Amazon AWS Benefits

    This product delivers various benefits across all industries that utilize its services. The greatest advantages of using Amazon AWS include:

    • High product functionality is supported by machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, data lakes, and analytics.

    • The solution has a high level of security, which is backed by a deep set ofmore than 100 cloud security tools.

    • Amazon AWS has an easy-to-use interface that makes it possible for clients to host applications.

    • The product is very flexible in terms of which operating system, programming language, web app platform, and database clients can use.

    • AWS is a scalable and highly secure global computing infrastructure, supported by the reliability of Amazon.com.

    • Clients can utilize the Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing tools to personally scale up or down applications, depending on their demand.

    • Users can choose from an array of payment options, including paying for only the services they need, as well as a free trial to select the ones most useful for them.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Greg G., a chief executive officer at a tech services company, ranks Amazon AWS highly, as he states that the solution is flexible, scales well, and offers good stability.

    A technology manager technology at a computer software company values Amazon AWS because it is extremely cost-efficient, easy to upgrade and expand storage with greatly improved interfaces.

    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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    Sample Customers
    Pinterest, General Electric, Pfizer, Netflix, and Nasdaq.
    Khan Academy, Best Buy, Gigya, MetOffice, Getaround, Mimiboard, NewsLimited, WebFilings, and CloudLock.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company32%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Educational Organization6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization21%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Media Company29%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Non Profit14%
    Educational Organization14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization15%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Media Company9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise56%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business64%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise61%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon AWS vs. Google App Engine
    November 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon AWS vs. Google App Engine and other solutions. Updated: November 2023.
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    Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in PaaS Clouds with 57 reviews while Google App Engine is ranked 13th in PaaS Clouds with 4 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.2, while Google App Engine is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS writes "Reliable with good security but is difficult to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google App Engine writes "An easy-to-deploy and easy-to-manage serverless platform that offers a good ROI if used well". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, OpenShift, SAP Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure and Equinix Metal, whereas Google App Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Heroku, Google Compute Engine, Oracle Cloud Platform and Amazon Lightsail. See our Amazon AWS vs. Google App Engine report.

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