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."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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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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