We performed a comparison between Amazon AWS and Google Compute Engine based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."AWS's containerization is the most useful feature for us."
"Using AWS is really helpful for saving costs."
"I like that the products are specific and objective. We can resolve a problem using a simple configuration. It's so easy to implement a solution and solve a problem using AWS solutions. AWS has a lot of specific solutions for different use cases. I think that this is the most important thing that made us consider using AWS."
"It's a very flexible and customizable service"
"It's a flexible solution."
"As a service vendor, we have helped clients to achieve faster "go to market" on their products, and have provided highly flexible cost-effective system management solutions."
"This solution is used as the basic requirement for any virtual machines use cases, the storage is used for each use case."
"One of the features offered is scalability on demand."
"Google is managing all hardware. You don't need to provision or pre-provision your computer engine."
"The most valuable feature is auto-scaling."
"One of GCE's best features is the managed instance groups."
"From a feature perspective, I find API integration, automation capabilities, and features like preemptive and Spot instances valuable. Migration tools have also been useful."
"Everything is simple and useful. The initial setup is not challenging."
"The solution is readily available, and software engineers can provision it. It is scalable and allows self-service."
"The solution helps to direct SSH into the machine at the click of a button. It also helps to deploy container images right from the UI. There is no need to manage the containers on the machine. I also like the tool’s Spot provision model."
"The initial setup is reasonably straightforward. It's a handful of networks and a handful of computers."
"There have been some issues in the past when it comes to file integrations in AWS's cloud products. However, there are now alternative solutions out there that are helping to integrate them all."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of hybrid Kubernetes management."
"At times we find ourselves a little trapped, with the lack of customization, for what we need."
"The price could be better."
"The pricing is reasonable but there is always room to be better."
"AWS is very expensive."
"The pricing could be more competitive."
"It has the technical support features, but they need to be improved. It has lots of users, but they need to be managed accordingly."
"The licensing process is not a very straightforward process."
"Google Compute Engine needs to have multi-region support. It would also be nice to have a tracking mechanism."
"It has some limitations. For example, you don't get through layer two connectivity. So I've had some difficulty deploying custom VMs. For example, you can't deploy a KVM file to file directly on GCP."
"It is not very user-friendly for non-experienced users"
"There have been instances when a customer has tried to deploy a certain number of VMs inside a project, and they come across quota issues."
"It would be better if there was an option to change the background. Like in Gmail, there's an option to change your theme."
"Google Compute Engine does not have many options at a lower tier level. If they had more options it will be better. For example, Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure, have more options and different types of instances, of VMs we can select."
"I rate the product's stability around five to six out of ten."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 250 reviews while Google Compute Engine is ranked 11th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 13 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while Google Compute Engine is rated 8.8. 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 Compute Engine writes "A cost-effective and quite an elastic solution ". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, SAP Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), whereas Google Compute Engine is most compared with Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, IBM Public Cloud and SAP Cloud Platform. See our Amazon AWS vs. Google Compute Engine report.
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