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Engine Yard Cloud vs Google App Engine comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Engine Yard Cloud
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
23rd
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Google App Engine
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Engine Yard Cloud is 0.9%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google App Engine is 2.4%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Google App Engine2.4%
Engine Yard Cloud0.9%
Other96.7%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

it_user8382 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Engineering at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Engineyard or Heroku?
Web-based software is becoming more and more service-oriented. You probably know about software as a service (SaaS – e.g. Salesforce) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS – e.g. Amazon) but probaby not platform as a service (PaaS). Companies like Engineyard and Heroku make it easier to launch and…
RK
Senior Engineer at Brillio
Have managed resources seamlessly thanks to robust platform capabilities
The areas of Google App Engine that I would to improve or enhance include its allowance for complete end-to-end deployment and scalability; however, it is manageable only for a few languages. For instance, it doesn't support languages C and C++, only basic support for Node.js, Java, and Ruby. It's not a comprehensive solution for all scenarios. Moreover, the security feature is based on IAM roles, but it should ideally be based on Active Directory (AD) roles. For IAM-based roles, we need to add the proper users and provide all security permissions manually. In an AD-based model, we would simply add users to a specific group, and all permissions would be inherited.
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Comparison Review

it_user8586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
10%
University
10%
Educational Organization
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise13
 

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What do you like most about Google App Engine?
The product's setup and deployment phases are easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google App Engine?
I believe it is reasonably priced. I've never heard anyone express that the licenses are too expensive.
What needs improvement with Google App Engine?
The error logging system in Google App Engine could be enhanced. While there are troubleshooting documents with Google-defined error logs, identifying the exact root cause can be challenging. Often...
 

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