Google App Engine vs Red Hat OpenShift comparison

Google and Red Hat are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Google is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4, while Red Hat is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3. Google holds a 2.1% mindshare in PSP, compared to Red Hat’s 10.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Google App Engine

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Google App Engine and Red Hat OpenShift compete in the cloud platform space. Red Hat OpenShift appears to have the upper hand due to its superior feature set and flexibility, despite Google App Engine's competitive pricing and supportive environment.

Features: Google App Engine is lauded for its auto-scaling, fully managed environment, and integration with Google's ecosystem. Red Hat OpenShift stands out for flexibility, broad language support, and extensive application lifecycle management.

Room for Improvement: Google App Engine could enhance its flexibility in using alternative services and improve the capabilities beyond Google's ecosystem. Red Hat OpenShift may improve ease of use, simplify its setup, and reduce complexity for beginners. Both could benefit from clearer documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google App Engine is recognized for quick deployment and dedicated support. It offers a more straightforward deployment process. Red Hat OpenShift provides efficient deployment with Kubernetes integration but requires more expertise to unlock its full potential.

Pricing and ROI: Google App Engine's pricing is cost-effective, especially for smaller applications, using a pay-as-you-go model giving a clear ROI. Red Hat OpenShift, while requiring higher initial investment, potentially provides strong returns for larger enterprises with extensive scalability and resource optimization.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

4.9

Google App Engine reduces costs and enhances value, but effectiveness varies, relying on user understanding and optimal resource use.

Sentiment score

7.4

Red Hat OpenShift boosts productivity and ROI, with improved scalability, resource utilization, and reduced costs compared to VMware.

Once we deployed this same application as part of Google App Engine, the cost drastically reduced to just $120 for the small instance we use for our development.

Sridharan Murugadass

Enterprise Cloud Architect at Johnson & Johnson Medtech

Operationally, it was efficient for us because we could easily spin up new versions to demonstrate new functionality without modifying the original environment.

Tabish Mahfuz

Senior Software Engineer at Cimpress

Google App Engine offers discounts for high resource utilization, similar to committed use discounts for Compute Engine.

Chandra Shekar Reddy Arrabolu

Associate Projects at Cognizant

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With OpenShift combined with IBM Cloud App integration, I can spin an integration server in a second as compared to traditional methods, which could take days or weeks.

Mikhael Ibrahim

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Moving to OpenShift resulted in increased system stability and reduced downtime, which contributed to operational efficiency.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

It is always advisable to get the bare minimum that you need, and then add more when necessary.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

5.8

Google App Engine offers inconsistent support quality, with experiences varying by customer relationship, package level, and support needs.

Sentiment score

6.7

Red Hat OpenShift support is mixed, with praise for premium options but concerns over response times and documentation consistency.

They route us toward the appropriate team handling Google App Engine or other services, so when there is an issue, the respective team connects and provides support.

Sridharan Murugadass

Enterprise Cloud Architect at Johnson & Johnson Medtech

The technical support was very quick and responsive, with a direct team line available.

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Works

Google invests in companies with technical expertise, offering connections to enterprise clients and technical support for their products.

U-U

Senior Regional Sales Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Red Hat's technical support is responsive and effective.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

I have been pretty happy in the past with getting support from Red Hat.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Red Hat's technical support is good, and I would rate it a nine out of ten.

AbdulJaleel

Senior Technical Lead at MORO

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.3

Google App Engine scales well with automatic features, though flexible instance deployment and handling intensive requests require improvement.

Sentiment score

7.4

Red Hat OpenShift is scalable, easy to deploy, integrates well, supports thousands of users, and suits large organizations.

Google App Engine scales well in the standard environment, which automatically handles traffic without manual scaling.

RishabhBansal

Software Engineer (DevOps)

Google App Engine is highly scalable and can integrate easily with other applications.

Kali Krishna Bejjanki

Technical Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

With automatic scaling, Google Cloud handles the scaling process, which leads to my high rating.

Rajesh Kadyan

Senior Engineer at Brillio

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The on-demand provisioning of pods and auto-scaling, whether horizontal or vertical, is the best part.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

OpenShift's horizontal pod scaling is more effective and efficient than that used in Kubernetes, making it a superior choice for scalability.

Mikhael Ibrahim

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Red Hat OpenShift scales excellently, with a rating of ten out of ten.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

6.9

Google App Engine is highly stable, with minimal disruptions and quick issue resolution, praised for low maintenance requirements.

Sentiment score

7.6

Red Hat OpenShift is stable and reliable, despite past issues, with high resource needs for optimal performance.

I have not experienced any crashing or instability with Google App Engine.

RishabhBansal

Software Engineer (DevOps)

However, large code bases can still cause it to slow down.

Kali Krishna Bejjanki

Technical Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

I would rate the stability of Google App Engine a perfect 10 out of 10, as it is completely managed by Google.

Rajesh Kadyan

Senior Engineer at Brillio

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It provides better performance yet requires more resources compared to vanilla Kubernetes.

Mikhael Ibrahim

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I've had my cluster running for over four years.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

It performs well under load, providing the desired output.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Room For Improvement

Google App Engine faces pricing, support, and scalability challenges, with limited language support, database options, and migration complexities.

Red Hat OpenShift faces challenges in usability, security, integration, and documentation, requiring enhancements in scaling, setup, and multi-cloud support.

It would be beneficial if Flex services could scale down to zero instances during periods of no traffic.

Tabish Mahfuz

Senior Software Engineer at Cimpress

The pricing is higher compared to alternatives like Kubernetes and Compute Engine.

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In the Flex environment, SSH access is not available for private instances.

RishabhBansal

Software Engineer (DevOps)

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Learning OpenShift requires complex infrastructure, needing vCenter integration, more advanced answers, active directory, and more expensive hardware.

Mikhael Ibrahim

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We should aim to include VMware-like capabilities to be competitive, especially considering cost factors.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Setup Cost

Google App Engine provides competitive pay-as-you-go pricing, affordable for light usage but higher for robust applications.

Red Hat OpenShift is seen as costly, with competitive enterprise pricing but restrictive for smaller organizations; alternatives may be cheaper.

For F1 usage with 256 MB, it is free.

reviewer2686491

Works

I've never heard anyone express that the licenses are too expensive.

U-U

Senior Regional Sales Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

My GCP billing is about 10 lakh INR per month, and Google App Engine contributes only 25,000 to 30,000 INR.

RishabhBansal

Software Engineer (DevOps)

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Initially, licensing was per CPU, with a memory cap, but the price has doubled, making it difficult to justify for clients with smaller compute needs.

AbdulJaleel

Senior Technical Lead at MORO

The pricing for Red Hat OpenShift is considered quite high.

reviewer2382555

Manager for Middleware at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Red Hat can improve on the pricing part by making it more flexible and possibly on the lower side.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

Google App Engine offers users scalability, reliability, and integration, focusing on development and reducing infrastructure management efforts.

Red Hat OpenShift excels with fast CI/CD, scalability, strong security, and seamless DevOps integration for large projects.

The solution offers scalability, autoscaling based on user demand, and security, as Google manages all updates and security patches.

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Works

I also appreciate the Google App Engine standard environment because it handles traffic scaling without manual intervention.

RishabhBansal

Software Engineer (DevOps)

Deploying code is straightforward without worrying about deployment or integration.

Kali Krishna Bejjanki

Technical Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Because it was centrally managed in our company, many metrics that we had to write code for were available out of the box, including utilization, CPU utilization, memory, and similar metrics.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The concept of containers and scaling on demand is a feature I appreciate the most about Red Hat OpenShift.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

A valuable feature of Red Hat OpenShift is its ability to handle increased loads by automatically adding nodes.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Categories and Ranking

Google App Engine

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat OpenShift

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Virtualization Software (11th), Container Management (10th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (5th), Agile and DevOps Services (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Google App Engine is 2.1%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift is 10.5%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

PaaS Clouds Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Red Hat OpenShift	10.5%
Google App Engine	2.1%
Other	87.4%

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Rajesh Kadyan

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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Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Adopting a flexible and efficient approach with noticeable improvements in operational costs and continued challenges in job management

Currently, one of the biggest challenges we face is with services and jobs. For spawning batches, although it has crons, it is not easy to integrate with enterprise systems such as Autosys. The entire company uses Autosys, but we are not able to integrate it effectively. We need intermediate servers to run OC utility commands and initiate the cron job. We have to do a lot of modifications to ensure our batches work properly. With physical or virtual servers, even in AWS, we are able to write and manage multiple jobs. Managing batches in Red Hat OpenShift has been a significant challenge. Integrating third parties is a challenge with Red Hat OpenShift. For example, with Elasticsearch, onboarding itself was difficult, running file beats and dealing with routing issues. It is not straightforward, especially since we have some components in AWS as. AWS has many capabilities that come out of the box and are easier to work with compared to Red Hat OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services. The main reason we went with Red Hat OpenShift was because it is a private cloud, and we have regulatory requirements that prevent us from using public cloud.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

University

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

26%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	41

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google App Engine?

The product's setup and deployment phases are easy.

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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.

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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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How does OpenShift compare with Amazon AWS?

Open Shift makes managing infrastructure easy because of self-healing and automatic scaling. There is also a wonderful dashboard mechanism to alert us in case the application is over-committing or ...

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Which would you recommend - Pivotal Cloud Foundry or OpenShift?

Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a cloud-native application platform to simplify app delivery. It is efficient and effective. The best feature is how easy it is to handle external services such as database...

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What do you like most about OpenShift?

OpenShift facilitates DevOps practices and improves CI/CD workflows in terms of stability compared to Jenkins.

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Comparisons

Microsoft Azure vs Google App Engine

Compared 23% of the time

Amazon AWS vs Google App Engine

Compared 18% of the time

Heroku vs Google App Engine

Compared 13% of the time

VMware Tanzu Platform vs Google App Engine

Compared 8% of the time

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs Google App Engine

Compared 3% of the time

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Microsoft Azure vs Red Hat OpenShift

Compared 10% of the time

Pivotal Cloud Foundry vs Red Hat OpenShift

Compared 8% of the time

Amazon AWS vs Red Hat OpenShift

Compared 8% of the time

Proxmox VE vs Red Hat OpenShift

Compared 7% of the time

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs Red Hat OpenShift

Compared 5% of the time

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Overview

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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Red Hat OpenShift offers a robust, scalable platform with strong security and automation, suitable for container orchestration, application deployment, and microservices architecture.

Designed to modernize applications by transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-native environments, Red Hat OpenShift provides powerful CI/CD integration and Kubernetes compatibility. Its security features, multi-cloud support, and source-to-image functionality enhance deployment flexibility. While the GUI offers user-friendly navigation, users benefit from its cloud-agnostic nature and efficient lifecycle management. However, improvements are needed in documentation, configuration complexity, and integration with third-party platforms. Pricing and high resource demands can also be challenging for wider adoption.

What are the key features of Red Hat OpenShift?

Security: Comprehensive security features ensure safe deployments and operations.
Scalability: Auto-scaling and monitoring capabilities cater to high-demand environments.
CI/CD Integration: Seamless integration for efficient continuous deployment processes.
Cloud Compatibility: Supports multi-cloud and on-premise solutions with ease.
GUI: Simplifies platform management and enhances usability.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Efficiency: Streamlined operations reduce time and resource investments.
Enhanced Flexibility: Adapt quickly to changing demands and environments.
Quick Deployment: Fast application deployment supports agile project timelines.
Robust Support: Access to dependable customer support services.

Red Hat OpenShift is strategically implemented for diverse industries focusing on container orchestration and application modernization. Organizations leverage it for migrating applications to cloud-native environments and managing CI/CD pipelines. Its functionality facilitates efficient resource management and microservices architecture adoption, supporting enterprise-level DevOps practices. Users employ it across cloud and on-premises platforms to drive performance improvements.

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