We performed a comparison between Google App Engine and Salesforce Platform 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."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."
"Its ability to integrate with most devices helps users who have different or old devices."
"It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful."
"The product's setup and deployment phases are easy."
"Seurity features - unauthorized individuals are unable to access certain applications."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that there is good documentation explaining the implementation part of it."
"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."
"The Salesforce Platform's most valuable features are everything in one place, perfect reporting, highly customizable, and easy to receive information you need."
"We used it for providing a 360 view of the customers from within Salesforce. So, a lot of data got presented there, for which we used Einstein Analytics. The Einstein Analytics dashboards were really great."
"Checking out or extracting a report is just a click away."
"The stability has been great."
"A fully integrated solution that provides a seamless experience."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the CRM. Salesforce Platform comes with out-of-the-box capabilities."
"It works beautifully. I haven't had any errors."
"The scalability of the Salesforce Platform is good."
"Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine."
"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."
"The only concern is that there is a number of the offerings which are built on their own proprietary technologies. With some of the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There needs to be more directions in terms of how to use the solution."
"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."
"I am limited to sending a photo to five people. I want to be able to send a photo to many people, not just five."
"The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe."
"Salesforce needs to be re-platformed, or re-architected, making it lighter."
"The cost of data storage is an issue once the company grows."
"I think the search needs to be improved so as to allow for a broader keyword search."
"The reporting needs improvement and the dashboard could have more components added."
"Areas of improvement can be around Engagement of Customers feature and approvals of transactional records."
"Reporting could be better. Reporting is Excel-based, and it has sucked since the inception of the company. That's why I was excited about the fact of them bringing MuleSoft into the fold and Tableau."
"I think the interface should be enhanced and more user-friendly."
"I would like to have integration with Google."
Google App Engine is ranked 12th in PaaS Clouds with 23 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 7th in PaaS Clouds with 82 reviews. Google App Engine is rated 8.2, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Google App Engine writes "Simplifies app development process for businesses". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". Google App Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Heroku, IBM Cloud Private and Red Hat OpenShift, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian and ServiceNow. See our Google App Engine vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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