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."IaaS with easy management and rapid implementation using Python Django Mezzanine."
"There is less work for the DBAs. Everything is handled in AWS itself."
"The most valuable features I have found are the Database Migration Service (DMS) for monitoring the host and routing, Route 53, and EC2 tools. The DMS is not available in any other solution that I am aware of. They have a very flexible and professional solution."
"Works very quickly and is well managed."
"Macie is great. It is a service that makes recommendations on a data layer for cybersecurity. It is a great service."
"The compute and the elasticness of the compute is really great. Whenever there's a load, it automatically adds the servers and then reduces the servers based on the configuration. This is really wonderful, more cost-effective, and it's been really good for us."
"AWS has a lot of flexibility, which is great."
"We have seen an improvement in our infrastructure, as the code makes it very easy to deploy quickly to AWS."
"The WhatApp feature is the most valuable."
"The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that there is good documentation explaining the implementation part of it."
"Seurity features - unauthorized individuals are unable to access certain applications."
"The product's setup and deployment phases are easy."
"Its ability to integrate with most devices helps users who have different or old devices."
"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."
"Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine."
"The dashboard can be improved a little bit to provide more information."
"There are numerous use cases, and the setup varies from complicated to very simple in some cases."
"Amazon support could be better."
"If Amazon AWS can offer more self-paced learning tools, on their website, on CBT, it'll be easier for more people to familiarize themselves with their service. Especially when they are delivering new services from time to time. Educational tools that can help users familiarize themselves with their service. It would be great."
"Some features may be better in Azure or some other portal. AWS could add some of those features."
"I'd like to see integration with MySQL."
"The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve."
"I have trouble with the AWS command-line interface."
"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 documentation and community are lacking for this product."
"There needs to be more directions in terms of how to use the solution."
"Data consumption of the device could be improved."
"The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe."
"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."
"Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in PaaS Clouds with 250 reviews while Google App Engine is ranked 11th in PaaS Clouds with 23 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while Google App Engine is rated 8.2. 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 "Simplifies app development process for businesses". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, SAP Cloud Platform and DigitalOcean, whereas Google App Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Heroku, IBM Cloud Private, IBM Public Cloud and Amazon Lightsail. See our Amazon AWS vs. Google App Engine report.
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