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."The solution scales very nicely."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"Easy to access and secure, two important features."
"The product is easy to use."
"AWS is constantly growing in features with every new version. It's a good cloud provider with excellent availability. The integration is good, and their security products are interesting. Amazon is always innovating and delivering new products to customers."
"It has a dynamic scaling capacity which is very helpful."
"I like S3, load balancers, and Route 53."
"The most valuable features are how stable and easy to use Amazon AWS is."
"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."
"Google App Engine's most valuable feature is self-management. You do not have to manage the infrastructure underneath where all the functions are happening, such as load balancing deployment and version management, they are managed by the system itself."
"Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine."
"The initial setup is okay. It's not too complex. Deployment took about one day."
"The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it."
"Its ability to integrate with most devices helps users who have different or old devices."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that there is good documentation explaining the implementation part of it."
"It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful."
"There are numerous use cases, and the setup varies from complicated to very simple in some cases."
"We like everything about the solution except for the general price."
"The solution could have better security and more integration with other platforms."
"It's a good cloud, however, if I compare it with Azure, Azure is more of a feature-rich cloud."
"Some of the storage services could be cheaper."
"Integration with in-house applications could be simplified."
"Identity and access management on AWS could be straightforward."
"In some scenarios, Azure will support hybrid cloud better while AWS offers direct connection."
"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 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 documentation and community are lacking for this product."
"The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe."
"There needs to be more directions in terms of how to use the solution."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine."
"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."
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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