We performed a comparison between Google Cloud and Google Compute Engine based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The infrastructure is easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"Google Cloud is a good alternative solution. I think it's a better fit for Mac operating systems than Windows. If you're utilizing Google Cloud for something like big data, then their big query is decent."
"Google Cloud's most valuable attribute is its capability for on-demand auto-scaling, and it also simplifies numerous intricate tasks for its users."
"The solution can scale as well."
"The solution has improved our web apps so that we can have a canary deployment. GCP also helps us upload new features and changes to our software without impacting a lot of users with the network. The AI features have improved the software as well."
"The solution scales well."
"This is a solution that's so easy to expand when you need it to. It's the best I've ever seen. It's much better than Azure."
"One of GCE's best features is the managed instance groups."
"Google is managing all hardware. You don't need to provision or pre-provision your computer engine."
"The main motive for choosing Google Compute Engine is pricing."
"The solution helps to direct SSH into the machine at the click of a button. It also helps to deploy container images right from the UI. There is no need to manage the containers on the machine. I also like the tool’s Spot provision model."
"The initial setup is reasonably straightforward. It's a handful of networks and a handful of computers."
"The most valuable feature is auto-scaling."
"The solution is readily available, and software engineers can provision it. It is scalable and allows self-service."
"It's the most engineer-friendly product compared to Amazon AWS or Azure."
"It would be nice if they could offer more free storage."
"Lower pricing would make Google Cloud better."
"I would like to see Google Cloud become more competitive when it comes to price."
"I find it hard to download items, especially on their operating system."
"The solution should be more configurable for high-volume databases."
"It could have a reporting tool included."
"An area of improvement would be in the of managing accounts in terms of what we are using for memory, availability, and monitoring."
"It is complex to set up."
"Google Compute Engine needs to have multi-region support. It would also be nice to have a tracking mechanism."
"Google Compute Engine does not have many options at a lower tier level. If they had more options it will be better. For example, Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure, have more options and different types of instances, of VMs we can select."
"I rate the product's stability around five to six out of ten."
"I would like to improve the solution’s UI while deploying a container. It is sometimes hard to figure out the container’s details and format that you want to deploy. The tool does not give you a guide to find out the error and why the container is not starting up which could be because you have configured it wrong. This is always a hit on the setup."
"It would be better if there was an option to change the background. Like in Gmail, there's an option to change your theme."
"There have been instances when a customer has tried to deploy a certain number of VMs inside a project, and they come across quota issues."
"The biggest problem is that it's got a very archaean and complex security environment that has to be very carefully set up and is easy to break."
"It is not very user-friendly for non-experienced users"
Google Cloud is ranked 4th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 66 reviews while Google Compute Engine is ranked 11th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 13 reviews. Google Cloud is rated 8.2, while Google Compute Engine is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Compute Engine writes "A cost-effective and quite an elastic solution ". Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Linode, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and OpenShift, whereas Google Compute Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), IBM Public Cloud and Amazon AWS. See our Google Cloud vs. Google Compute Engine report.
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