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."It's easy to deploy next-generation applications on Google Cloud. Customers can also use various cloud tools to optimize their operations and generate more insights to do business much smarter."
"The availability of content on the solution is very valuable."
"I have found this solution to be a quick and advanced way to run my models through."
"This platform is popular with technical users because of the abilities for customization and fine-tuning performance."
"Google Meet is simple to use regarding configuration and recording sessions."
"It's available any time you need it."
"Google Cloud is perceived as a cost-effective and user-friendly option, especially compared to AWS. The current affordability and ease of use make it suitable for medium-sized companies. While the complexity may increase in the future, for now, Google Cloud is considered easy to use."
"It's easy to work with."
"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 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."
"Everything is simple and useful. The initial setup is not challenging."
"One of GCE's best features is the managed instance groups."
"From a feature perspective, I find API integration, automation capabilities, and features like preemptive and Spot instances valuable. Migration tools have also been useful."
"The support for ephemeral instances has been particularly valuable for me. It allows me to significantly reduce costs for temporary virtual machines by automatically destroying them once they are no longer needed, which can result in cost savings of up to 90 percent. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"The main motive for choosing Google Compute Engine is pricing."
"The security of the solution can always be improved."
"I would like for this solution to improve its user interface and documentation."
"The product could be improved by expanding the initial storage space available."
"Integration is always something that can be improved."
"The storage available for this solution could be improved, especially compared to a solution like Microsoft which offers 1 TB of storage. Google cloud offers only 30 GB."
"Technical support needs help."
"Google Cloud could improve interoperability with other cloud services."
"They need to improve the costing for predictive analytics, which is mainly related to the tools that come with AI. They also need to improve the BigQuery cost optimization and the visualization."
"It is not very user-friendly for non-experienced users"
"I rate the product's stability around five to six out of ten."
"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."
"It would be better if there was an option to change the background. Like in Gmail, there's an option to change your theme."
"It has some limitations. For example, you don't get through layer two connectivity. So I've had some difficulty deploying custom VMs. For example, you can't deploy a KVM file to file directly on GCP."
"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."
"The licensing process is not a very straightforward process."
"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."
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, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Linode, Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Red Hat 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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