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."The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that there is good documentation explaining the implementation part of it."
"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."
"The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it."
"The initial setup is okay. It's not too complex. Deployment took about one day."
"Seurity features - unauthorized individuals are unable to access certain applications."
"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 WhatApp feature is the most valuable."
"A great platform to import, manage and save customer data."
"It's an easy platform for salespeople to quickly and efficiently be able to track an opportunity."
"The most valuable features of the Salesforce Platform are the ability to manage customers' data, many report filtering options, and consolidation."
"When compared to Siebel, the Salesforce Platform is easier to use."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...I rate Salesforce Platform's technical support a ten out of ten."
"Marketing and Sales Lead, Forecasting, Campaign management."
"It is very user-friendly, and intuitive, it will lead you and take you to the next steps."
"There needs to be more directions in terms of how to use the solution."
"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."
"Data consumption of the device could be improved."
"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."
"Difficult to assess how pricing is managed."
"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."
"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."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Salesforce's mobile app could be better. Also, it could integrate more seamlessly with Gmail."
"I think the search needs to be improved so as to allow for a broader keyword search."
"Getting reports in Salesforce is sometimes a little bit difficult. You need to do a lot of things to get detailed reports. This feature can be improved. Its price can also be improved. It is currently expensive."
"When we're documenting information such as notes, and so forth, if we were to go back to the same case all notes go missing."
"It would be better if they can add more from the pricing and functionality perspective. It is very expensive. I would be more than happy if they drop the prices. From the licensing perspective, if they can add more functionality, I would be more than happy."
"The reporting for Salesforce could be approved. It is a manual process and it would be useful to have a guide or videos on how to generate reports or any other cool things that you could do with the platform."
"Technical support could be a bit faster."
"An expensive solution requiring a lot of configuration."
Google App Engine is ranked 11th in PaaS Clouds with 23 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 8th in PaaS Clouds with 81 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 Google Compute Engine, 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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