Google App Engine Other Advice

OmkarPatil - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at Nyx CodeCraft

The product simplifies app development processes since once the local development is completed, my company has a common configuration in place where we can specify the requirements to run an application, after which we need to do a one-click GCP deployment for the entire application. In general, the two offer managed deployment options, so we don't have to worry about deployment. In my company, we just configure the servers and check if anything needs to be containerized, after which GCP handles everything for us.

A project where Google App Engine scalability was essential was when, recently, my company was involved with Golang to build a web application, after which deploying that application on Google App Engine was really easy. In my company, we also had a Django application in Python, and it was easy to deploy.

As my company deals with small-scale projects, the automated scaling feature of Google App Engine is not something we thought about.

I wouldn't recommend the product to others unless the potential end users use GCP and have a word with their vendors about their plans. One specific recommendation from me would be that the product's potential uses should stick with a particular vendor. If someone wants a product that is easy to deploy and scalable, then multiple options are available in the market.

The product integrates very well with other Google solutions.

I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.

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Marcos_Santos - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Solution Architect Manager at Qi Network

I work as a presales cloud architect. I am a generalist. I am not a specialist. I know the product, its features, and how to integrate it with other products from Google. People considering the solution must be careful because if they don't tune it, they will pay a lot of money. It's not for new buyers. We have to know what exactly we're doing. People should try to buy the product with the help of a specialist. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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BO
Director- Technical Services at Soft Alliance

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

It is a good product. For someone looking to implement this product, I would advise them to go with it. It's better for people in a stable economy where their pricing is constant and they can predict what it will cost throughout the year.

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RN
Principal Technical Architect at NTT Security

The use case where the product has significantly improved the development was attached to one of the scenarios where one of our company's customers wanted a tool to deal with continuous integration and deployments in the infrastructure. In the aforementioned scenario, my company used Google App Engine to deploy an infrastructure for our customer, and the product helped solve a lot of problems, reducing the time required to complete the project by half.

Google App Engine has supported the need for scalable applications for our company's customers since whenever the tool was used, it used to get integrated with a lot of new technologies, like Chef, Puppet, and with some of the APIs, after which my company was able to deploy the product on an on-premises model for our customer.

The feature of Google App Engine that I found to be the most essential for workflows is the high availability and scalability.

The serverless aspect of Google App Engine has benefited our company's customers since it has reduced the time required for the implementation of their applications. The tool also has been able to solve conflicts between developers and the people in operations. The tool offers the convenience of time and ease of implementation, which has improved and solved a lot of problems. The bug-fixing process in the tool is very fast compared to the manual thing.

The product does not require any maintenance.

The advantages of the product revolve around the fact that it offers a lot of depth, ease of management, scalability, and is fast. Developing and hosting applications is possible with Google App Engine. Google App Engine is more beneficial for those who deal in e-commerce.

I guess Google App Engine is a very good tool for infrastructures or when you need some machines that work twenty-four hours, seven days a week. Google App Engine is like a FaaS tool for its users, so users don't need to maintain any infrastructure, thereby drastically reducing their costs. Google App Engine is a very user-friendly, accessible, highly scalable product that allows users to opt for a pay-as-you-go model.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

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Darasimi Ajewole - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Formplus

App Engine was built to handle a particular use case which is web applications and that's what it's good at. For applications running in containers or requiring Linux dependencies or applications requiring multiple processes, App Engine is not really your go-to product. You would choose a different solution for that.

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

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FI
Teaching Assistant at a government with 201-500 employees

This solution is cheaper and more efficient compared to other similar solutions with cloud vendors. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

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PS
Programma en project manager at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

I'm quite happy with it. I would rate it an eight out of ten.

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OT
CEO/Programmer at Tech Elight

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

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AE
IT Manager Assistant at Aras

I have found it useful in my work and life.

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RS
DirectorManaging Partner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I rate Google App Engine an eight out of ten.

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it_user1158 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Overall a good platform for running small applications that basically deals with storing and retrieving data from backend. Since the backend is handled by Google, you get a scalable app platform, but at the cost of losing control over the backend environment. You cannot tweak the backend and you just have to leave with whatever Google has to offer. View full review »
it_user981 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Development at a tech company with 51-200 employees
I have been using it for a startup for over an year. Initially it was great, but with an expanding user base, it makes more sense to host my own servers. View full review »
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