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Google App Engine

Overview

What is Google App Engine?

Google App Engine is Google Cloud's platform-as-a-service offering. It features pay-per-use pricing and support for a broad array of programming languages.

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Recent Reviews

Good Service

10 out of 10
April 05, 2021
Incentivized
Google App Engine (GAE) as part of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is being used across our entire SaaS product. It provides us with an …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Scalability (31)
    9.0
    90%
  • Development environment creation (28)
    8.9
    89%
  • Platform access control (30)
    8.9
    89%
  • Platform management overhead (31)
    8.9
    89%
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Pricing

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Starting Price

$0.05

Cloud
Per Hour Per Instance

Max Price

$0.30

Cloud
Per Hour Per Instance

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

MapReduce Made Easy With Google App Engine

YouTube

Creating an android application with Google App Engine backend

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Features

Platform-as-a-Service

Platform as a Service is the set of tools and services designed to make coding and deploying applications much more efficient

8.7
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is Google App Engine?

Google App Engine is Google Cloud's platform-as-a-service offering. It features pay-per-use pricing and support for a broad array of programming languages.

Key Features

Popular Languages
Build applications in Node.js, Java, Ruby, C#, Go, Python, or PHP—or bring a custom language runtime

Open & Flexible
Custom runtimes allows developers to bring any library and framework to App Engine by supplying a Docker container

Fully Managed
A fully managed environment lets developers focus on code while App Engine manages infrastructure concerns

Monitoring, Logging & Diagnostics
Google Stackdriver provides application diagnostics to debug and monitor the health and performance of apps

Application Versioning
Host different versions of applications, create development, test, staging, and production environments

Traffic Splitting
Route incoming requests to different app versions, A/B test, and do incremental feature rollouts

Application Security
Help safeguard applications by defining access rules with App Engine firewall and leverage managed SSL/TLS certificates* by default on a custom domain at no additional cost

Services Ecosystem
Tap a growing ecosystem of GCP services from applications including a suite of cloud developer tools

Google App Engine Integrations

Google App Engine Competitors

Google App Engine Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Google App Engine is Google Cloud's platform-as-a-service offering. It features pay-per-use pricing and support for a broad array of programming languages.

CloudFoundry are common alternatives for Google App Engine.

Reviewers rate Ease of building user interfaces and Scalability and Workflow engine capability highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Google App Engine are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

(232)

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Naresh Chaudhary | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
87.27272727272727%
8.7
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
90%
9.0
Platform management overhead
90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability
90%
9.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
80%
8.0
Development environment creation
90%
9.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
90%
9.0
Issue recovery
90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
80%
8.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
76.36363636363637%
7.6
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
80%
8.0
Platform management overhead
70%
7.0
Workflow engine capability
80%
8.0
Platform access control
70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration
70%
7.0
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
90%
9.0
Issue recovery
60%
6.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
70%
7.0
Cameron Gable | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (10)
92%
9.2
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability
90%
9.0
Platform access control
100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration
100%
10.0
Development environment creation
70%
7.0
Development environment replication
70%
7.0
Issue monitoring and notification
100%
10.0
Issue recovery
90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
85.45454545454545%
8.5
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
90%
9.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
80%
8.0
Development environment creation
70%
7.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
90%
9.0
Issue recovery
80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
90%
9.0
Manjeet Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
68.18181818181819%
6.8
Ease of building user interfaces
60%
6.0
Scalability
70%
7.0
Platform management overhead
50%
5.0
Workflow engine capability
70%
7.0
Platform access control
70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration
60%
6.0
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
70%
7.0
Issue monitoring and notification
80%
8.0
Issue recovery
70%
7.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
70%
7.0
Rudolph Pereira | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (10)
30%
3.0
Scalability
90%
9.0
Platform management overhead
50%
5.0
Workflow engine capability
N/A
N/A
Platform access control
80%
8.0
Services-enabled integration
N/A
N/A
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
N/A
N/A
Issue monitoring and notification
N/A
N/A
Issue recovery
N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes
N/A
N/A
April 05, 2021

Good Service

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
72.72727272727272%
7.3
Ease of building user interfaces
N/A
N/A
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
90%
9.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
70%
7.0
Development environment creation
70%
7.0
Development environment replication
70%
7.0
Issue monitoring and notification
80%
8.0
Issue recovery
70%
7.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
80%
8.0
Kadu Barral | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
76.36363636363637%
7.6
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
70%
7.0
Platform access control
60%
6.0
Services-enabled integration
70%
7.0
Development environment creation
90%
9.0
Development environment replication
90%
9.0
Issue monitoring and notification
50%
5.0
Issue recovery
60%
6.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
80%
8.0
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
71.81818181818181%
7.2
Ease of building user interfaces
80%
8.0
Scalability
90%
9.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
80%
8.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
60%
6.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
70%
7.0
Issue recovery
N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes
60%
6.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
69.0909090909091%
6.9
Ease of building user interfaces
60%
6.0
Scalability
70%
7.0
Platform management overhead
50%
5.0
Workflow engine capability
50%
5.0
Platform access control
70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration
80%
8.0
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
80%
8.0
Issue recovery
70%
7.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
70%
7.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
78.18181818181819%
7.8
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
50%
5.0
Platform access control
40%
4.0
Services-enabled integration
60%
6.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
80%
8.0
Issue recovery
60%
6.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
81.81818181818181%
8.2
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
90%
9.0
Platform management overhead
90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability
N/A
N/A
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
90%
9.0
Development environment creation
90%
9.0
Development environment replication
90%
9.0
Issue monitoring and notification
90%
9.0
Issue recovery
90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
90%
9.0
Tristan Dobbs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
96.36363636363637%
9.6
Ease of building user interfaces
80%
8.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability
80%
8.0
Platform access control
100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration
100%
10.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
100%
10.0
Issue recovery
100%
10.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
Zachary Yaro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
81.81818181818181%
8.2
Ease of building user interfaces
N/A
N/A
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability
90%
9.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
80%
8.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
80%
8.0
Issue recovery
80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
80%
8.0
Darshan YS | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
72.72727272727272%
7.3
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
40%
4.0
Platform management overhead
60%
6.0
Workflow engine capability
70%
7.0
Platform access control
50%
5.0
Services-enabled integration
60%
6.0
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
100%
10.0
Issue recovery
100%
10.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
70%
7.0
August 19, 2019

App Engine!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
94.54545454545455%
9.5
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability
90%
9.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
90%
9.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
90%
9.0
Issue recovery
90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
August 18, 2019

App Engine Review!

Joshua Dickson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (9)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Platform access control
100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration
100%
10.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
100%
10.0
Issue recovery
90%
9.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
Dmitry Sadovnychyi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (10)
67%
6.7
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability
90%
9.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
90%
9.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
N/A
N/A
Issue recovery
N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes
N/A
N/A
Jonah Dempcy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
43.63636363636363%
4.4
Ease of building user interfaces
N/A
N/A
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
N/A
N/A
Platform access control
100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration
100%
10.0
Development environment creation
N/A
N/A
Development environment replication
N/A
N/A
Issue monitoring and notification
N/A
N/A
Issue recovery
N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
83.63636363636363%
8.4
Ease of building user interfaces
90%
9.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability
70%
7.0
Platform access control
90%
9.0
Services-enabled integration
80%
8.0
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
70%
7.0
Issue monitoring and notification
60%
6.0
Issue recovery
100%
10.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
90%
9.0
Hil Liao | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
91.81818181818181%
9.2
Ease of building user interfaces
10%
1.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability
100%
10.0
Platform access control
100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration
100%
10.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
100%
10.0
Issue recovery
100%
10.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
39.09090909090909%
3.9
Ease of building user interfaces
N/A
N/A
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
90%
9.0
Workflow engine capability
80%
8.0
Platform access control
N/A
N/A
Services-enabled integration
N/A
N/A
Development environment creation
80%
8.0
Development environment replication
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
N/A
N/A
Issue recovery
N/A
N/A
Upgrades and platform fixes
N/A
N/A
Robert Christian | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (9)
67.77777777777777%
6.8
Scalability
90%
9.0
Platform management overhead
90%
9.0
Platform access control
70%
7.0
Services-enabled integration
50%
5.0
Development environment creation
90%
9.0
Development environment replication
90%
9.0
Issue monitoring and notification
70%
7.0
Issue recovery
20%
2.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
40%
4.0
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (8)
78.75%
7.9
Scalability
90%
9.0
Platform management overhead
80%
8.0
Workflow engine capability
70%
7.0
Platform access control
60%
6.0
Services-enabled integration
80%
8.0
Issue monitoring and notification
80%
8.0
Issue recovery
80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
90%
9.0
Tyler Longren | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Platform-as-a-Service (11)
93.63636363636363%
9.4
Ease of building user interfaces
70%
7.0
Scalability
100%
10.0
Platform management overhead
100%
10.0
Workflow engine capability
100%
10.0
Platform access control
100%
10.0
Services-enabled integration
100%
10.0
Development environment creation
100%
10.0
Development environment replication
100%
10.0
Issue monitoring and notification
80%
8.0
Issue recovery
80%
8.0
Upgrades and platform fixes
100%
10.0
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