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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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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

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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 8.1
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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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Reviews and Ratings

(229)

Community Insights

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Efficient Email Servers: Users have praised the email servers for their efficiency in delivering messages promptly, ensuring reliable communication.

Easy Data Upload: Many users find the ability to upload data to web applications effortlessly as a valuable feature that enhances their overall user experience.

Automatic Scaling of Apps: The automatic scaling of apps based on user demand is highlighted by users as a beneficial feature that ensures smooth performance even with increasing usage.

Various Programming Language Support: Users appreciate the platform's support for programming languages like Java, Python, Php, and Ruby, which facilitates development and adds flexibility.

Straightforward Billing System: The straightforward and easy-to-understand billing system provided by Google is appreciated by users for simplifying financial management within the platform.

Project-Based Resource Management: The project-based management of resources by Google is seen as a beneficial feature that contributes to efficient resource allocation and utilization.

Flexibility in Scaling Instances: Users value the ability to scale instances up or down based on business needs, allowing effective demand response while optimizing costs.

Managing Server-less Resources Efficiently: The ease of managing server-less resources and deploying applications efficiently is highlighted as a key strength of the platform.

Cost-Effective Solution for Small Applications: Google App Engine is recognized as a cost-effective and time-saving alternative for running small applications, enabling quick implementation.

Lack of Sufficient Documentation and Tutorials: Some users have pointed out that more comprehensive documentation and tutorials are needed to assist in understanding the platform's features and functionalities better. Additional resources can help users navigate complex processes with ease.

Limited Integration with Open Source Applications: Users express a desire for improved integration capabilities with open source applications to enhance flexibility and ensure seamless compatibility with various systems. Better integration options would enable smoother workflows for users across different platforms.

Challenges in UI Theme Selection: Several users highlight the limited options available for selecting different UI themes, indicating a need for increased customization choices. Diverse theme selections can cater to diverse design preferences, enhancing user experience and satisfaction.

Reviews

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A good application overall

Rating: 5 out of 10
August 23, 2019
DY
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google App Engine
1 year of experience
Smaller companies tend to feel that the product is pricy and it costs more to get people to learn a new app engine whereas people are widely familiar with older app engines.

App Engine!

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 19, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google App Engine
2 years of experience
Google App Engine is very intuitive. It has the common programming language most would use. Google is a dependable name and I have not had issues with their servers being down....ever. You can safely use their service and store your data on their servers without worrying about downtime or loss of data.

Expensive, Cutting Edge and Highly Recommended

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 16, 2019
JD
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google App Engine
2 years of experience
Google App Engine continues to change the API (while typically retaining backwards compatibility) so you have to keep up to date, slightly decreasing the usability of the service. Once you know how to do something, the usability is generally great, and there are a lot of resources. However, the fact it is changing so much means that the service is not as straightforward as it would be with an older and more time-tested system. There are times when I've found a guide for doing something in Google App Engine only to find out that it is not the preferred way of doing it any more.

Google App Engine is the perfect tool to scale your app

Rating: 9 out of 10
August 16, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google App Engine
3 years of experience
It's very user-friendly, as you would expect from a Google product. The user interface is well made, but it does take some getting used to. Thankfully, Google has provided lots of resources to master the engine.

Google Apps for Work - It works!

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 15, 2016
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google App Engine
2 years of experience
As soon as you navigate around in the Apps interface, you will see that it is easy to use. So easy, that new sysadmins can get fooled into thinking it is not powerful. Be careful what you click. A small checkbox can shut down your entire organization's email!

Good App Engine (GAE)

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 09, 2015
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Google App Engine
5 years of experience
The overall plus is the ease of use – you need way less system administration knowledge, and even if you have it, you need to do much less in order to have a real-world-ready application.
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