Have Fun with Google Compute Platform!
July 11, 2024

Have Fun with Google Compute Platform!

Ananth Suryanarayana | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Compute Engine

We use Google Compute Engine (GCP) for compute (Virtual Machines) and GKE. Our use case is to provide seamless multi-cloud network connectivity between on-premise networks and Google Compute Engine VPC Network. My switching between on-premise and cloud resources, we aim to optimize cloud cost as well to enterprise customers.

Pros

  • Scalable rich set of platforms to run Virtual Machines
  • Seamless multi-region network connecitivity
  • Complete automation support via Terraform

Cons

  • Unstable GUI
  • Bare Metal Servers
  • Competitive on demand pricing
  • Spot/Pre-emptible market is added bonus
  • Overall great experience with GCP wrt cost managment

Do you think Google Compute Engine delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Compute Engine's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Compute Engine live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Compute Engine go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Compute Engine again?

Yes

Scalability is key aspect of Google Compute Engine (GCP). When in need to launch 100s of machines, Google Compute Engine (GCP) does really well. Google buckets is another excellent service we use to manage storage.

Google Compute Engine Feature Ratings

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
6.3
Dynamic scaling
7
Elastic load balancing
6
Pre-configured templates
6
Pre-defined machine images
7
Operating system support
5
Security controls
7

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