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Google App Engine vs. Microsoft Azure

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google App Engine

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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.

    $0.05

    Per Hour Per Instance

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Google App EngineMicrosoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    Starting Price
    $0.05
    Per Hour Per Instance
    Max Price
    $0.30
    Per Hour Per Instance
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google App EngineMicrosoft Azure
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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    Google App EngineMicrosoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google App Engine
    Compared with Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine requires a more complicated development environment setup. It's not as simple as using Visual Studio 2015 with Azure SDK. There are multiple IDE on the market to choose from for developing apps for Google App Engine. JetBrains …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google App Engine
    If you have a small team which is also responsible for development of the product then surely go for it. And if you have a larger team with dedicated person to take care of deployments. Go for cheaper options such as compute engine or AWS (be sure to do your research on pricing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google App Engine
    We were on another much smaller cloud provider and decided to make the switch for several reasons - stability, breadth of services, and security. In reviewing options, GCP provided the best mixtures of meeting our needs while also balancing the overall cost of the service as …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google App Engine
    I think that Microsoft and Amazon are simply investing more in their offerings, and there are a bunch of cool PaaS solutions out there as well. Google App Engine is solid, and is probably the right choice for some projects. But ultimately one should evaluate each platform …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google App Engine
    • No management of operating system
    • Cheaper
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    We have settled with Microsoft Azure considered its effective administration and the ability to data visualization and analysis, together with the top-notch security/stability.
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Google App EngineMicrosoft Azure
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Google App Engine and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Google App Engine
    8.7
    31 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control9.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation9.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification9.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Google App Engine and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Google App Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.818 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google App EngineMicrosoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (35 ratings)
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (12 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)