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To me, the difference between GCE and AWS really has to do with "openness": while I do admit GCE machines can be faster and cheaper, you only feel like you are
by xuejie 10y ago
To me, the difference between GCE and AWS really has to do with "openness": while I do admit GCE machines can be faster and cheaper, you only feel like you are treated somewhat equally as the big corps when using AWS.
For example, Lambda has been released to the general public for quite some time, while on the other hand, Google Cloud Function is still in invite-only phase.
I do love Google, they are building many awesome products(personally Chromebook is my favourite computing device now, if only I don't have the tech requirements that is only doable on a Mac -_-), but when it comes to GCE, it really gives one the sense that they are only aiming at big corporations right now, for small startups or individuals doing side project, AWS is significantly better. For me, this is an advantage even tho I have to sacrifice a little performance
- boulos 10y agoGoogle Cloud Functions is in Alpha. It's not being held back for "the big corps", in fact most big companies won't touch any product that isn't Generally Available (and therefore backed by an SLA). It's just a product that's still in development, and changing a lot! They'll be in Beta soon enough, and then anyone can use it. Until then, they're following our usual launch phases (https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages). If you want to try it out (and provide feedback, and deal with potentially large changes), I'm sure they'd be happy to whitelist you: send me your info (address in my profile). Disclosure: I work at Google on Compute Engine (but I know the folks on Cloud Functions).
- xuejie 10y agoAwesome, thanks for the answer! In that case I will wait a bit(already signed up for the form but didn't got a reply).