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tl;dr Standard environment apps "scale nearly instantaneously to handle huge traffic spikes", "cost-effective for applications that have significant periods whe
by ognyankulev 8y ago
tl;dr Standard environment apps "scale nearly instantaneously to handle huge traffic spikes", "cost-effective for applications that have significant periods where they are not serving traffic", use reasonably limited standard API + proprietary API
- dudus 8y agoMore importantly standard scales down to 0 while flexible needs a minimum of 1 instance running at all times. So when just prototyping/developing or creating a small app only you or a few users will use it's very cost effective to use standard.