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This is introduces an annoyingly complex pricing model, but on the plus side: - the fees are more predictable; - $9 a month for an uptime SLA of 99.95% is a p

by stephth 15y ago

This is introduces an annoyingly complex pricing model, but on the plus side: - the fees are more predictable; - $9 a month for an uptime SLA of 99.95% is a pretty good deal; - apps are still free below reasonable quotas; - the fast High Replication Datastore is now the default, half the price and free for the first 1G; - Google embracing app engine as an official product will mean a) more resources will be invested in improving the platform, b) more startups might start seeing GAE as a serious platform (the Backends feature could be a game changer), meaning a stronger development community might grow as well. Or startups could keep mostly ignoring GAE. But so far GAE is still the only PaaS that offers auto-scaling. All other companies are either crashing our apps on heavy loads or charging us hefty amounts for unused CPU cycles. To me personally and professionally, that makes GAE's pricing and ease of use still leagues ahead of any other PaaS out there.

bad_user 15y ago
$9 a month for an uptime SLA of 99.95% is a pretty good deal; That's only the initial fee you have to pay per application. Prices have grown tremendously, since their new model is similar to Amazon's AWS, only more expensive. apps are still free below reasonable quotas Until now quotas have been fairly reasonable, but now they are announcing more restrictions. Considering the new pricing scheme I'm afraid the new quotas are going to be useless. the Backends feature could be a game changer No, not really, they are just removing an awful limitation. In the meantime you could do the same thing with Amazon's AWS (slightly cheaper too), and Amazon also provides real map/reduce powered by Hadoop - you can specify how many instance you want, you give it the scripts to run, and it runs them for you, getting billed for the instance-hours used. GAE is still the only PaaS that offers auto-scaling I liked GAE because it was a cheap hosting solution suitable for the quick hacks I would do in PHP. But now I'm not liking it any more. GAE is awful for scaling when you actually need scaling - IMHO, you can't scale unless you have complete control, and judging by GAE's past behavior (I'm especially referring to datastore latencies here), I don't have much confidence in it. Migrating away is also a nightmare, unless you're talking about a 10-minute blog engine.

by stephth 15y ago

bad_user 15y ago

$9 a month for an uptime SLA of 99.95% is a pretty good deal; That's only the initial fee you have to pay per application. Prices have grown tremendously, since their new model is similar to Amazon's AWS, only more expensive. apps are still free below reasonable quotas Until now quotas have been fairly reasonable, but now they are announcing more restrictions. Considering the new pricing scheme I'm afraid the new quotas are going to be useless. the Backends feature could be a game changer No, not really, they are just removing an awful limitation. In the meantime you could do the same thing with Amazon's AWS (slightly cheaper too), and Amazon also provides real map/reduce powered by Hadoop - you can specify how many instance you want, you give it the scripts to run, and it runs them for you, getting billed for the instance-hours used. GAE is still the only PaaS that offers auto-scaling I liked GAE because it was a cheap hosting solution suitable for the quick hacks I would do in PHP. But now I'm not liking it any more. GAE is awful for scaling when you actually need scaling - IMHO, you can't scale unless you have complete control, and judging by GAE's past behavior (I'm especially referring to datastore latencies here), I don't have much confidence in it. Migrating away is also a nightmare, unless you're talking about a 10-minute blog engine.