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Add to SafariWhen comparing Google App Engine vs Now, the Slant community recommends Google App Engine for most people. In the question“What are the best Platform as a Service providers that have a free plan?” Google App Engine is ranked 2nd while Now is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Google App Engine is:
Google App Engine integrates with Google's CDN out of the box and it distributes your application's assets through that, increasing loading speed considerably.
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Pros
Pro Increases application speed considerably
Google App Engine integrates with Google's CDN out of the box and it distributes your application's assets through that, increasing loading speed considerably.
Pro Easy to use
Google App Engine is very easy to use. All you need to do is install the SDK (which in itself is easy as well, and the documentation is very heplful) and run the command needed depending on the type of project to deploy it.
For example, to deploy a golang application, you run golang deploy inside the project folder and it will be automatically deployed.
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Pro It is simple and convenient
Easy enough and quickly setup.
Pro Deploy Tools
Deployment is done via Now Desktop or Now CLI.
Pro Free plan
There are many possibilities in the free plan.
Cons
Con Not a core Google product faces uncertin future
Google is notorious with flipping on technology directions, this product is clearly not the focus of Google.
Con Expenses are very hard to control
The monitoring for expenses is limited at best.
Con Problematic support even in the paid grade
Con No SQL database available
Google App Engine uses Google's NoSQL cloud database. There's no option to use a SQL database with your application.
Con Expensive
The cheapest plan starts at $15 a month.
