Compare Google App Engine and Salesforce Heroku 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (57.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$7.00
Google App Engine
Star Rating
(215)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Google App EngineSalesforce Heroku
Star Rating
(147)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$7.00
Browse all 4 pricing plansGoogle App Engine vs Salesforce Heroku
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Salesforce Heroku easier to use and set up. However, reviewers felt that administration of both products was equally easy, and preferred doing business with Google App Engine overall.
- Reviewers felt that Salesforce Heroku meets the needs of their business better than Google App Engine.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Salesforce Heroku is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Google App Engine over Salesforce Heroku.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google App Engine
No pricing availableSalesforce Heroku
Basic
$7.00
Perfect for small scale personal projects and hobby apps
- Deploy with Git and Docker
- Custom domains
- Container orchestration
Free Trial
Google App Engine
No trial information availableSalesforce Heroku
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
157
8.7
119
Ease of Use
8.2
160
8.8
119
Ease of Setup
8.3
76
8.6
58
Ease of Admin
8.4
73
8.4
54
Quality of Support
7.6
148
7.8
98
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.0
68
7.9
53
Product Direction (% positive)
7.8
150
7.4
113
Features by Category
Development
9.0
67
9.3
49
8.4
65
8.5
45
8.5
65
8.5
44
8.0
66
8.4
44
Feature Not Available
7.9
32
Database
Feature Not Available
8.5
32
8.0
60
7.8
46
Feature Not Available
8.3
41
8.5
58
8.1
37
8.5
62
7.9
42
Infrastructure
8.8
64
8.5
43
8.6
62
8.3
39
8.7
66
8.8
40
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Google App Engine and Salesforce Heroku are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
Google App Engine has no unique categories
Salesforce Heroku is categorized as Mobile Backend-as-a-Service (mBaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google App Engine
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Salesforce Heroku
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
17.8%
Computer Software
16.2%
Telecommunications
4.7%
Financial Services
4.2%
Internet
3.7%
Other
53.4%
Computer Software
28.4%
Information Technology and Services
18.4%
Internet
11.3%
Marketing and Advertising
5.0%
Retail
3.5%
Other
33.3%
Alternatives
Discussions
why it does not provide full-text search API
1 Comment
MR
They used to, but it got deprecated. We use https://firesearch.dev instead - which bring full-text search backed by Google Cloud Firestore.Read more
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