--- title: Google App Engine Reviews meta\_title: 'Google App Engine Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 216 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Google App Engine works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 216 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # Google App Engine Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Google App Engine but has limited features. Are you part of the Google App Engine team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Build monolithic server-side rendered websites. App Engine supports popular development languages with a range of developer tools. New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on App Engine. All customers get 28 instances in standard environment free per day, not charged against your credits. * * * Seller [Google](https://www.g2.com/sellers/google) Discussions [Google App Engine Community](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Alena Ageeva Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 10 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![AWS Lambda](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "AWS Lambda") AWS Lambda 4.6/5(1,051) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) [ ![Salesforce Headless 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Salesforce Headless 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)") Salesforce Headless 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform) 4.5/5(3,994) ](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) [ ![AWS Elastic Beanstalk](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "AWS Elastic Beanstalk") AWS Elastic Beanstalk 4.2/5(200) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elastic-beanstalk/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 216 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Google App Engine Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-identity-aware-proxy/reviews) Show More ![Kunal B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kunal B.") KB Kunal B. Software Engineer Internet Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/14/2015 "Good for rapid prototyping but consider other alternatives first" 2/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? It's sandboxed and comes with very well set of documentation. This makes it extremely simple for rapid prototyping and deploying. You don't have to worry about any infrastructure setup. Just make your web services and host them easily on cloud with just one click. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? It's initial load time is very high. For staging server the first request has a cold start which is not a good user experience for in house users. The production server has this same problem as well (not as bad as development server). The overall performance is slow as compared to amazon beanstalk. It does not scale well once you reach for more than few thousand users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Google App Engine: Not very effective for mobile web services. Might be beneficial for hosting background process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? Make backend web service for my mobile app. The only benefit of using GAE is rapid prototyping. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Manu C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Manu C.") MC Manu C. Channels Sales - India & SAARC Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/16/2016 "App Engine Usage" 2/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? App Engine gave me option to work for my new work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Nohting, all is well, product works well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? Creating a Chanels Sales App Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![John O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "John O.") JO John O. Sr. Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/27/2013 "Decent platform, but could use a lot more attention to gain adoption" 2/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? Google App Engine is a decent platform if you are familiar to Java or other support language. There are free editors for working with code such as Eclipse. For paid IDEs, I would recommend IntelliJ (by JetBrains). Performance is pretty good in this cloud based environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? You really have to hunt for good documentation and code samples. With the limited availability of such information, there was a steep learning curve to get adapted to the environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Google App Engine: Google App Engine is ok for those wanting to explore this cloud based application environment. The lack of good documentation and code samples has really hurt this platform. Also, the lack of visual development tools has also minimized the adoption of the platform in my opinion. I think the alternatives such as Azure and Heroku are definitely worth considering before taking the leap here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Google App Engine? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Google App Engine ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Google App Engine used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-google-app-engine-used-for) ![Viswamitra K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Viswamitra K.") VK Viswamitra Kumar • Last activity over 5 years ago why it does not provide full-text search API 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/33508-why-it-does-not-provide-full-text-search-api) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 10 months ### Average Discount 25% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/pricing) Google App Engine Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_da16878589afcd15c61bcb8a7b6b66a7/kubernetes.png "Product Avatar Image") Kubernetes 4.6/5(159) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/google-app-engine-vs-kubernetes) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_b3390b4cc3d92e87d570895f7358c003/aws-elastic-beanstalk.jpg "Product Avatar Image") AWS Beanstalk 4.2/5(200) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-elastic-beanstalk-vs-google-app-engine) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_b963bb0bb0559159623174123b648e7f/ibm-cloud-virtual-servers.png "Product Avatar Image") IBM Cloud Virtual Servers 3.8/5(55) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/google-app-engine-vs-ibm-cloud-virtual-servers) ##### ##### Google App Engine Features Development Application Deployment Custom Development Development Environment Database Analytics Backup / Recovery Storage Infrastructure Networking Virtual Machines Security [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas) ##### Explore More [What MDM tool offers the most customizable data models?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-mdm-tool-offers-the-most-customizable-data-models)[Leading software for affiliate marketing programs](https://www.g2.com/discussions/leading-software-for-affiliate-marketing-programs)[Affordable fleet management software for new businesses](https://www.g2.com/discussions/affordable-fleet-management-software-for-new-businesses) [What is the most affordable recruitment marketing software for SMBs?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-most-affordable-recruitment-marketing-software-for-smbs)[What is the most affordable practice management solution for small firms?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-most-affordable-practice-management-solution-for-small-firms)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)