--- 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 ![Himanshu S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Himanshu S.") HS Himanshu S. Programmer Analyst (Digital Cadre) - Cloud Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/10/2023 "App Engine Review" 3/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? This service is a reliable, scalable, and a very good platform for developing and deploying web applications. It allows us to write code and the managing part is taken by the GCP's infrastructure. The customer support at GCP is very good as they deeply investigate and provide us with good resolutions. It has so many good features such as scalibiluy and better infrastructure maintnance. Its easy to integrate App Engine with other products such as SQL etc. The frequency of App engine I use is around once a week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? I feel that It is not good for high CPU intensive apps. we also experience performance problems and also this service a bit expensive for high traffic load. The service sometimes throws error that are not very known to us. Although it can be implemented at a good level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? App Engine is solving such the problem of physical infrastructure management at my end, as it takes care of all the task at the scalibility level such as provisioning the servers, and scaling applications. also it handles the the security level things. This helps me to focus on developing and deploying my applications. Its Scalability can automatically scale my applications up or down based on demand and its pay per use model is very good. It provides security features such as encryption. This helps to protect my applications from attack from the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/18/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Indrajit P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Indrajit P.") IP Indrajit P. Project Coordinator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/12/2023 "Most friendly cloud space" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? The cloud storage they offer is useful for everyday work and individuals. Always there is a necessity of something to be stored or saved. And always Google's customer support on the top. Apart from storage it also provides other features as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Downsides - I haven't yet faced an issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps mainly in hosting purposes. Alos aids in development platform areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") UE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/1/2023 "Really good cloud based service" 3/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? Google cloud is the most simple system to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Not enough memory for storage and very expensive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? Really good platform for computing and storage purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/22/2021 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Go Google App Engine - Good Product" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? Assures privacy and security of your accounts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Expensive and Slow. It consumes a lot of time if you use any other browser Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Google App Engine: Go for it. Best App free of maintenance and most secured Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? No server configuration is required, no server maintenance is needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/26/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sankul G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sankul G.") SG Sankul G. Systems Developer Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/31/2019 "GAE : the good the bad the ugly" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? The fact that it is very easy to understand for a person who is making his/her first step into cloud technology. Auto scalable and managed totally by Google is also a great feature for a small team or a prototype application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? GAE ecosystem. Gae comes with its ecosystem and it's very easy to get attached to it. The ease of use of other services such as analytics and stack driver is great but it comes with a cost which can easily go way up. Then there are some versions of languages which are not supported. Gae can stop supporting certain version anytime and you have to keep up with their pace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Google App Engine: If you have a small team which is also responsible for development of the product then surely go for it. And if you have a larger team with dedicated person to take care of deployments. Go for cheaper options such as compute engine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? Memes and social media goes hand in hand. Therefore developed a social media platform designed around memes which also provides a comprehensive and powerful tool to create memes from scratch, provide innovative ideas with templates and connect with memers around the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in E-Learning](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in E-Learning") UE Verified User in E-Learning Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/28/2019 "Not using currently, found difficult to use" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? App engine was difficult to configure for me . I tried deploy my app but some issues arrived at each and every step and it was difficult to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Configuration was difficult to manage and understand. Could not find relevant settings to apply and was unable to quickly deploy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? It is managed services and that is best part if the configuration part becomes easy to understand then this would be best Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") UB Verified User in Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/13/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Google app engine" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? Easy to use with all applications that govern under the Google app engine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Find to difficult the particular module of the apl Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? All finance and sales related applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Broadcast Media](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Broadcast Media") CB Verified User in Broadcast Media Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/10/2019 "looks good" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? power is look so difficut.\\ an vvisal is aloso hard to disgn Need more information in your manual Function is so many We need more information about your function WE need more information about each functions\ Aoso debug function betweem it is easy to view your diagrams But each function is not Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? It not visible ABout your help is hard to understaning for our designer Nee more speed between S3 to S3 debug function is not easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? We need big space in our disk Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign II Ian I. Engineering Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/8/2019 "Granddad Serverless Environment Still Worth a Look" 3/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? App Engine has allowed our small team to execute at a way higher level than we could building and relying on our own infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Older sandboxed environments exhibit the worst of vendor lock scenarios. Price gets quite high past a certain scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? IoT, REST APIs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/4/2019 "GAE Review" 3/5 What do you like best about Google App Engine? I love the semplicity to use and the beautiful UI compared to the competitor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Google App Engine? Prices are too high, and a lack of a free tier like Amazon EC2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Google App Engine: Make it more accessible to startups by reducing cost and give a free tier with minimal spec machine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Google App Engine solving and how is that benefiting you? With Google App Engine we power our business APIs and our Website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ## 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.") 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