AppFog vs Google App Engine

Overview

AppFog

Stacks7

Followers24

Votes14

Google App Engine

Stacks10.5K

Followers8.1K

Votes611

AppFog vs Google App Engine: What are the differences?

What is AppFog? Simple PaaS for Java, Python, Node, .Net, Ruby, PHP, MySQL, Mongo, and PostgreSQL. AppFog provides the infrastructure web developers need to build apps without worrying about IT tasks or having to wait days to get servers ready for writing code. AppFog’s web application technologies include PHP, NodeJS, Ruby, Python, Java, .NET, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

What is Google App Engine? Build web applications on the same scalable systems that power Google applications. Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow.

AppFog and Google App Engine can be categorized as "Platform as a Service" tools.

Some of the features offered by AppFog are:

Launches fast, runs fast- Varnish Cache and op-code caching run applications with less server load and accelerated performance.
Reduces ops work- No more configuring servers, firewalls, Apache, security, or installing frameworks.
Plays well with any SCM- Versioning is critical. AppFog is compatible with code management systems like git, svn, and mercurial.

On the other hand, Google App Engine provides the following key features:

Zero to sixty: Scale your app automatically without worrying about managing machines.
Supercharged APIs: Supercharge your app with services such as Task Queue, XMPP, and Cloud SQL, all powered by the same infrastructure that powers the Google services you use every day.
You're in control: Manage your application with a simple, web-based dashboard allowing you to customize your app's performance.

"The basic plan is free" is the top reason why over 3 developers like AppFog, while over 140 developers mention "Easy to deploy" as the leading cause for choosing Google App Engine.

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Detailed Comparison

AppFog	Google App Engine
AppFog provides the infrastructure web developers need to build apps without worrying about IT tasks or having to wait days to get servers ready for writing code. AppFog’s web application technologies include PHP, NodeJS, Ruby, Python, Java, .NET, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.	Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow.
Launches fast, runs fast- Varnish Cache and op-code caching run applications with less server load and accelerated performance.;Reduces ops work- No more configuring servers, firewalls, Apache, security, or installing frameworks.;Plays well with any SCM- Versioning is critical. AppFog is compatible with code management systems like git, svn, and mercurial.;Scales efficiently- We run in many regions, data centers, and infrastructures. Access only the servers you need and pay for only what you use.;Supports many app runtimes- Web app technologies include PHP, Node, Ruby, Python, Java, and .NET.;Supports many services- Add any popular service to your application, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ.	Zero to sixty: Scale your app automatically without worrying about managing machines.;Supercharged APIs: Supercharge your app with services such as Task Queue, XMPP, and Cloud SQL, all powered by the same infrastructure that powers the Google services you use every day.;You're in control: Manage your application with a simple, web-based dashboard allowing you to customize your app's performance.
Statistics
Stacks 7	Stacks 10.5K
Followers 24	Followers 8.1K
Votes 14	Votes 611
Pros & Cons
Pros 4 The basic plan is free 4 Allocate multiple instances to one app for free 3 Pricing by memory size 2 Great for startups 1 10 Free instances	Pros 145 Easy to deploy 106 Auto scaling 80 Good free plan 62 Easy management 56 Scalability
Integrations
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What are some alternatives to AppFog, Google App Engine?

Heroku

Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.

Clever Cloud

Clever Cloud is a polyglot cloud application platform. The service helps developers to build applications with many languages and services, with auto-scaling features and a true pay-as-you-go pricing model.

Red Hat OpenShift

OpenShift is Red Hat's Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. OpenShift is an application platform in the cloud where application developers and teams can build, test, deploy, and run their applications.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Once you upload your application, Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring.

Render

Render is a unified platform to build and run all your apps and websites with free SSL, a global CDN, private networks and auto deploys from Git.

Hasura

An open source GraphQL engine that deploys instant, realtime GraphQL APIs on any Postgres database.

Cloud 66

Cloud 66 gives you everything you need to build, deploy and maintain your applications on any cloud, without the headache of dealing with "server stuff". Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Jamstack, Laravel, GoLang, and more.

Jelastic

Jelastic is a Multi-Cloud DevOps PaaS for ISVs, telcos, service providers and enterprises needing to speed up development, reduce cost of IT infrastructure, improve uptime and security.

Dokku

It is an extensible, open source Platform as a Service that runs on a single server of your choice. It helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications from building to scaling.

PythonAnywhere

It's somewhat unique. A small PaaS that supports web apps (Python only) as well as scheduled jobs with shell access. It is an expensive way to tinker and run several small apps.