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Gandi vs Google Compute Engine: What are the differences?
Developers describe Gandi as "Simple cloud hosting and VPS". Gandi VPS Cloud Hosting offers you a flexible server with dedicated resources. The VPS virtualization is made possible by Xen technology. On the other hand, Google Compute Engine is detailed as "Run large-scale workloads on virtual machines hosted on Google's infrastructure". Google Compute Engine is a service that provides virtual machines that run on Google infrastructure. Google Compute Engine offers scale, performance, and value that allows you to easily launch large compute clusters on Google's infrastructure. There are no upfront investments and you can run up to thousands of virtual CPUs on a system that has been designed from the ground up to be fast, and to offer strong consistency of performance.
Gandi and Google Compute Engine can be categorized as "Cloud Hosting" tools.
"Powerful, flexible" is the primary reason why developers consider Gandi over the competitors, whereas "Backed by google" was stated as the key factor in picking Google Compute Engine.
GCE is much more user friendly than EC2, though Amazon has come a very long way since the early days (pre-2010's). This can be seen in how easy it is to edit the storage attached to an instance in GCE: it's under the instance details and is edited inline. In AWS you have to click the instance > click the storage block device (new screen) > click the edit option (new modal) > resize the volume > confirm (new model) then wait a very long time. Google's is nearly instant.
- In both cases, the instance much be shut down.
There also the preference between "user burden-of-security" and automatic security: AWS goes for the former, GCE the latter.
Pros of Gandi
- Powerful, flexible4
- No bullshit3
- SSH root access2
- Own network1
- Flexible pricing1
- Easy to scale1
- Activity monitoring1
- Free inbound traffic1
- Free support1
- Fast creation1
- Reliable1
- Scalable1
Pros of Google Compute Engine
- Backed by google87
- Easy to scale79
- High-performance virtual machines75
- Performance57
- Fast and easy provisioning52
- Load balancing15
- Compliance and security12
- Kubernetes9
- GitHub Integration8
- Consistency7
- Free $300 credit (12 months)4
- One Click Setup Options3
- Good documentation3
- Great integration and product support2
- Escort2
- Ease of Use and GitHub support2
- Nice UI1
- Easy Snapshot and Backup feature1
- Integration with mobile notification services1
- Low cost1
- Support many OS1
- Very Reliable1
