Google App Engine vs Jelastic: What are the differences?

Developers describe Google App Engine as "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. On the other hand, Jelastic is detailed as "Java and PHP Cloud Hosting". Jelastic is the next generation of Java hosting platforms which can run and scale ANY Java application with no code changes required.

Google App Engine and Jelastic belong to "Platform as a Service" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Google App Engine are:

• 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.

On the other hand, Jelastic provides the following key features:

• Set up environment in seconds
• No installation or configuration
• No APIs to code to

"Easy to deploy" is the primary reason why developers consider Google App Engine over the competitors, whereas "Managed hosting" was stated as the key factor in picking Jelastic.