Google App Engine vs Ninefold: What are the differences?

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; Ninefold: High Performance Australian Cloud Servers. Ninefold.com specialises in high performance, self managed, cloud based virtual servers for the Australian market including the Australian Federal Govt.

Google App Engine and Ninefold 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, Ninefold provides the following key features:

• Easy to use portal
• Awesome local support
• Production and Development servers

"Easy to deploy" is the top reason why over 140 developers like Google App Engine, while over 4 developers mention "High performance" as the leading cause for choosing Ninefold.