On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:48:10 AM UTC+8, barryhunter wrote: > > Apples to Oranges. > > DigitalOcean to Compute Engine would be a fairer comparison. They are both > the same 'type' of product. > > > AppEngine isn't a magic 'fit all' solution. Many types of applications you > could very definitly run (much) cheaper elsewhere (particularly ones that > are small enough to fit in a single VPS). > > But there certain types of applications that will be 'cheaper' on > AppEngine (particularly when consider AppEngine is managed hosting). > > If the free quota provided by App Engine is not considered, I don't think there are any types will be cheaper in App Engine.
I admit DigitalOcean is an alternative to GCE instead of GAE. But standing at the position of Google, the comparison is not unfair. Google charges too many for a low cost. > > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Tapir <tapi...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> DigitalOcean: 2.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 20GB SSD, 1TB Bandwidth for free. >> $5/month >> Google App Engine B4 Instance: 2.4GHz, 512MB, No Hard Disk, Bandwidth >> needs extra money, $230/month >> >> 230/5 = 46! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to google-appengi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> google-a...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
