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Comparison

Clever Cloud vs Google App Engine

On the evidence we track, Clever Cloud leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Clever Cloud full profile →Google App Engine full profile →
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★Clever Cloud69
Google App Engine55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Clever Cloud69 / 100medium · 73%
Google App Engine55 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
Clever Cloud✗
Google App Engine✓
Model
Clever Cloudcommercial
Google App Enginefreemium
Price level
Clever Cloudlow
Google App Enginelow
Starting price
Clever Cloud$4.98
Google App Engine–
Transparent
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓
Integrations
Count
Clever Cloud19
Google App Engine3
Security
Certifications
Clever CloudISO 27001:2022, Health Data Hosting (HDS)
Google App Engine–
Disclosure policy
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine–
Gdpr
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine–
Iso27001
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Clever Cloud99.9
Google App Engine–
Status page
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Clever Cloud7 items
Google App Engine6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine-
Deploy arbitrary container image
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine-
Per-PR preview environments
Clever Cloud-
Google App Engine-
Build
Build system
Clever CloudBuildpacks
Google App Engine-
Runtime / language breadth
Clever CloudNode.js, Python, Java, PHP, Scala, Docker, FrankenPHP, Bun, V language, and othe
Google App EngineNode.js, Java, Ruby, C#, Go, Python, PHP
Scale
Autoscaling
Clever CloudHorizontal
Google App EngineHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
Clever CloudMulti-region
Google App EngineMulti-region
Hosting
Clever CloudCloud + self-hosted
Google App EngineCloud only
Data
Bundled managed data services
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine-
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Clever Cloud-
Google App Engine-
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓
Instant rollbacks
Clever Cloud-
Google App Engine✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Clever Cloud

Leader

A managed platform-as-a-service for developers that handles deployment, runtime monitoring, automatic updates, and infrastructure management. Applications deploy via a simple git push without requiring Docker configuration or manual setup.

Independently observed

Google App Engine

A managed cloud platform that automatically handles server deployment and scaling, allowing developers to deploy applications without managing underlying infrastructure or configuration.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Clever Cloud

Leader
from $4.98/moSubscription

From $4.98/month for Pico instances

  • Pico$4.98/mo
  • Nano$6.64/mo
as of verify ↗

Google App Engine

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier: 29 hours F1 instances + 9 hours B1 instances per day, 1 GB outbound data per day. $300 free credits available. Usage-based pricing from $0.05–$0.40/hour depending on instance class.

  • B1Free
  • B2Free
  • B4Free
  • B4_1GFree
  • B8Free
  • F1Free
  • F2Free
  • F4Free
  • F4_1GFree
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓
CLI
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✓
Hybrid
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✗
Air-gapped
Clever Cloud✓
Google App Engine✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Clever Cloud

Leader
22 total
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • Artifactory
  • ElasticSearch
  • Kibana
  • ElasticAPM
  • Keycloak
  • Matomo
  • Metabase
  • Otoroshi
  • Varnish
  • Redirection.io
  • Terraform
  • OVHcloud
  • Git
  • Prometheus
  • Apache Pulsar
  • Grafana
Independently observed

Google App Engine

3 total
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Cloud Logging
  • Cloud Run
Independently observed
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