Google App Engine vs Heroku
No clear leader: Heroku (59.9) and Google App Engine (56.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Google App Engine
A fully managed serverless platform for deploying web applications across multiple programming languages with automatic scaling and integrated monitoring and diagnostics.
Heroku
A cloud-based application platform that enables developers to build, run, and scale web applications using managed infrastructure and integrated deployment tools. Supports multiple programming languages and frameworks with Git-based deployment.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Google App Engine
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
Heroku
Pricing not documented yet.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Google App Engine
- Cloud Monitoring
- Cloud Logging
- Cloud Run
Heroku
- GitHub
- Twilio
- Salesforce
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.