It is definitely not an apples to apples comparison, and App Engine should be significantly more expensive using a simple $/GB metric.
However, $0.039/hr/GB for Compute Engine vs. $0.64/hr/GB for App Engine (1600% higher) did raise my eyebrows as well. Part of it seems to be that the Compute Engine price (on a per GB basis) seems pretty darn low. On Friday, June 29, 2012 8:52:34 AM UTC-4, barryhunter wrote: > > You are not comparing like for like. > > An app-engine 'instance' is not just a generic VM instance. > > Its 'managed' for you - you dont need to install a OS, manage patches etc. > Even a backed has an effective load balancer in front of it, a firewall. > Access to other 'free' services, memcache, task queues, etc. > > The classic IaaS vs. PaaS difference. > > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 5:18 AM, pdknsk wrote: > >> Riddle me this. >> >> B2 256MB RAM $0.16/h >> >> http://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/backends/overview/ >> >> n1-standard-1-d 3.75GB RAM $0.145/h >> >> http://cloud.google.com/pricing/compute-engine.html >> >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/ausgeoJQgCIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
