Azure Red Hat OpenShift vs Google App Engine comparison

Microsoft and Google are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Microsoft is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.3, while Google is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4. Microsoft holds a 1.1% mindshare in PSP, compared to Google’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Google users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Google App Engine and Azure Red Hat OpenShift are cloud solutions for application deployment, competing in price and feature offerings. While Google App Engine is praised for pricing and customer service, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is seen as advantageous due to its robust feature set and capabilities.

Features: Google App Engine offers automatic scaling, flexible environment support, and integration with Google services. Azure Red Hat OpenShift provides a Kubernetes-based architecture, container orchestration, and hybrid cloud support.

Room for Improvement: Google App Engine could enhance its flexibility for alternative services, improve features beyond simplicity, and advance trial offerings. Azure Red Hat OpenShift may work on reducing setup complexity, refining pricing structure, and enhancing initial configuration processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google App Engine features straightforward deployment with minimal configurations, preferred for developers seeking simplicity, and is recognized for efficient customer service. Azure Red Hat OpenShift requires more setup time and expertise but offers advanced deployment options. Customer service is strong, focused on enterprise needs despite lesser immediacy.

Pricing and ROI: Google App Engine's pricing is favorable for smaller businesses with potentially higher ROI for simple applications. Azure Red Hat OpenShift involves higher setup costs due to enterprise-grade features. The ROI is significant for larger organizations utilizing its full capabilities, justifying its investment for advanced cloud solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google App Engine

Ranking in PaaS Clouds

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Azure Red Hat OpenShift is 1.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google App Engine is 2.5%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Google App Engine	2.5%
Azure Red Hat OpenShift	1.1%
Other	96.4%

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DeepakMishra

CEO, Head of Sales and Business Development at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Integrated cloud platform has streamlined app delivery and supported certified marketplace products

A potential area for improvement for Azure Red Hat OpenShift is to see managed identity support and ensure that some of the security features are not conflicting with Azure or Azure product features. I am sure in the future it will be more templatized so that we need not depend on Azure security features. Azure Red Hat OpenShift should be independent of Azure security features with respect to container scan and all that. Why would it use an Azure security feature? That is what I find. It is still yet to be GA and commonly available, but that is a strong reason for improvement.

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Rajesh Kadyan

Senior Engineer at Brillio

Have managed resources seamlessly thanks to robust platform capabilities

The areas of Google App Engine that I would to improve or enhance include its allowance for complete end-to-end deployment and scalability; however, it is manageable only for a few languages. For instance, it doesn't support languages C and C++, only basic support for Node.js, Java, and Ruby. It's not a comprehensive solution for all scenarios. Moreover, the security feature is based on IAM roles, but it should ideally be based on Active Directory (AD) roles. For IAM-based roles, we need to add the proper users and provide all security permissions manually. In an AD-based model, we would simply add users to a specific group, and all permissions would be inherited.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten."

"Technical support from Red Hat is very good."

"The most valuable features of the solution are accessibility and scalability."

"The solution's support and its automation tool that ensures we are secure and appropriately configured are the most valuable features of Azure Red Hat OpenShift."

"As a consulting company, we implement Azure Red Hat OpenShift for our clients, who appreciate its integration capabilities for enhancing cloud operations. While we handle implementation, build processes, and automation, the operational responsibility lies with the customer. The service provides basic processes and support from Red Hat and Microsoft, which benefits clients by allowing them to focus on their business rather than regular operations like cluster upgrades."

"In Kubernetes, when traffic goes out of a pod, it has to have its own IP address. Every service that's going out requires another IP. But with OpenShift, you don't have to deal with any of those IPs because they use NAT."

"It has a feature to automatically scale up or scale down. If my application is running in peak hours, it will automatically increase."

"Flexibility, a very well-developed interface, and ease of learning are the most valuable features of Azure Red Hat OpenShift."

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"The integration with Google's suite allows me to offer a comprehensive service to my enterprise clients."

"The zero infrastructure management is valuable, allowing me to focus on the code rather than the service."

"The seamless integration of Google App Engine with other Google Cloud services has enhanced my application capabilities by allowing us to trigger Cloud Jobs from App Engine and some cloud functions, as handling messages through Pub/Sub."

"Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine."

"I've found that all of the features are valuable, especially the shared drive and the ability for multiple people to use their documents at the same time."

"The initial setup is okay. It's not too complex. Deployment took about one day."

"What I appreciate most about Google App Engine is that the deployment is significantly easier compared to a conventional Linux platform."

"Seurity features - unauthorized individuals are unable to access certain applications."

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Cons

"Technically, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is fine. However, its marketing could be improved, especially when compared to the robust marketing efforts of Azure, HPE, and Nutanix."

"They need to improve the core licensing model."

"The product is expensive."

"Automation could be improved."

"I would like Azure Red Hat OpenShift to be more open to new frameworks and languages. Currently, if I create a pod with Rust, it doesn't work in OpenShift, and I must create a layer of interpretation."

"I would rate the technical support from Microsoft as six."

"One of the things to notice is that this product can be expensive."

"Azure Red Hat OpenShift's support should be improved."

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"The main drawback with Google App Engine's standard environment was its restrictions. We could not work with file systems, run shell scripts from the environment, or use WebSockets."

"The initial setup is complex as it is customized based on different clients, and it can range from one to three years, requiring niche-specific technical resources."

"The interface and IDE, where I write code, could be improved. Unlike other IDEs like Visual Studio, it lacks easy access to available functions."

"Some clients don't use it because Google is very unstable with their products. Google has terminated many promising products in the past, and some clients have stated, 'This is from Google, we don't trust it because Google can change their mind any day.'"

"The areas of Google App Engine that I would to improve or enhance include its allowance for complete end-to-end deployment and scalability; however, it is manageable only for a few languages."

"There are two versions of Google App Engine: flexible and standard versions. I think they can improve by having only one version."

"One drawback is that the app needs to be written to be compatible with Google App Engine, making it not cloud agnostic, hindering straightforward migration to other platforms such as AWS."

"The documentation and community are lacking for this product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is expensive compared to a similar product."

"Azure Red Hat OpenShift is not a low-price solution; it's expensive. Pricing depends on the strategy and whether you buy it directly from Red Hat or the Azure portal. Additionally, some customers may need a complete disaster recovery solution, which requires additional licensing and software products for implementation, such as backups."

"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Compared to other cloud environments like Amazon or Google, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is an expensive solution."

"We pay the license yearly. It's about $6 a month, which is $72 a year per person, so it's about $500."

"If we don't know how to work with the tool, we might have some spikes in price."

"I would like to have more free application with it. Some of the applications, I am paying more for them. I think that they must be free."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

11%

University

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Red Hat OpenShift?

The pricing for OpenShift is similar to other solutions like Docker ( /products/docker-37146-reviews ) Studio. The plans with ARO and AWS are standard in the market. However, using OpenShift on-pre...

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What needs improvement with Azure Red Hat OpenShift?

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What is your primary use case for Azure Red Hat OpenShift?

My use case for Azure Red Hat OpenShift is for an employee engagement application and HR, and I have also used it for an agentic bot.

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What do you like most about Google App Engine?

The product's setup and deployment phases are easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google App Engine?

I believe it is reasonably priced. I've never heard anyone express that the licenses are too expensive.

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What needs improvement with Google App Engine?

The error logging system in Google App Engine could be enhanced. While there are troubleshooting documents with Google-defined error logs, identifying the exact root cause can be challenging. Often...

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Overview

Azure Red Hat OpenShift provides highly available, fully managed OpenShift clusters on demand, monitored and operated jointly by Microsoft and Red Hat. Kubernetes is at the core of Red Hat OpenShift. OpenShift brings added-value features to complement Kubernetes, making it a turnkey container platform as a service (PaaS) with a significantly improved developer and operator experience.

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Google App Engine is a Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) provider that equips web application developers with all the resources and tools that they need to develop, test, and run their applications on Google's infrastructure. Everything is built into the kit, so with one download of the SDK, you'll be well on your way to first-rate apps.

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