Azure Red Hat OpenShift vs Google App Engine comparison

Microsoft and Google are both solutions in the PaaS Clouds category. Microsoft is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.3, while Google is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.4. Microsoft holds a 1.0% mindshare in PSP, compared to Google’s 2.4% 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

14th

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

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Azure Red Hat OpenShift is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google App Engine is 2.4%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

PaaS Clouds Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Google App Engine	2.4%
Azure Red Hat OpenShift	1.0%
Other	96.6%

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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

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

"It supports AKS and other projects like Kubernetes or EKS."

"Red Hat is a very stable product with good integration with products such as Kubernetes, and it also offers migration tools."

"Technical support from Red Hat is very good."

"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."

"The functions and features in Azure Red Hat OpenShift that I have found most valuable are that it is a platform that is baked into Azure, and since it is baked into Azure, it is managed operation by Azure, which takes out the complexity of the infrastructure management and day two operations when compared with on-premise OpenShift."

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

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

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"Google App Engine is highly scalable and can integrate easily with other applications."

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

"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."

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

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

"The functions and features of Google App Engine that I have found most valuable are that it is serverless, and the learning curve is easy to follow."

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

"The most valuable features of Google App Engine include the ease of rolling back deployments when failures occur, the ability to track deployment times, and the feature to split traffic between different instances."

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Cons

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

"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."

"There is room for improvement in terms of orchestration. While Azure orchestration offers valuable features, it's worth noting that it may not match the level of orchestration provided by Kubernetes itself."

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

"Regarding room for improvement, there's always room, but it's mainly about Azure itself rather than Azure Red Hat OpenShift. Azure is not as advanced as AWS in terms of supported services. AWS is the leader in this area. However, there's no need for service improvement in Azure Red Hat OpenShift as the service is excellent. I don't need additional features because I can customize it according to the customer's needs."

"They need to improve the core licensing model."

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"The only concern is that there is a number of the offerings which are built on their own proprietary technologies. With some of the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers."

"I would like a simpler deployment tool on laptops. It is a bit complicated at the moment. We know how to do it, but it could be easier to deploy it on laptops."

"I think there's still a lot that can be done with Google Meet and the video conferencing part of it. It could be more dynamic in terms of what can be done with it."

"The areas of Google App Engine I would to see improved or enhanced in the future include expanding inbuilt support for more programming languages than the current limited options such as Python, Go, and Node, ideally adding support for languages such as Java."

"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"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."

"I am limited to sending a photo to five people. I want to be able to send a photo to many people, not just five."

"The support for the Indian region is not as good as compared to the support that is offered to the regions in Europe."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"It is expensive compared to a similar product."

"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."

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

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

"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

21%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

10%

University

10%

Educational Organization

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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