Pros & Cons of Google App Engine [closed]

Solution 1:

Pros:

• Scalable
• Easy and cheaper (in short term).
• Nice option for start-ups/individuals.
• Suitable for apps that just store and retrieve data.

Cons:

• Not suitable for CPU intensive calculations. They are slower and expensive.
• Scalability doesn't matter much cuz if an app works at Google scale then probably it makes enough money to run on its own servers.
• They have lots of limitations thrown here and there, as a result deep data analysis is difficult. Like you cannot produce a social graph using GAE.

I would say its not meant for serious businesses and expensive in long run.

Solution 2:

(A huge new) PRO: GAE now supports MySQL : https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/