App Engine App Engine Flexible What VM means for customers
Execution Environment
Where the code runs
Optimised Sandbox
Secured
0 to N scaling
GA
GCE VM-Based
Docker containers based
in Beta
Flexibility
Any language, framework, or library
Performance
Up to 32 vCPUS or 208 GB of mem
Networking stack Custom Cloud Platform networking
stack
One network
● VPN, direct, carrier connection options
● Connect App Engine instances to Compute Engine on
private network
Load balancer
Autoscaler
Custom Cloud Load Balancer
Cloud Autoscaler
More control
Configure lower-level infrastructure services as necessary
NoSQL
Tasks & cron
Integrated Decoupled More control
● Access NoSQL Datastore from any compute product
● Utilize Task Queues or Pub/Sub to facilitate
intra-project communication
Managed runtime
support
constrained Fully open-source
compliant
New runtimes
Managed Node.js, Python 3, Java 8, PHP, Go