Google App Engine & Compute Engine for Startups
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Google App Engine & Compute Engine for Startups
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●Google Cloud History●Why Google Cloud?●Case Study●Monetization●Review
Google Cloud History
Application as a Service: Gmail, Google Docs (2004)
Platform as a Service: AppEngine (4/2008)
Infrastructure as a Service: Compute Engine (6/2012)
Why Google Cloud?
Self-Hosted AppEngine Compute Engine
Free Quota No Yes No
Initial Setup Slow Immediately Immediately
Management Console
No Yes Yes
Development utilities
No Yes No
Scalibility Manual Auto Manual
Deployment Manual Auto Manual
Google Plugin for IDEs
Eclipse + Google Plugin for Eclipse
Management Console
AppEngine Console
Case Study●Product: SkyDoor News●Platform: AppEngine●Language: Python●Time: Early 2009●Experience
●Fast development: 3 days●Auto scaling: No need to care about DB, web servers●Free Quota could handle 40k visits/day until Google changed policy in Nov 2011
Case Study
MonetizationGoogle Adsense (Vietnam market)●CPC: $0.04 - $0.08●Page RPM: $0.2 - $0.4
Google Admob (Mobile apps)
Local ad networks●Admicro, VietAd, Ambient, NovaAds…
ReviewGOOGLE APP ENGINEPros●Fast Development●No initial cost●Tight integration with Google APIs●World-class infrastructureCons●Vendor Lock-in
ReviewGOOGLE COMPUTE ENGINECons●Too new●Expensive, compared to AWS●Servers only in US & Europe
Pros●Currently offer $2000 credit for startups :)
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