AWS Fargate vs Google App Engine: What are the differences?

AWS Fargate: Run Containers Without Managing Infrastructure. AWS Fargate is a technology for Amazon ECS and EKS* that allows you to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters. With AWS Fargate, you no longer have to provision, configure, and scale clusters of virtual machines to run containers; Google App Engine: Build web applications on the same scalable systems that power Google applications. Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow.

AWS Fargate belongs to "Containers as a Service" category of the tech stack, while Google App Engine can be primarily classified under "Platform as a Service".

Some of the features offered by AWS Fargate are:

• No clusters to manage
• seamless scaling
• integrated with Amazon ECS and EKS

On the other hand, Google App Engine provides the following key features:

• Zero to sixty: Scale your app automatically without worrying about managing machines.
• Supercharged APIs: Supercharge your app with services such as Task Queue, XMPP, and Cloud SQL, all powered by the same infrastructure that powers the Google services you use every day.
• You're in control: Manage your application with a simple, web-based dashboard allowing you to customize your app's performance.

According to the StackShare community, Google App Engine has a broader approval, being mentioned in 482 company stacks & 345 developers stacks; compared to AWS Fargate, which is listed in 37 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.