cloudControl vs Google App Engine: What are the differences?

What is cloudControl? Deploy and scale any app in Java, PHP, Python, Ruby and more. The cloudControl PaaS supports multiple languages and their ecosystems natively and without vendor lock-in through open source buildpacks. Native support means you can continue to use the tools you know and love for development and simply push your code to the cloudControl platform. A buildpack is run on each push and prepares your app for deployment. E.g. compiling source code, minifying CSS and Javascript assets, pulling in dependencies with Maven, Composer, PIP, Bundler and more.

What is 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.

cloudControl and Google App Engine can be categorized as "Platform as a Service" tools.

Some of the features offered by cloudControl are:

• Develop and push code in any language- Native support for Java, PHP, Python, Ruby and more without vendor lock-in.
• Deploy and scale your apps easily- Launch new versions without downtime and use horizontal or vertical scaling.
• Use the flexible and secure runtime environment- Run your code in secure Linux containers and easily use Add-on services to add databases and more.

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.