GIFFY in Google App Engine vs GIFFY in AppScale Which one should you choose?
GIFFY is a rapid application development framework, for developing domain independent business applications at ease. Why choose it?
GIFFY is a rapid application development framework, for developing domain independent business applications at ease. It is a secure, straight forward, cost effective productivity tool having a set of predefined tools that one can simply use to develop applications much quickly. Using GIFFY, enterprises can manage their productivity, performance and profits.
It started out running on Google App Engine.
What is Google App Engine?
Google App Engine (GAE) is the mostly used Platform as a Service in the world. Google provided the education and the course materials which makes it easy for developers to learn. The API driven model gives developers the opportunity to quickly create web and mobile applications and then iterate on those applications. It allows for the creation of quick MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) which accelerates time to market. Another big advantage of GAE is that it scales automatically. Therefore you don’t need to worry about scaling when your application becomes a big hit.
So running in GAE, GIFFY provides an uptime of 99.9%, highest possible data security, rapid scalability and zero data loss at lowest maintenance costs.
Well as gimmicky as it may sound, it comes with a few limitations.
Limitations of Google AppEngine:
Google AppEngine datastore supports a total of 200 indices only.
With Google AppEngine, a user cannot opt for an on-premise server.
With Google App Engine, user is restricted to GAE datastore only.
However this is a requirement based limitation, and it is not applicable for all using GIFFY.
How GIFFY overcame these limitations?
By moving GIFFY from GAE to a virtual environment, called AppScale.
What is AppScale?
It is an open source virtual environment that allows you to run your GAE applications on any infrastructure, anywhere that makes sense for your business. With Appscale you can choose which public or private cloud platform is the best fit for your business requirements. Because Appscale is literally the GAE alternative, it is an easy migration from Google App Engine to AppScale. Since AppScale runs on Google Compute Engine, it allows users to move their App Engine applications to AppScale unmodified, while providing the same no-ops experience as Google App Engine. Now GIFFY runs on both AppScale and Google AppEngine.
Try AppScale cloud billing calculator to know how much you can save on your next cloud bill over here https://www.appscale.com/resources/cloud-cost-calculator/?hsCtaTracking=1622f0f0-cb2f-4c82-acbe-55ec0edda0e8%7C91707a3f-6979-495c-905d-0c6bd81e0d33
So which one is more apposite for you?
It really depends upon many factors, some of which are, size of data, scalability, server location, database. With AppScale GIFFY one can choose their database whereas with AppEngine he can only use Google datastore. With AppEngine, one can get rapid scalability, whereas with AppScale the scalability may not be that hasty, like that of Google's and when it comes to on-premise server, GIFFY AppScale is the way to go.
Choosing one over another could be a complicated process so it’s best if you leave it to our technical consultants.
To know more as to which GIFFY can help automate your business or a cloud computing consultation email us at info@infiflex.com.
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