Summary
GCP offers several computing options. The options vary in the level of control that you, as a user of GCP, have over the computing platform. Generally, with more control comes more responsibility and management overhead. Your objective when choosing a computing platform is to choose one that meets your requirements while minimizing DevOps overhead and cost.
Compute Engine is the GCP service that lets you provision VMs. You can choose from predefined configurations, or you can create a custom configuration with the best combination of virtual CPUs and memory for your needs. If you can tolerate some disruption in VM functioning, you can save a significant amount of money by using preemptible VMs.
App Engine is Google’s PaaS offering. This is one of the serverless options. You provide application code and, in the case of the App Engine flexible environment, a specification for a Docker container to run your application. The App Engine standard environment is appropriate for...
