I have an app on GAE/J that has around 50-100 instances running at any point of the day (single threaded, yet to do the thread safe thingy).
1. Datastore problems have reduced (I'm on master/slave) and almost disappeared on high replication 2. Costs at the present price for an app that consumes resources the way my app does should be in the range of $300-$500 per month which I think is justified. I have a very small component of AWS and that costs me $100 so I'm guessing if my entire application was on AWS it would have cost me at least $1000 + many man hours managing it Frankly, I'm not happy with the new pricing scheme (at least what it looks like right now). We'll know more once it's implemented. If the cost increase is twice or even thrice of the current price, I think it would still be worth it. But anything above that would be a rip off, at least for me! Having said all this, I want you to know that I'm building yet another new app http://buffr.com and yes, I very well know costs may tilt towards being prohibitive for a big app on the appengine. But I'm still going to prefer building new apps on the Appengine simply because it is extremely easy to get started and go live! Take my advice, get started on the appengine. Grass on the other side always looks greener but every platform has its pros and cons. A time will come when your app grows big and if you don't find appengine suitable you can move it some place else (it's never too late to change things in software). You can then write a post on how appengine was not the best decision because your app became insanely popular. Let that day come, you wouldn't regret it so much ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/FDHvZ9xqAT0J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
