Difference between Google App Engine Flexible and Google Container Engine?

Question

Specific to Docker based deployment, what are the differences between those two? Since Google App Engine Flexible now also supports Dockerfile based deployment and it is also fu

Answer 1

If you are looking to run your application 24/7, GKE also offers more vCPU and RAM resources at a lower price compared to the App Engine as well. You can further reduce your running cost if you run your applications with preemptible VMs (up to 80% cheaper than regular VMs), on Kubernetes, your app will be restarted with seconds of downtime.

Another advantage of GKE is that you can run multiple applications within the same cluster whereas App Engine charges you per app deployed.

PS: I run multiple sites on a GKE cluster. Doing this on App Engine will cost me a few times more than what I am currently paying.