The following are the features of a flexible environment and a standard environment:
Feature |
Flexible environment |
Standard environment |
Maximum request timeout |
60 minutes |
60 seconds |
Instance startup time |
Minutes |
Seconds |
Background threads |
Yes |
Yes, but with restrictions |
Background processes |
Yes |
No |
Scaling |
Manual, automatic |
Manual, basic |
Writing to local disk |
Yes |
No |
Modifying the runtime |
Yes |
No |
Network access |
Yes |
Only via App Engine services |
Supports installing third-party binaries |
Yes |
No |
Pricing |
Based on vCPU and memory |
Based on instance hours |
The application can be run in App Engine using a ...