Google app engine / Google Apps domain charging

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I have managed to get my new Google App Engine APp hosted on my domain. TO do this I had to sign up to a "free" google apps account.

The google apps account is asking for money and I have a free 30 day trial. Will my domain name that Google App Engine is using stop working when this 30 day trial is up?

Do I have to pay $5 a month or whatever it is just to have my google app engine app hosted on a domain?

Thanks

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6 Answers

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You do not have to pay.

You can get a free single-user Google Apps account. See "Serving Your App on a Custom Domain" at https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/domain?hl=en

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Yes,

To serve your app on a custom domain, you must first associate that domain with a Google Apps account.

From https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/domain

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Yes you do need a Google Apps Account, and No you don't need to pay for it.

When you sign up for a new AppEngine account you should go for an option to create a new Apps Account, where you will be given an apps account with one user. This will be free. See this: http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-apps-free/26926/

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NO, You can use a cname to go your app engine domain (www.example.com --> example.appspot.com) But, this does not work for a naked domain, like example.com Your provider (most providers) can redirect all your domain traffic to your app_id.

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As of now it seems that you have to sign up for a business account and get a $50 credit for 1 year, after which time Google will have a better solution.

See this thread for sympathetic dissatisfaction. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/google-appengine/pVZfdeky-ow/TO1SmipM2Y0J

(Wish the Google support person told me that before I deleted the business account I already had...)

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I know that it's an old question, but the marked answer is not right anymore. Google is pushing everybody who want a custom domain to pay for business account.

However there is one workaround:

  1. Go to AppEngine -> Application Settings -> Add domain -> Sign up for Google Apps
  2. Start a free 30 day trial - Do not add the billing options
  3. Setup your domain
  4. Add the domain to your app engine project
  5. When the 30 day trial expire the domain will still work.