3NV
vs
Alibaba Cloud
What's good about each
- 20 TB monthly traffic included on cloud VMs, 100 TB on dedicated servers
- vCPU, RAM, and NVMe priced and sized independently
- EN 50600 certified facility, Estonian operator, EU jurisdiction
- Own AS214132 with dual 25 Gb/s uplinks on bare metal
- 30+ regions, most in mainland China and Asia-Pacific
- 3,200+ CDN nodes in 70+ countries
- Qwen models served through Model Studio
- PolarDB, its own MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible database
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | 3NV | Alibaba Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $9.45 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | $5.62 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c2m1.large) | 41% cheaper on Alibaba Cloud |
| Medium VM | $51.44 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Standard) | $60.34 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge) | 15% cheaper on 3NV |
| Large VM | $102.88 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Pro) | $188.64 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c8a.2xlarge) | 45% cheaper on 3NV |
| Block storage | $10.27 /mo 100 GB NVMe | $7.60 /mo 100 GB (ESSD PL0) | 26% cheaper on Alibaba Cloud |
| Object storage | $39.94 /mo 1 TB stored | $27.70 /mo 1 TB | 31% cheaper on Alibaba Cloud |
| Load balancer | Included with cloud instances | $19.40 /mo Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $20.63 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (0.15 vCPU) | |
| Egress allowance | 20 TB / mo per instance, 100 TB per dedicated server | 200 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed 20 TB per instance, then metered per TB | $74.00 /TB $0.074 / GB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Alibaba Cloud offers 4 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from 3NV. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | 3NV | Alibaba Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
V100
14 configs
|
-- | $1.51 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Alibaba Cloud only |
|
T4
12 configs
|
-- | $0.62 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Alibaba Cloud only |
|
A10
26 configs
|
-- | $0.71 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Alibaba Cloud only |
|
P100
12 configs
|
-- | $0.87 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Alibaba Cloud only |
Alibaba Cloud bills on-demand and reserved (12 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | 3NV | Alibaba Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1 |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | 3NV | Alibaba Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Estonia | China |
| Locations | 1 | 31 |
| Example customers | Swyke, indexing.co, Zentria, Addy | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers |
| Website | 3nv.io | www.alibabacloud.com |
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Our data for 3NV was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Alibaba Cloud on Sept. 23, 2026.