AceCloud
vs
Alibaba Cloud
What's good about each
- Good range of high-performance NVIDIA GPUs
- On-demand billing with instance hibernation to optimize savings
- Operates 10+ data centers globally including locations in India and USA
- Offers 24/7 support with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Free credits for new users (₹20,000/$200 for 30 days)
- 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 | AceCloud | Alibaba Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM (C3a.medium) | $5.62 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c2m1.large) | 63% cheaper on Alibaba Cloud |
| Medium VM | $60.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (C3a.xlarge) | $60.34 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge) | Within 5% |
| Large VM | $119.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (C3a.2xlarge) | $188.64 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c8a.2xlarge) | 37% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Block storage | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | $7.60 /mo 100 GB (ESSD PL0) | 16% cheaper on Alibaba Cloud |
| Object storage | $10.24 /mo 1 TB | $27.70 /mo 1 TB | 63% cheaper on AceCloud |
| PostgreSQL | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $16.00 /mo | $19.40 /mo Network Load Balancer | 18% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $20.63 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (0.15 vCPU) | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 200 GB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $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
AceCloud offers 9 GPU models, while Alibaba Cloud offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AceCloud | Alibaba Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
21 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
H200
18 configs
|
$3.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
A100
9 configs
|
$1.65 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$1.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
9 configs
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
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 |
AceCloud bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); 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 | AceCloud | Alibaba Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | 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 | AceCloud | Alibaba Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2009 |
| Headquarters | India | China |
| Locations | 3 | 31 |
| Example customers | Spherum, IIT Madras, Inflolabs, VjJTechnologies | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers |
| Website | acecloud.ai | www.alibabacloud.com |
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Our data for AceCloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Alibaba Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.