AIEEV
vs
Alibaba Cloud
What's good about each
- Pools capacity from distributed nodes rather than owned datacenters
- OpenAI-compatible API for open-weight chat, embedding, and TTS models
- Discounted rates for reservations of three months or longer
- 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 | AIEEV | Alibaba Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.62 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c2m1.large) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $60.34 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $188.64 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c8a.2xlarge) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.60 /mo 100 GB (ESSD PL0) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $27.70 /mo 1 TB | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $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 | -- 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
Alibaba Cloud offers 4 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from AIEEV. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AIEEV | 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 | AIEEV | 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 | AIEEV | Alibaba Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2009 |
| Headquarters | South Korea | China |
| Locations | 1 | 31 |
| Example customers | -- | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers |
| Website | www.aieev.com | www.alibabacloud.com |
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Our data for AIEEV was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Alibaba Cloud on Sept. 23, 2026.