Alibaba Cloud logo

Alibaba Cloud Singapore flag

Cloud platform with a strong presence in Asia

Alibaba Cloud is a cloud computing platform founded in 2009 by Alibaba Group, one of the world's largest e-commerce companies. It offers a comprehensive suite of services to individuals, small businesses and enterprises.

What makes it stand out is its strong emphasis on machine learning, e-commerce and financial products with a strong presence in Asia.

Example customers include Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers. More here.

What's good about Alibaba Cloud

  • Strong presence in Asia and over 3,000 points of presence (POPs) around the world
  • Extensive range of managed services and server configurations
  • Offers a solid range of GPU servers

Alibaba Cloud pricing examples

Below are some example configurations and their estimated costs:

Example configuration Estimated cost
VM Small $15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)
VM Medium $89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)
VM Large $170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)
Block Storage $11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0)
Object Storage $43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes
Load Balancer $16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small)
Managed PostgreSQL $114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose)
Managed Redis®* $43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA)
Free egress allowance 10 GB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $74.00 $0.074 / GB

Alibaba Cloud GPUs

Here are some of the GPU configurations offered by Alibaba Cloud:

4 GPU models

How this list works

Order

  • By GPU model: one card per GPU, the most looked-up models first, then the most widely offered ones.
  • By configuration: every configuration we track. What you can rent now comes first, and within that one row per GPU model before any repeats, so the opening rows cover the range rather than one model's sizes.

The price on a card

Each card leads with a per GPU per hour rate. We prefer configurations the provider reports as in stock, on-demand rates before reserved or spot, then take the lowest per-GPU rate among those.

Search

We match the GPU model, form factor, billing type, availability and instance name. Matching is partial and case-insensitive. Everyday words work too, so "interruptible" finds spot and "sold out" finds out of stock.

Transparency and funding

  • Ads and sponsors: Paid placements sit at the top of the list and are always labeled as sponsored content. Sponsorship never influences the organic ranking itself.
  • Affiliates: Affiliate links are marked. We may earn a commission if you click them, but commissions never affect the order.
  • Prices: Shown in USD, converted at daily reference rates where a provider publishes in another currency. A month means 720 hours. How we estimate costs.
Nvidia

14 configs 1x-8x

On-Demand from $2.70 Reserved from $1.51
From $2.70 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website
Nvidia

12 configs 1x-4x

On-Demand from $1.12 Reserved from $0.62
From $1.12 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website
Nvidia

26 configs 1x-8x

On-Demand from $1.27 Reserved from $0.71
From $1.27 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website
Nvidia

12 configs 1x-8x

On-Demand from $1.55 Reserved from $0.87
From $1.55 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price. See Alibaba Cloud's pricing.

Which services does Alibaba Cloud offer

Here are some of the services that Alibaba Cloud offers:

Data center locations

Based on our records, Alibaba Cloud operates in the following locations:

Country Location Slug
Australia Sydney ap-southeast-2
China Beijing cn-beijing
China Chengdu cn-chengdu
China Fuzhou cn-fuzhou
China Guangzhou cn-guangzhou
China Hangzhou cn-hangzhou
China Heyuan cn-heyuan
China Hohhot cn-huhehaote
China Hong Kong cn-hongkong
China Nanjing cn-nanjing
China Qingdao cn-qingdao
China Shanghai cn-shanghai
China Shenzhen cn-shenzhen
China Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu
China Wuhan cn-wuhan-lr
China Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou
Germany Frankfurt eu-central-1
India Mumbai ap-south-1
Indonesia Jakarta ap-southeast-5
Japan Tokyo ap-northeast-1
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3
Philippines Manila ap-southeast-6
Saudi Arabia Riyadh me-central-1
Singapore Singapore ap-southeast-1
South Korea Seoul ap-northeast-2
Thailand Bangkok ap-southeast-7
UAE Dubai me-east-1
UK London eu-west-1
USA Silicon Valley us-west-1
USA Virginia us-east-1

Alternatives to Alibaba Cloud

Compare Alibaba Cloud against other cloud providers: