Alibaba Cloud
vs
BlastVPS
What's good about each
- 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
- Unmetered bandwidth, with 1 Gb/s ports on dedicated servers
- VPS datacenters in North America, Europe and Singapore
- Dedicated servers from Ryzen and EPYC to Threadripper
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Alibaba Cloud | BlastVPS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.62 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c2m1.large) | $10.99 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (VPS-Basic) | 49% cheaper on Alibaba Cloud |
| Medium VM | $60.34 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge) | $29.99 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (VPS-Pro) | 50% cheaper on BlastVPS |
| Large VM | $188.64 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c8a.2xlarge) | $39.99 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (VPS-Enterprise) | 79% cheaper on BlastVPS |
| Block storage | $7.60 /mo 100 GB (ESSD PL0) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $27.70 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $19.40 /mo Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $20.63 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (0.15 vCPU) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 200 GB / mo | Unlimited | |
| Egress | $74.00 /TB $0.074 / GB | Free and unlimited |
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 don't currently list GPU prices for BlastVPS.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Alibaba Cloud | BlastVPS |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Alibaba Cloud | BlastVPS |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2025 |
| Headquarters | China | Belgium |
| Locations | 31 | 8 |
| Example customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers | -- |
| Website | www.alibabacloud.com | blastvps.com |
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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Nov. 6, 2026, and for BlastVPS on Nov. 6, 2026.