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Alibaba Cloud vs Cerebrium

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What's good about...

Alibaba Cloud logo 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

Cerebrium logo Cerebrium

  • Pay-per-second pricing with no cost for idle GPUs
  • Cold start times as low as a few seconds
  • Automatic scaling from zero to thousands of requests
  • Wide range of GPU options from T4 to H200
  • First 100GB storage free

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Cerebrium?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
$5.00 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Free egress allowance

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
10 GB / mo
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$74.00 $0.074 / GB
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
Cerebrium Cerebrium
T4 $1.12 $0.59 A10 $1.27 $1.10

Billing Options

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
On-DemandReserved (12mo)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Alibaba Cloud offers 4 GPU models, while Cerebrium offers 7.

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
V100(14) A10(26) T4(12) P100(12)
Cerebrium Cerebrium
H100(1) A100(2) H200(1) L40S(1) L4(1) A10(1) T4(1)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Alibaba Cloud and Cerebrium offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud Cerebrium
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites

Company details

Website
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
www.alibabacloud.com
Cerebrium Cerebrium
www.cerebrium.ai
Headquarters
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
Singapore
Cerebrium Cerebrium
United States of America
Founded
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
2009
Cerebrium Cerebrium
2021
Data Center Locations
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
30
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Example Customers
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers
Cerebrium Cerebrium
Deepgram, Vapi, Tavus, bitHuman

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for Cerebrium on Feb. 12, 2026.

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