Alibaba Cloud vs Cloudways

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

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

Cloudways

Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Cloudways?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	Cloudways
VM Small	$15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)	$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)
VM Medium	$89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)	$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)
VM Large	$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)	$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)
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)	Included depending on plan
Free egress allowance	10 GB / mo	1-12 TB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$74.00 $0.074 / GB	$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)

Alibaba Cloud GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
ecs.gn6i-c4g1.xlarge	1x T4	16GB	4	15GB	$1.18	Source
ecs.gn7i-c8g1.2xlarge	1x A10	24GB	8	30GB	$2.86	Source
ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge	1x V100	32GB	12	92GB	$3.51	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

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

Service	Alibaba Cloud	Cloudways
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		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)	--

Company details

	Alibaba Cloud	Cloudways
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	www.cloudways.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009	2012
Data Center Locations	30	--
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko

	Alibaba Cloud
Website	www.alibabacloud.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬
Founded	2009
Data Center Locations	30
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers

	Cloudways
Website	www.cloudways.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2012
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko