Alibaba Cloud vs Contabo

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Contabo?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	Contabo
VM Small	$15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)	$5.11 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1)
VM Medium	$89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)	$10.79 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2)
VM Large	$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)	$15.90 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3)
Block Storage	$11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0)	--
Object Storage	$43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes	$11.31 / mo 1 TB
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	10-324 TB per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$74.00 $0.074 / GB	Free and unlimited 10-324 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth

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

Contabo GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L40S	4x L40S	192GB	64	512GB	$4.51	Source
H100	4x H100	320GB	64	512GB	$11.04	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.

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

Service	Alibaba Cloud	Contabo
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)	--

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