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

Alibaba Cloud logo CUDO Compute

  • Offers affordable cloud GPUs
  • Can customize the number of CPUs and RAM
  • Available in 12 data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against CUDO Compute?

Example configuration Alibaba Cloud CUDO Compute
VM Small $15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small) $7.96 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
VM Medium $89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge) $32.65 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
VM Large $170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge) $54.86 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
Block Storage $11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0) $8.77 / mo 100 GB
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 offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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

CUDO Compute offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
RTX A4000 1x A4000 16GB 4 16GB $0.40 Source
RTX A5000 1x A5000 24GB 4 16GB $0.43 Source
RTX A4000 Ada 1x A4000 20GB 4 16GB $0.46 Source
A40 1x A40 48GB 4 16GB $0.47 Source
RTX A6000 1x A6000 48GB 4 16GB $0.53 Source
V100 1x V100 16GB 4 16GB $0.54 Source
L40S 1x L40S 48GB 4 16GB $1.54 Source
A100 PCIe 1x A100 80GB 4 16GB $1.62 Source
H200 1x H200 141GB -- -- $2.49 Source
H100 NVL 1x H100 94GB 4 16GB $2.56 Source
H100 SXM 1x H100 80GB 4 16GB $2.92 Source
MI250 1x MI250 128GB -- -- On Request Source
MI300 1x MI300X 192GB -- -- On Request Source
B100 1x B100 192GB -- -- On Request 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 CUDO Compute offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud CUDO Compute
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
Website www.alibabacloud.com
Headquarters Singapore 🇸🇬
Founded 2009
Data Center Locations 30
Example Customers Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers
CUDO Compute
Website www.cudocompute.com
Headquarters United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded 2017
Data Center Locations 13
Example Customers Blendergrid, Nuco.cloud, dstack, MetaHub

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Oct. 14, 2024, and for CUDO Compute on Nov. 27, 2024.