Alibaba Cloud vs DataCrunch

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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

DataCrunch

Offers a wide range GPU models including the Nvidia H200
Great documentation, easy to use API
Based in EU, may ease GDPR compliance

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against DataCrunch?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	DataCrunch
VM Small	$15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)	--
VM Medium	$89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)	$28.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
VM Large	$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)	$57.60 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM
Block Storage	$11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0)	$20.00 / mo 100 GB NVMe
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	Free and unlimited

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

DataCrunch offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Tesla V100 16GB	1x V100	16GB	6	23GB	$0.39	Source
RTX A6000 48GB	1x A6000	48GB	10	60GB	$1.01	Source
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	20	60GB	$1.10	Source
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB	1x RTX 6000	48GB	10	60GB	$1.19	Source
A100 SXM4 40GB	1x A100	40GB	22	120GB	$1.29	Source
A100 SXM4 80GB	1x A100	80GB	22	120GB	$1.89	Source
H100 SXM5 80GB	1x H100	80GB	30	120GB	$2.65	Source
H200 SXM5 141GB	1x H200	141GB	44	185GB	$3.03	Source
A100 SXM4 80GB	2x A100	160GB	44	240GB	$3.78	Source
A100 SXM4 40GB	4x A100	160GB	88	480GB	$5.16	Source
H100 SXM5 80GB	2x H100	160GB	80	370GB	$5.30	Source
H200 SXM5 141GB	2x H200	282GB	88	370GB	$6.06	Source
A100 SXM4 80GB	4x A100	320GB	88	480GB	$7.56	Source
H100 SXM5 80GB	4x H100	320GB	176	740GB	$10.60	Source
H200 SXM5 141GB	4x H200	564GB	176	740GB	$12.12	Source
A100 SXM4 80GB	8x A100	640GB	176	960GB	$15.12	Source
H200 SXM5 141GB	8x H200	1128GB	176	1450GB	$24.24	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 DataCrunch offer:

Service	Alibaba Cloud	DataCrunch
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	DataCrunch
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	datacrunch.io
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	Finland 🇫🇮
Founded	2009	2018
Data Center Locations	30	3
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University

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

	DataCrunch
Website	datacrunch.io
Headquarters	Finland 🇫🇮
Founded	2018
Data Center Locations	3
Example Customers	Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University