Alibaba Cloud
vs
GPUhub
Alibaba Cloud offers enterprise-grade infrastructure with extensive managed services across the Asia-Pacific region. GPUhub focuses on affordable RTX GPUs with flexible billing in Singapore.
What's good about each
- 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
- Broad NVIDIA lineup from consumer RTX to datacenter cards
- Flexible billing: pay-as-you-go or prepaid daily, weekly, and monthly reservations
- Includes 50 GB free storage per instance
- Free and unlimited egress
- Offers AI Gateway: OpenAI-compatible API for Claude, Gemini, and more
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Alibaba Cloud | GPUhub | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.21 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $89.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $170.49 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $11.20 /mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0) | $4.00 /mo 100 GB overage. First 50GB free, then $40/TB/mo | 2.8x more expensive on Alibaba Cloud |
| Object storage | $43.84 /mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $114.92 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $43.09 /mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $16.56 /mo Small I (slb.s1.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 10 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $74.00 /TB $0.074 / GB | Free and unlimited |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Alibaba Cloud offers 4 GPU models, while GPUhub offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Alibaba Cloud | GPUhub | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
V100
14 configs
|
$1.51 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Alibaba Cloud only |
|
T4
12 configs
|
$0.62 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Alibaba Cloud only |
|
A10
26 configs
|
$0.71 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Alibaba Cloud only |
|
P100
12 configs
|
$0.87 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Alibaba Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
-- | $1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | GPUhub only |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | GPUhub only |
|
RTX 4090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | GPUhub only |
|
RTX PRO 6000D
4 configs
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | GPUhub only |
|
A800
4 configs
|
-- | $1.18 /GPU/hr On-demand | GPUhub only |
|
RTX 4080
4 configs
|
-- | $0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | GPUhub only |
Alibaba Cloud bills on-demand and reserved (12 months); GPUhub bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Alibaba Cloud | GPUhub |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | Singapore | Singapore |
| Locations | 30 | 2 |
| Example customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers | National University of Singapore, Australian National University, SGVR Lab |
| Website | www.alibabacloud.com | gpuhub.com |
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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for GPUhub on Sept. 12, 2026.