Alibaba Cloud vs Green AI Cloud

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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

Green AI Cloud

CO₂-negative AI compute, reduce emissions while running high-performance workloads
Eases compliance by keeping data within the EU, aligned with GDPR & Schrems II
High-speed networking with 3,200 Gbps InfiniBand connectivity
Free ingress and egress

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Green AI Cloud?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	Green AI Cloud
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)	--
VM Large	$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)	--
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)	--
Free egress allowance	10 GB / mo	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$74.00 $0.074 / GB	Free and unlimited

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

Green AI Cloud GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
H200	1x H200	141GB	112	2048GB	$2.75	Source
H200	8x H200	1128GB	112	2048GB	$22.00	Source
H100	8x H100	640GB	--	--	On Request	Source
A100	8x A100	640GB	--	--	On Request	Source
B200 SXM6	8x B200	1536GB	96	2048GB	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 Green AI Cloud offer:

Service	Alibaba Cloud	Green AI Cloud
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	Green AI Cloud
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	greenai.cloud
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	Sweden 🇸🇪
Founded	2009	1989
Data Center Locations	30	1
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	--

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