The Basics
Alibaba Cloud | Linode | |
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Website | www.alibabacloud.com | www.linode.com |
Headquarters | Singapore 🇸🇬 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2009 | 2003 |
Data Center Locations | 30 | 24 |
Example Customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
Alibaba Cloud | |
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Website | www.alibabacloud.com |
Headquarters | Singapore 🇸🇬 |
Founded | 2009 |
Data Center Locations | 30 |
Example Customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers |
Linode | |
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Website | www.linode.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2003 |
Data Center Locations | 24 |
Example Customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
Cost Comparison
How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Linode?
Example configuration | Alibaba Cloud | Linode |
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VM Small | $15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small) | $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
VM Medium | $89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge) | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) |
VM Large | $170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge) | $114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated) |
Block Storage | $11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0) | $16.00 / mo 160 GB |
Object Storage | $43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes | $20.00 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | $16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small) | $10.00 / mo |
Managed PostgreSQL | $114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose) | $65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | $43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA) | -- |
Free egress allowance | 10 GB / mo | 1-20 TB / mo per instance |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $74.00 $0.074 / GB | $5.00 |
Note: These 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 of the managed services that Alibaba Cloud and Linode offer:
Service | Alibaba Cloud | Linode |
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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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More comparisonsOur data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Feb. 14, 2024, and for Linode on Feb. 8, 2024.