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
Lium
- Competitive pricing, billed per minute with no hourly minimum
- Rent a single GPU or a full 8-GPU node
- Wide range of GPU models, including H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000
- CLI, Python SDK and an agent skill for coding agents
Price comparison
How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Lium?
VM Small
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VM Medium
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VM Large
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Block Storage
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Object Storage
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Load Balancer
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Managed PostgreSQL
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Managed Redis®*
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Free egress allowance
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Lium Pricing Details
Lium bills per minute with no hourly minimum, against a prepaid balance.
GPU Fleet Overview
Billing Options
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Available Models
Alibaba Cloud offers 4 GPU models, while Lium offers 10.
V100Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Alibaba Cloud and Lium offer:
Company details
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| Website | www.alibabacloud.com | lium.io |
| Headquarters |
Singapore 
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United States of America 
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| Founded | 2009 | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 30 | 14 |
| Example Customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers | -- |
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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Sept. 8, 2026, and for Lium on Sept. 8, 2026.