What's good about...

Alibaba Cloud logo 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

Alibaba Cloud logo Netlify

  • Specialized in Jamstack architectures: JS, APIs and Markup
  • Extensive functionality such as forms, edge functions and analytics
  • Generous free plan with 500 sites and 100 GB egress

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Netlify?

Example configuration Alibaba Cloud Netlify
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) --
Serverless 25M Executions -- $950.00 / mo 25M invocations (level 2 tier)
Free egress allowance 10 GB / mo 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $74.00 $0.074 / GB $550.00 Billed $55 / 100 GB

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
ecs.gn7i-c8g1.2xlarge 1x A10 24GB 8 30GB $2.86
ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge 1x V100 32GB 12 92GB $3.51

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 of the managed services that Alibaba Cloud and Netlify offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud Netlify
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

Company details

Alibaba Cloud
Website www.alibabacloud.com
Headquarters Singapore 🇸🇬
Founded 2009
Data Center Locations 30
Example Customers Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers
Netlify
Website netlify.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2014
Data Center Locations 16
Example Customers Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Oct. 14, 2024, and for Netlify on Sept. 28, 2024.