Alibaba Cloud vs OVH

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
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

OVHcloud

Wide range of managed services and VPS configurations
Competitive prices, unlimited free egress
10+ data center locations
European-based, may ease GDPR compliance requirements

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against OVHcloud?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	OVHcloud
VM Small	$15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)	$36.58 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (b3-8)
VM Medium	$89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)	$73.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (b3-16)
VM Large	$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)	$130.54 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (c3-16)
Block Storage	$11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0)	$9.50 / mo 100 GB (3000 IOPS)
Object Storage	$43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes	$10.75 / mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB read
Load Balancer	$16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small)	$45.58 / mo Large 2 Gbps
Managed PostgreSQL	$114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose)	$51.26 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Essential DB1-4)
Managed Redis®*	$43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA)	$44.57 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Essential DB1-4)
Free egress allowance	10 GB / mo	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$74.00 $0.074 / GB	Free and unlimited Reduced bandwidth may apply

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	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

OVH offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
t1-le-45	1x V100	16GB	8	45GB	$0.77	Source
t2-le-45	1x V100S	32GB	15	45GB	$0.88	Source
l4-90	1x L4	24GB	22	90GB	$1.00	Source
t1-le-90	2x V100	32GB	16	90GB	$1.55	Source
t2-le-90	2x V100S	64GB	30	90GB	$1.76	Source
l40s-90	1x L40S	48GB	15	90GB	$1.80	Source
t1-45	1x V100	16GB	8	45GB	$1.97	Source
l4-180	2x L4	48GB	45	180GB	$2.00	Source
t2-45	1x V100S	32GB	15	45GB	$2.19	Source
h100-380	1x H100	80GB	30	380GB	$2.99	Source
a100-180	1x A100	80GB	15	180GB	$3.07	Source
t1-le-180	4x V100	64GB	32	180GB	$3.10	Source
t2-le-180	4x V100S	128GB	60	180GB	$3.53	Source
l40s-180	2x L40S	96GB	30	180GB	$3.60	Source
t1-90	2x V100	32GB	18	90GB	$3.94	Source
l4-360	4x L4	96GB	90	360GB	$4.00	Source
t2-90	2x V100S	64GB	30	90GB	$4.38	Source
h100-760	2x H100	160GB	60	760GB	$5.98	Source
a100-360	2x A100	160GB	30	360GB	$6.15	Source
l40s-360	4x L40S	192GB	60	360GB	$7.20	Source
t1-180	4x V100	64GB	36	180GB	$7.89	Source
t2-180	4x V100S	128GB	60	180GB	$8.76	Source
h100-1520	4x H100	320GB	120	1520GB	$11.97	Source
a100-720	4x A100	320GB	60	720GB	$12.29	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 OVHcloud offer:

Service	Alibaba Cloud	OVHcloud
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	OVHcloud
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	www.ovhcloud.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	France 🇫🇷
Founded	2009	1999
Data Center Locations	30	12
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys

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

	OVHcloud
Website	www.ovhcloud.com
Headquarters	France 🇫🇷
Founded	1999
Data Center Locations	12
Example Customers	Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys