The Basics

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

Cost 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

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 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) --

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Feb. 14, 2024, and for OVHcloud on Feb. 13, 2024.