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
Render
Website render.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

Cost Comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Render?

Example configuration Alibaba Cloud Render
VM Small $15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small) $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Medium $89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge) $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Large $170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge) $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)
Block Storage $11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0) $25.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes --
Load Balancer $16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small) Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL $114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose) $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA) $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 10 GB / mo 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $74.00 $0.074 / GB $300.00

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 Render offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud Render
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

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Feb. 14, 2024, and for Render on Feb. 29, 2024.