Alibaba Cloud vs Render

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
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

Render

Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
Generous free tier

Price 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 Billed $30 / 100 GB

Alibaba Cloud GPUs

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

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 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

Company details

	Alibaba Cloud	Render
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	render.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009	2018
Data Center Locations	30	4
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

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