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 Replicate

  • Run AI/ML models without worrying about infrastructure and scaling
  • Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
  • Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Replicate?

Example configuration Alibaba Cloud Replicate
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) --
Free egress allowance 10 GB / mo --
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $74.00 $0.074 / GB --

Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.

Replicate offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs Total GPU Memory vCPUs RAM Price per hour
Nvidia T4 1x T4 16GB 4 16GB $0.81
Nvidia A40 (Small) 1x A40 48GB 4 16GB $2.07
Nvidia A40 (Large) 1x A40 48GB 10 72GB $2.61
Nvidia A100 (40GB) 1x A100 40GB 10 72GB $4.14
Nvidia A100 (80GB) 1x A100 80GB 10 144GB $5.04
2x Nvidia A40 (Large) 2x A40 96GB 20 144GB $5.22
2x Nvidia A100 (40GB) 2x A100 80GB 20 144GB $8.28
2x Nvidia A100 (80GB) 2x A100 160GB 20 288GB $10.08
4x Nvidia A40 (Large) 4x A40 192GB 40 288GB $10.44
4x Nvidia A100 (40GB) 4x A100 160GB 40 288GB $16.56
4x Nvidia A100 (80GB) 4x A100 320GB 40 576GB $20.16
8x Nvidia A40 (Large) 8x A40 384GB 48 680GB $20.88
8x Nvidia A100 (80GB) 8x A100 640GB 80 960GB $40.32

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 Replicate offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud Replicate
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
Replicate
Website replicate.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2019
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Replicate on July 24, 2024.