Alibaba Cloud vs Replicate

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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

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
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	--

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

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 GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
1x Nvidia T4	1x T4	16GB	4	16GB	$0.81	Source
1x Nvidia L40S	1x L40S	48GB	10	65GB	$3.51	Source
1x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	1x A100	80GB	10	144GB	$5.04	Source
1x Nvidia H100	1x H100	80GB	13	72GB	$5.49	Source
2x Nvidia L40S	2x L40S	96GB	20	144GB	$7.02	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	2x A100	160GB	20	288GB	$10.08	Source
2x Nvidia H100	2x H100	160GB	26	144GB	$10.98	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	4x A100	320GB	40	576GB	$20.16	Source
4x Nvidia H100	4x H100	320GB	52	288GB	$21.96	Source
8x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	8x A100	640GB	80	960GB	$40.32	Source
8x Nvidia H100	8x H100	640GB	104	576GB	$43.92	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 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	Replicate
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	replicate.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009	2019
Data Center Locations	30	--
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro

	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, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro