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
Runcrate
- Per-second GPU billing with no minimum commitment
- Eight global regions across North America, Europe, and Asia
- Full root access with SSH, Docker, and custom images
- OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source models
Price comparison
How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Runcrate?
VM Small
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VM Medium
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VM Large
Alibaba Cloud
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Block Storage
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Object Storage
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Load Balancer
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Managed PostgreSQL
Alibaba Cloud
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Managed Redis®*
Alibaba Cloud
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Free egress allowance
Alibaba Cloud
Runcrate
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
Alibaba Cloud
Runcrate
Runcrate Pricing Details
Per-second billing on GPU compute with no minimum commitment: stop the instance to stop the meter. Inference is billed per token against a public rate card. Reserved and dedicated capacity is available with volume discounts on monthly commitments.
GPU Fleet Overview
Same GPU, Both Providers
On-demand price per GPU-hour.
Billing Options
Alibaba Cloud
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Available Models
Alibaba Cloud offers 4 GPU models, while Runcrate offers 16.
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Alibaba Cloud and Runcrate offer:
Company details
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Alibaba Cloud
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Runcrate
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| Website | www.alibabacloud.com | www.runcrate.ai |
| Headquarters |
Singapore 
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United States of America 
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| Founded | 2009 | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 30 | -- |
| Example Customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers | -- |
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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Sept. 10, 2026, and for Runcrate on Sept. 11, 2026.