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
Scaleway
- Plenty managed services available, from queues to serverless to databases
- Wide range of server configurations: Bare-metal, ARM, GPUs, Apple silicon
- Uncomplicated, easy to use dashboard
- Based in Europe, may ease compliance requirements for some
Price comparison
How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Scaleway?
Example configuration | Alibaba Cloud | Scaleway |
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VM Small | $15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small) | $10.65 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) |
VM Medium | $89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge) | $41.54 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) |
VM Large | $170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge) | $169.35 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S) |
Block Storage | $11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0) | $10.12 / mo 100 GB |
Object Storage | $43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes | $15.44 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | $16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small) | $12.27 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps) |
Managed PostgreSQL | $114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose) | $34.08 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | $43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA) | $37.28 / mo 2 GB RAM |
Serverless 25M Executions | -- | $27.96 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
Free egress allowance | 10 GB / mo | -- |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $74.00 $0.074 / GB | Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size |
Alibaba Cloud offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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ecs.gn6i-c4g1.xlarge | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 15GB | $1.18 | |
ecs.gn7i-c8g1.2xlarge | 1x A10 | 24GB | 8 | 30GB | $2.86 | |
ecs.gn6e-c12g1.3xlarge | 1x V100 | 32GB | 12 | 92GB | $3.51 |
Scaleway offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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L4-1-24G | 1x L4 | 24GB | 8 | 48GB | $0.80 | |
GPU-3070 | 1x RTX3070 | 8GB | 8 | 16GB | $1.04 | |
Render-S | 1x P100 | 16GB | 10 | 42GB | $1.32 | |
L40S-1-48G | 1x L40S | 48GB | 8 | 96GB | $1.49 | |
L4-2-24G | 2x L4 | 48GB | 16 | 96GB | $1.60 | |
H100-1-80G | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 240GB | $2.68 | |
L40S-2-48G | 2x L40S | 96GB | 16 | 192GB | $2.98 | |
L4-4-24G | 4x L4 | 96GB | 32 | 192GB | $3.20 | |
H100-2-80G | 2x H100 | 160GB | 48 | 480GB | $5.37 | |
L40S-4-48G | 4x L40S | 192GB | 32 | 384GB | $5.96 | |
L4-8-24G | 8x L4 | 192GB | 64 | 384GB | $6.39 | |
L40S-8-48G | 8x L40S | 384GB | 64 | 768GB | $11.93 | |
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 Scaleway offer:
Service | Alibaba Cloud | Scaleway |
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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 | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
Alibaba Cloud | Scaleway | |
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Website | www.alibabacloud.com | scaleway.com |
Headquarters | Singapore 🇸🇬 | France 🇫🇷 |
Founded | 2009 | 1999 |
Data Center Locations | 30 | 9 |
Example Customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
Alibaba Cloud | |
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Website | www.alibabacloud.com |
Headquarters | Singapore 🇸🇬 |
Founded | 2009 |
Data Center Locations | 30 |
Example Customers | Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers |
Scaleway | |
---|---|
Website | scaleway.com |
Headquarters | France 🇫🇷 |
Founded | 1999 |
Data Center Locations | 9 |
Example Customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
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More comparisonsOur data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Oct. 14, 2024, and for Scaleway on Sept. 28, 2024.