Alibaba Cloud vs Sesterce

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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

Sesterce

Wide selection of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs
Provides both virtualized GPU instances and dedicated bare-metal clusters
Specializes in infrastructure for AI/ML model training and inference
Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Sesterce?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	Sesterce
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

Sesterce GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
1x A4000	1x A4000	16GB	4	--	$0.15	Source
1x A30	1x A30	24GB	16	--	$0.33	Source
1x V100 16G	1x V100	16GB	6	--	$0.39	Source
1x A5000	1x A5000	24GB	6	--	$0.49	Source
1x A6000	1x A6000	48GB	28	48GB	$0.50	Source
1x A16	1x A16	48GB	6	--	$0.51	Source
1x A40	1x A40	48GB	6	--	$0.53	Source
1x RTX 4090	1x RTX 4090	24GB	12	--	$0.60	Source
1x L40	1x L40	48GB	26	192GB	$0.99	Source
1x RTX 6000 Ada	1x RTX 6000	48GB	10	--	$1.07	Source
1x A100 40G	1x A100	40GB	14	--	$1.25	Source
1x A100 80G	1x A100	80GB	28	--	$1.35	Source
1x L40S	1x L40S	48GB	20	--	$1.36	Source
1x H100	1x H100	80GB	28	180GB	$1.90	Source
1x V100 32G	1x V100	32GB	8	--	$2.34	Source
1x MI300X	1x MI300X	192GB	6	--	$3.00	Source
1x H200	1x H200	141GB	44	24GB	$3.37	Source
1x GH200	1x GH200	96GB	144	--	$4.23	Source
1x B200	1x B200	192GB	31	250GB	$4.90	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 Sesterce offer:

Service	Alibaba Cloud	Sesterce
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	Sesterce
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	www.sesterce.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	France 🇫🇷
Founded	2009	2018
Data Center Locations	30	43
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	--

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