Alibaba Cloud vs Shadeform

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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

Shadeform

Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
Free to use, zero mark-up fees

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Shadeform?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	Shadeform
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

Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.

Here are some example configurations:

GPU	VRAM	Price range (per hour)
Nvidia A4000	16 GB	$0.30-0.80
Nvidia A6000	48 GB	$0.57-1.93
Nvidia V100	16 GB	$0.69-3.06
Nvidia L40S	48 GB	$0.99-1.15
Nvidia A100	40 GB	$1.29-3.19
Nvidia H100	80 GB	$2.48-5.99

You can view the full list here.

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 Shadeform offer:

Service	Alibaba Cloud	Shadeform
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	Shadeform
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	shadeform.ai
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009	2023
Data Center Locations	30	--
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1

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

	Shadeform
Website	shadeform.ai
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2023
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1