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Alibaba Cloud vs SwissGPU

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What's good about...

Alibaba Cloud logo 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

SwissGPU logo SwissGPU

  • Per-minute billing, stops when server is powered off
  • Dedicated bare-metal, no shared VMs
  • Switzerland-hosted with low latency to EU
  • No storage or bandwidth charges
  • Stripe payments including TWINT

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against SwissGPU?

VM Small

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Medium

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Large

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Block Storage

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Object Storage

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Load Balancer

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Managed PostgreSQL

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Managed Redis®*

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Free egress allowance

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
10 GB / mo
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
$74.00 $0.074 / GB
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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SwissGPU logo SwissGPU Pricing Details

Per-minute billing in CHF; the server price is the only compute charge. Electricity billed separately at CHF 0.30/kWh, with a CHF 0.50 OS reinstall fee. Payments via Stripe, including TWINT.

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
On-DemandReserved (12mo)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
On-Demand

Available Models

Alibaba Cloud offers 4 GPU models, while SwissGPU offers 7.

Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
V100(14) T4(12) A10(26) P100(12)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
RTX PRO 6000(1) RTX 5090(1) RTX 4090(1) RTX 6000 Ada(1) RTX 3090(1) RTX 4080(1) RTX 5080(1)

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.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Alibaba Cloud and SwissGPU offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud SwissGPU
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

Website
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
www.alibabacloud.com
SwissGPU SwissGPU
www.swissgpu.ch
Headquarters
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
Singapore SG flag
SwissGPU SwissGPU
Switzerland CH flag
Founded
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
2009
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Data Center Locations
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
30
SwissGPU SwissGPU
1
Example Customers
Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud
Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers
SwissGPU SwissGPU
EduID, Liset Capital, SPH

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for SwissGPU on Aug. 31, 2026.