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

Alibaba Cloud logo The Cloud Minders

  • AI/ML infrastructure tailored to your needs
  • Offers the latest Nvidia GPUs such as the H200
  • SOC 1 Type 2 data centers

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against The Cloud Minders?

Example configuration Alibaba Cloud The Cloud Minders
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) $10.00 / mo 1 TB
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 Free and unlimited

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

The Cloud Minders GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
B200 1x B200 180GB -- -- On Request Source
H200 SXM 8x H200 1128GB 384 2048GB On Request Source
H100 SXM 1x H100 80GB 24 256GB On Request Source
H100 NVL 1x H100 94GB 32 192GB On Request Source
H100 PCIe 1x H100 80GB 32 192GB On Request Source
A5000 1x A5000 24GB 5 64GB On Request Source
A4000 Ada 1x A4000 20GB 5 64GB On Request Source
A4000 1x A4000 16GB 5 32GB On Request Source
V100 1x V100 16GB 6 32GB On Request 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 The Cloud Minders offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud The Cloud Minders
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
Website www.alibabacloud.com
Headquarters Singapore 🇸🇬
Founded 2009
Data Center Locations 30
Example Customers Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers
The Cloud Minders
Website thecloudminders.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2021
Data Center Locations 1
Example Customers --

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Oct. 14, 2024, and for The Cloud Minders on May 19, 2025.