Alibaba Cloud vs The Cloud Minders

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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

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 offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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 offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
V100	1x V100	16GB	6	32GB	$0.24	Source
A4000	1x A4000	16GB	5	32GB	$0.40	Source
A5000	1x A5000	24GB	5	64GB	$0.55	Source
A4000 Ada	1x A4000	20GB	5	64GB	$0.55	Source
H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	32	192GB	$3.53	Source
H100 NVL	1x H100	94GB	32	192GB	$4.05	Source
H100 SXM	1x H100	80GB	24	256GB	$4.52	Source
B200	1x B200	180GB	--	--	On Request	Source
H200 SXM	8x H200	1128GB	384	2048GB	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	The Cloud Minders
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	thecloudminders.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009	2021
Data Center Locations	30	1
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