Alibaba Cloud vs UpCloud

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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

UpCloud

Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance

Price comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against UpCloud?

Example configuration	Alibaba Cloud	UpCloud
VM Small	$15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small)	$3.41 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium	$89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge)	$59.05 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)
VM Large	$170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge)	$181.68 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU)
Block Storage	$11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0)	$24.98 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes	$22.71 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small)	$11.36 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL	$114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose)	$68.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	$43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA)	$56.78 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Free egress allowance	10 GB / mo	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$74.00 $0.074 / GB	Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth

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

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 UpCloud offer:

Service	Alibaba Cloud	UpCloud
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	UpCloud
Website	www.alibabacloud.com	upcloud.com
Headquarters	Singapore 🇸🇬	Finland 🇫🇮
Founded	2009	2012
Data Center Locations	30	13
Example Customers	Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers	Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

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