The Basics

Alibaba Cloud
Website www.alibabacloud.com
Headquarters Singapore 🇸🇬
Founded 2009
Data Center Locations 30
Example Customers Taobao, Henkel, Hang Seng Bank, Tiger Brokers
Vultr
Website www.vultr.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2014
Data Center Locations 32
Example Customers Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

Cost Comparison

How do Alibaba Cloud's prices compare against Vultr?

Example configuration Alibaba Cloud Vultr
VM Small $15.21 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (ecs.xn4.small) $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium $89.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.xlarge) $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Large $170.49 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (ecs.c7.2xlarge) $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)
Block Storage $11.20 / mo 100 GB (Enhanced SSD PL0) $10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $43.84 / mo 1 TB, 250 GB reads, 100 GB writes $6.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $16.56 / mo Small I (slb.s1.small) $10.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $114.92 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (general-purpose) $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $43.09 / mo 1 GB Performance-enhanced (HA) $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 10 GB / mo 2 TB / mo for most services
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $74.00 $0.074 / GB $10.00

Note: These 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 of the managed services that Alibaba Cloud and Vultr offer:

Service Alibaba Cloud Vultr
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) --

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Our data for Alibaba Cloud was last updated on Feb. 14, 2024, and for Vultr on Feb. 19, 2024.