Comparison

Alibaba Cloud vs Amazon Web Services (AWS)

On the evidence we track, Amazon Web Services (AWS) leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Alibaba Cloud46
Amazon Web Services (AWS)55
Score
Vioscale score
Alibaba Cloud46 / 100low · 49%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)55 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Model
Alibaba Cloudfreemium
Amazon Web Services (AWS)freemium
Price level
Alibaba Cloudlow
Amazon Web Services (AWS)low
Transparent
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Integrations
Count
Alibaba Cloud1
Amazon Web Services (AWS)14
Security
Disclosure policy
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Fedramp
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Gdpr
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Hipaa
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Pci
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Reliability
Status page
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Provider tier
Alibaba CloudHyperscaler
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Hyperscaler
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Alibaba CloudGlobal with significant Asia Pacific presence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)39 regions, 123 availability zones
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
GPU / accelerated compute
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Spot / preemptible pricing
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Storage
Object storage
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Block storage
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Managed databases
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
Serverless / FaaS
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Network
VPC / private networking
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Pricing
Free / low egress
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Alibaba Cloud-
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Alibaba Cloud

Global cloud services provider offering infrastructure, AI capabilities, databases, serverless computing, and communications services.

Independently observed

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Leader

AWS is a global cloud infrastructure provider offering hundreds of services with flexible, consumption-based pricing across 39 geographic regions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Alibaba Cloud

from $6/moHybridFree tier

From $6/mo (AI Token Plan). Multiple billing models: pay-as-you-go, subscription, resource packages. Free trial: $200 instant credits, up to $5000.

  • Pay-As-You-GoUsage-based billing
  • Subscription BillingLower subscription rates
  • AI Token PlanStarts from $6/mo
as of verify ↗

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go with volume discounts and commitment-based savings plans. Free tier available.

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CLI
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
On-premise
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Hybrid
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Alibaba Cloud

1 total
  • Salesforce
Independently observed

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Leader
14 total
  • Brave
  • Upstage
  • Asana
  • Pokee AI
  • Tailscale
  • 1Password
  • Trend Micro
  • Orca Security
  • Okta
  • Suger
  • Arctic Wolf
  • Cast AI
  • LucidLink
  • Vanta
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.