Comparison

Alibaba Cloud vs Scaleway

No leader: the top candidate Scaleway has only 0.21 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Alibaba Cloud46
Scaleway56
Score
Vioscale score
Alibaba Cloud46 / 100low · 49%
Scaleway56 / 100low · 21%
Pricing
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway
Model
Alibaba Cloudfreemium
Scalewaycommercial
Price level
Alibaba Cloudlow
Scaleway
Transparent
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway
Integrations
Count
Alibaba Cloud1
Scaleway
Security
Disclosure policy
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway
Reliability
Status page
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway

Capabilities

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

Core
Provider tier
Alibaba CloudHyperscaler
ScalewayHyperscaler
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Alibaba CloudGlobal with significant Asia Pacific presence
Scaleway4 multi-AZ in Europe, 65+ PoPs globally
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway
GPU / accelerated compute
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway
Spot / preemptible pricing
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway-
Storage
Object storage
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway
Block storage
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway-
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway-
Managed databases
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway-
Serverless / FaaS
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway-
Network
VPC / private networking
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway-
Pricing
Free / low egress
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Alibaba Cloud-
Scaleway

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

Scaleway

Scaleway is a European cloud provider offering compute, storage, AI models, managed databases, Kubernetes, and serverless services. All infrastructure hosted in Europe.

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 ↗

Scaleway

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway
CLI
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alibaba Cloud
Scaleway

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

Scaleway

Not documented yet.

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