Comparison

Alibaba Cloud vs UpCloud

On the evidence we track, UpCloud leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Alibaba Cloud60
★UpCloud66
Score
vioscaleAI score
Alibaba Cloud60 / 100low · 49%
UpCloud66 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✗
Model
Alibaba Cloudfreemium
UpCloudcommercial
Price level
Alibaba Cloudlow
UpCloudunknown
Starting price
Alibaba Cloud$0.99
UpCloud–
Transparent
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Integrations
Count
Alibaba Cloud1
UpCloud6
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Alibaba Cloud–
UpCloud✓
Gdpr
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Iso27001
Alibaba Cloud–
UpCloud✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Alibaba Cloud–
UpCloud99.999
Status page
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Content
Faq
Alibaba Cloud5 items
UpCloud7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Provider tier
Alibaba CloudHyperscaler
UpCloudVPS / developer
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Alibaba CloudGlobal with significant Asia Pacific presence
UpCloud15 data centers in 12 countries
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Alibaba Cloud-
UpCloud-
GPU / accelerated compute
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Spot / preemptible pricing
Alibaba Cloud-
UpCloud✓
Storage
Object storage
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Block storage
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Managed databases
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Serverless / FaaS
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud-
Network
VPC / private networking
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
Alibaba Cloud-
UpCloud✓
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud-

What each one is

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

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud provides a cloud computing infrastructure platform with strong capabilities in security, regulatory compliance, and multi-region deployment. The platform offers integrated services for compute, storage, networking, databases, and serverless computing across international and Asia-Pacific markets.

Independently observed

UpCloud

Leader

Offers virtual servers, managed databases, Kubernetes clusters, and storage solutions with infrastructure deployed across multiple data centers, prioritizing European regulatory compliance and data protection.

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 $0.99/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $0.99/month for Simple Application Server instances

  • SAS 1vCPU 1GiB$0.99/month
  • SAS 2vCPU 2GiB$8/month
  • SAS 2vCPU 2GiB (Windows)$10/month
  • SAS 4vCPU 8GiB$32/month
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UpCloud

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier7-day trial

From €3/mo. Free 7-day trial with €500 credits. Usage-based billing with no lock-in.

  • EssentialsStandard support tier
    • 24/7 support
    • Email and live chat support
    • < 4 hour response time
    • < 2 hour incident response
    • Maintenance information
    • +3 more
  • AdvancedPriority support tier
    • 24/7 support
    • Priority support queue
    • < 1 hour response time
    • < 30 minute incident response
    • Status page access
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • 24/7 support
    • Dedicated support members
    • Customer Success Manager
    • < 10 minute response time
    • < 5 minute incident response
    • +4 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
CLI
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✓
Hybrid
Alibaba Cloud✓
UpCloud✗

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

UpCloud

Leader
7 total
  • Terraform
  • OpenTofu
  • Pulumi
  • Ansible
  • Packer
  • WHMCS
  • Crossplane
Independently observed
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