Alibaba Cloud
A comprehensive cloud platform with integrated compute, storage, and database services emphasizing security and compliance.
- Vendor
- Alibaba Cloud
- Also known as
- alibaba-cloud
Available in: CN, SG, MY, ID, HK, PH, MO, AU, JP, TH, VN, IN · Popular in: CN, SG, AU
What is 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.
Alibaba Cloud pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $0.99/month for Simple Application Server instances
SAS 1vCPU 1GiB
SAS 2vCPU 2GiB
SAS 2vCPU 2GiB (Windows)
SAS 4vCPU 8GiB
What Alibaba Cloud does
The capabilities that matter for cloud infrastructure, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Provider tier
- Hyperscaler
- Regions / global footprint
- Global with significant Asia Pacific presence
- Bare-metal servers
- -
- GPU / accelerated compute
- ✓
- Spot / preemptible pricing
- -
- Object storage
- ✓
- Block storage
- ✓
- Managed Kubernetes
- ✓
- Managed databases
- ✓
- Serverless / FaaS
- ✓
- VPC / private networking
- ✓
- Free / low egress
- -
- Data-residency / sovereign options
- ✓
- Partner marketplace
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- Salesforce
Security & compliance
Independently observed- Trusted Partner Network (TPN)active
Alibaba Cloud FAQ
Common questions about Alibaba Cloud, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Alibaba Cloud?
Alibaba Cloud delivers a comprehensive suite of managed cloud services spanning compute infrastructure, storage, databases, machine learning platforms, data analytics, CDN, and developer services deployed across global data centers with built-in security and compliance features. It is indexed under Cloud Infrastructure.
Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com
Is Alibaba Cloud free?
Alibaba Cloud offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $6 per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com
What platforms does Alibaba Cloud support?
Alibaba Cloud supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com
Can Alibaba Cloud be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Alibaba Cloud, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com
What security certifications does Alibaba Cloud have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Alibaba Cloud. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Alibaba Cloud not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com/security-notice-kfxbqr?forward=https://www.facebook.com/alibabacloud/
Alibaba Cloud alternatives
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- Google CloudA cloud platform combining AI capabilities with comprehensive infrastructure and analytics serviceslow · 41%
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Compare Alibaba Cloud
Side by side against other cloud infrastructure, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Alibaba Cloud, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.05 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Tier: hyperscaler · Marketplace: Yes · Block storage: Yes · Gpu instances: Yes · Regions count: Global with significant Asia Pacific presence · Data residency: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: CN · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: regional · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
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