Alibaba Cloud Review
Alibaba Cloud was founded in 2009.
It is headquartered in China.
It offers VPS, Database, Storage and Networking hosting products.
- Australia
- China
- Germany
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Malaysia
- SIngapore
- UK
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on August 23 2019.
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Alibaba Cloud Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Alibaba Cloud also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each Alibaba Cloud VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76s | 30s | 130s | 5 |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.080 | "Capacity" type Pay as You Go Network Access Storage in US East |
"Performance" type NAS is $0.30/GB for Pay as you go in the US east region.
https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/nas/pricing |
| Object | $0.018 | First 5GB are free |
Infrequent and Archive storage option are also available for lower prices.
https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/oss/pricing |
| Snapshots | $0.000 | Currently free of charge |
According to this url, snapshots are free and go to block storage. Snapshots can be scheduled. https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/25391.htm |
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Alibaba Cloud Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://sp-buy-intl.aliyun.com/simple#/simple |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $4.50 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | No |
| Virtualization | Unknown |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 38
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Alibaba Cloud - 1GB 1 core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 1GB 1 core plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 1GB 1 core plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 83ms | 256ms |
| Jun 17 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 75ms | 292ms |
| Nov 12 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 68ms | 260ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/ecs#pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $10.08 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 10%
|
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 28
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Alibaba Cloud - ecs.t5-lc1m1.small. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the ecs.t5-lc1m1.small plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the ecs.t5-lc1m1.small plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 68ms | 300ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/ecs#pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$14.13
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Surcharge The on-demand price for this plan is $23.04/month, which is 63% more expensive than the monthly price. The surcharge does not apply if the VPS is used for 30 days or more. |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 15%
|
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 43
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Alibaba Cloud - ecs-t5-c1m1-large. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the ecs-t5-c1m1-large plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the ecs-t5-c1m1-large plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 07 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 63ms | 225ms |
| Sep 09 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 64ms | 196ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/ecs#pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$28.84
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Surcharge The on-demand price for this plan is $38.88/month, which is 34% more expensive than the monthly price. The surcharge does not apply if the VPS is used for 30 days or more. |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 53
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Alibaba Cloud - ecs.n4.large. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the ecs.n4.large plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the ecs.n4.large plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 66ms | 161ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/ecs#pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$43.00
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Surcharge The on-demand price for this plan is $63.00/month, which is 46% more expensive than the monthly price. The surcharge does not apply if the VPS is used for 30 days or more. |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 54
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Alibaba Cloud - ecs.c5.large. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the ecs.c5.large plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the ecs.c5.large plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 08 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 66ms | 160ms |
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