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Alibaba Cloud

byAlibaba Cloud
in Strategic Cloud Platform Services
4.4

Overview

Product Information on Alibaba Cloud

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Alibaba Cloud?

Alibaba Cloud is a software offering a range of cloud computing services designed to support businesses and organizations with scalable, flexible infrastructure. The software provides solutions including elastic computing, data storage, database management, content delivery, networking, artificial intelligence and security. Users can deploy workloads, manage applications, store and analyze data, and maintain uptime through global network availability zones. The software addresses challenges related to digital transformation, operational efficiency, disaster recovery and rapid resource provisioning by enabling automation and integration with other enterprise systems. Alibaba Cloud aims to facilitate business continuity and agile development by providing resources that can be adapted to diverse technical and operational requirements across various industries.

Alibaba Cloud Pricing

Alibaba Cloud software follows a pay-as-you-go pricing model as well as subscription-based plans. Users pay for resources such as computing, storage, database, and networking based on actual usage, with charges calculated according to hourly or monthly rates. Prepaid packages and reserved instances are available for specific services, allowing users to choose billing structures based on requirements.

Overall experience with Alibaba Cloud

Head Of It
50M - 250M USD, Retail
FAVORABLE

“Cloud Spending Reduced and Service Stability Increased With Alibaba Cloud Migration”

5.0
Dec 23, 2025
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UNIX/STORAGEADMIN
500M - 1B USD, Retail
CRITICAL

“Good alternative cloud provider”

3.0
Nov 4, 2022
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 9th October 2024

Founded in 2009, Alibaba Cloud is a part of Alibaba Group that develops comprehensive cloud computing and data management services. These services aim to cater to the networking and information needs of diverse businesses, financial institutions, and governments among others. The solutions offered are flexible and cost-effective. In addition, Alibaba Cloud operates the network for Alibaba Group's extensive online and mobile commerce ecosystem. It also provides a wide range of cloud computing services to support sellers as well as third-party entities that partake in this ecosystem.

Company Details

Updated 10th October 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2009
Head office location
Hangzhou, China
Number of employees
10001+
Website
https://www.alibabacloud.com/

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Alibaba Cloud Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(115 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
48%
4 Star
40%
3 Star
11%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
1%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • Head Of It
    50M-1B USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    Cloud Spending Reduced and Service Stability Increased With Alibaba Cloud Migration

    5.0
    Dec 22, 2025
    We were able to significantly decrease our cloud spending while improving the service level and stability by moving to Alibaba Cloud
  • Head Of It
    50M-1B USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    Cloud Spending Reduced and Service Stability Increased With Alibaba Cloud Migration

    5.0
    Dec 22, 2025
    We were able to significantly decrease our cloud spending while improving the service level and stability by moving to Alibaba Cloud
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Alibaba Cloud Likes & Dislikes

Like

Low cost. Great innovation in AI

Like

Low cost. Great innovation in AI

Like

Low cost. Great innovation in AI

Dislike

Costs are high, but are for every cloud service. Hard to find Dutch documentation. Does not feel good to store al data in Alibaba cloud, but that is personal.

Dislike

Costs are high, but are for every cloud service. Hard to find Dutch documentation. Does not feel good to store al data in Alibaba cloud, but that is personal.

Dislike

Costs are high, but are for every cloud service. Hard to find Dutch documentation. Does not feel good to store al data in Alibaba cloud, but that is personal.