Compare Alibaba Elastic Compute Service and Amazon EC2 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (40.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Alibaba Elastic Compute Service
Star Rating
(60)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Alibaba Elastic Compute ServiceAmazon EC2
Star Rating
(1,182)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (40.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon EC2Alibaba Elastic Compute Service vs Amazon EC2
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Alibaba Elastic Compute Service easier to use. However, reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up and administer. Finally, reviewers preferred doing business with Amazon EC2 overall.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon EC2 meets the needs of their business better than Alibaba Elastic Compute Service.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon EC2 is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon EC2 over Alibaba Elastic Compute Service.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Alibaba Elastic Compute Service
No pricing availableAmazon EC2
No pricing availableFree Trial
Alibaba Elastic Compute Service
No trial information availableAmazon EC2
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
46
9.2
999
Ease of Use
8.9
46
8.6
1,005
Ease of Setup
8.5
14
8.5
530
Ease of Admin
8.7
14
8.7
477
Quality of Support
8.4
44
8.7
960
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
14
9.1
466
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
45
9.2
919
Features by Category
Customization
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Management
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Infrastructure Provision
8.6
6
9.3
194
8.3
5
8.9
179
8.3
5
8.7
166
8.0
5
8.1
141
Not enough data
9.1
164
8.3
5
9.4
202
7.8
6
8.8
157
8.6
6
9.0
181
Management
8.9
6
8.8
203
8.6
6
8.6
186
8.3
6
8.8
181
Functionality
8.6
6
9.3
186
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.5
7
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Alibaba Elastic Compute Service and Amazon EC2 are categorized as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Unique Categories
Alibaba Elastic Compute Service is categorized as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Amazon EC2 is categorized as AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Alibaba Elastic Compute Service
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Amazon EC2
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
32.1%
Computer Software
20.8%
Newspapers
5.7%
Consumer Services
5.7%
Financial Services
5.7%
Other
30.2%
Information Technology and Services
25.3%
Computer Software
23.5%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Financial Services
3.0%
Internet
3.0%
Other
41.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is there any threshold value for deploying an ECS instance in a Subnet, Virtual Network etc,?
1 Comment
GS
If CIDR block is 192.168.0.0/16, it support 65,532 ECS Instance in a single VPC.
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What are the benefits of using Amazon EC2 ?
5 Comments
YP
New opportunities for professional development
The growth of professional competence is the next inclusion on the list of the top AWS certification perks....Read more
What is the easy way to creat a GUI instance just like creating normal instance
3 Comments
AM
You can make linux instance and install a tool like virtualmin to give your self a GUI control fo the server. I use this all the time an can be very useful....Read more
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