# Alibaba Elastic Compute Service vs Amazon EC2 Comparison | | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 60 | 1,193 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (45.3% of reviews) | Small-Business (40.2% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service Pros: - Cloud Storage (6 reviews) - Scalability (5 reviews) Cons: - Poor Customer Support (4 reviews) - Security Issues (4 reviews) ### Amazon EC2 Pros: - Ease of Use (55 reviews) - Scalability (37 reviews) Cons: - Complexity (25 reviews) - Expensive (25 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 8.9 (46 reviews) | 9.2 (1008 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.9 (46 reviews) | 8.6 (1015 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.5 (14 reviews) | 8.5 (540 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.7 (14 reviews) | 8.7 (479 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.4 (44 reviews) | 8.7 (969 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.5 (14 reviews) | 9.0 (468 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.0 (45 reviews) | 9.2 (925 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### Amazon EC2 #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Alibaba Elastic Compute Service** | 8.7/10 | 9 | | **Amazon EC2** | N/A | N/A | #### Customization | Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Custom VMs** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Console Configuration** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | 8.1 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Infrastructure | Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Network Management** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Virtual Machines** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Security** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Maintenance** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Scalability** | 9.0 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Management | Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Cloud Migration** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Storage Management** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Analytics** | 7.9 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Database Management** | 9.0 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Logging** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | ### Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Alibaba Elastic Compute Service** | 8.4/10 | 9 | | **Amazon EC2** | 8.9/10 | 242 | #### Infrastructure Provision | Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Public Cloud** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 9.3 (199 reviews) | | **Private Cloud** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 8.9 (181 reviews) | | **Hybrid Cloud** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 8.7 (167 reviews) | | **Bare Metal** | 8.0 (5 reviews) | 8.1 (142 reviews) | | **High-Performance Computing (HPC)** | Not enough data | 9.1 (166 reviews) | | **Virtual Machines (VMs)** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 9.4 (210 reviews) | | **Edge Computing** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | 8.8 (157 reviews) | | **Virtual Networks** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 9.0 (186 reviews) | #### Management | Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Pay by Usage** | 8.9 (6 reviews) | 8.8 (209 reviews) | | **Usage Tracking** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 8.6 (187 reviews) | | **Performance Tracking** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | 8.8 (182 reviews) | #### Functionality | Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Resource Auto-Scaling** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 9.2 (191 reviews) | ### AWS Marketplace | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Alibaba Elastic Compute Service** | N/A | N/A | | **Amazon EC2** | 9.3/10 | 8 | #### Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace | Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | 9.2 (6 reviews) | | **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | | **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | 9.5 (7 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (1):** [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas) **Unique to Alibaba Elastic Compute Service (1):** [Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/virtual-private-cloud-vpc) **Unique to Amazon EC2 (1):** [AWS Marketplace Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/aws-marketplace) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Amazon EC2 | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 28.3% | 40.2% | | **Mid-Market** | 26.4% | 34.5% | | **Enterprise** | 45.3% | 25.3% | ### By Industry #### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service - **Information Technology and Services:** 32.1% - **Computer Software:** 20.8% - **Newspapers:** 5.7% - **Consumer Services:** 5.7% - **Financial Services:** 5.7% - **Banking:** 3.8% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.8% - **Education Management:** 3.8% - **Architecture & Planning:** 1.9% - **Computer Networking:** 1.9% - **Other:** 15.1% #### Amazon EC2 - **Information Technology and Services:** 25.4% - **Computer Software:** 23.6% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.6% - **Internet:** 3.0% - **Financial Services:** 3.0% - **Telecommunications:** 2.9% - **Banking:** 2.1% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 2.0% - **Consumer Services:** 1.8% - **Higher Education:** 1.6% - **Other:** 30.9% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Alibaba Elastic Compute Service - [Azure Virtual Machines](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-virtual-machines/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (391 reviews) - [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews) - [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (746 reviews) - [Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-amazon-vpc/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (376 reviews) - [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews) - [Automation Anywhere Agentic Process Automation](https://www.g2.com/products/automation-anywhere-agentic-process-automation/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (5561 reviews) - [VMware Cloud Foundation](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-cloud-foundation/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (617 reviews) - [UltaHost](https://www.g2.com/products/ultahost/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (435 reviews) - [SAP Business Technology Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-business-technology-platform/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (417 reviews) ### Alternatives to Amazon EC2 - [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (746 reviews) - [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews) - [Azure Virtual Machines](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-virtual-machines/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (391 reviews) - [Vultr](https://www.g2.com/products/vultr/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (286 reviews) - [OVHcloud](https://www.g2.com/products/ovhcloud/reviews) — 3.2/5 stars (74 reviews) - [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews) - [IBM Cloud Virtual Servers](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-cloud-virtual-servers/reviews) — 3.8/5 stars (55 reviews) - [Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-virtual-machine-scale-sets/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (30 reviews) - [OpenStack](https://www.g2.com/products/openstack/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (53 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service - Title: [Is there any threshold value for deploying an ECS instance in a Subnet, Virtual Network etc,?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/27951-is-there-any-threshold-value-for-deploying-an-ecs-instance-in-a-subnet-virtual-network-etc) — 1 comment, 2 upvotes > **Top comment:** "If CIDR block is 192.168.0.0/16, it support 65,532 ECS Instance in a single VPC. " ### Amazon EC2 - Title: [What is Amazon EC2 used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-amazon-ec2-used-for) — 5 comments > **Top comment:** "Amazon EC2 is basically like a VM. You can build your VM in the cloud and you can do most of the tasks that you are supposed to do with a VM. The advantage..." - Title: [What are the benefits of using Amazon EC2 ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-amazon-ec2) — 5 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "What is your question? There are many benefits to using cloud computing (not just AWS, but Azure, GCP, or other services like Heroku, Redshift, etc), but..." - Title: [What is the easy way to creat a GUI instance just like creating normal instance](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-easy-way-to-creat-a-gui-instance-just-like-creating-normal-instance) — 4 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Have you tried the Windows Instances?" - Title: [As an end user perspective I want to get brief notes in a simple layman's language to understand](https://www.g2.com/discussions/as-an-end-user-perspective-i-want-to-get-brief-notes-in-a-simple-layman-s-language-to-understand) — 2 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "What do you want to know ?" --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/alibaba-elastic-compute-service-vs-amazon-ec2)