Speed
4.6
Support
4.3
Value
4.5
Features
4.6
Reliability
4.5
The verdict
Alibaba Cloud is the largest cloud provider in Asia-Pacific, offering an extensive suite of ECS compute, CDN and database products with a strong regional network across China and Southeast Asia, ideal for businesses targeting Asian markets.
Best for:
China market businesses
APAC enterprises
Asian e-commerce
What you get
- Dominant APAC network presence
- Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
- Global CDN acceleration
- Enterprise security suite
- Multi-region deployment
Plans & pricing
ECS Starter
$3/mo
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GB RAM
The trade-off
In its favour
- Best latency for Chinese/APAC markets
- Enormous infrastructure scale
- Rich enterprise cloud suite
Worth knowing
- ICP licensing required for China mainland
- Documentation gaps in English
Infrastructure & support
Support channels
- 24/7 ticket system
- Phone support
- Enterprise account manager
Data centers
- China (8 mainland regions)
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
- Japan
- Germany
- United States
Common questions
Do I need a license to host in mainland China?
Yes, an ICP filing is required for websites hosted within mainland China data centers.