Cloud · head to head · checked 8 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud vs Google Cloud

6 cloud instances from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount), and where the price comes from.

Alibaba Cloud

from $16.79/mo

ecs.n4.small · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $16.79/vCPU (ecs.n4.small)

Google Cloud

from $51.10/mo

e2-standard-2 · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $23.73/vCPU (e2-standard-4)

Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud or Google Cloud?

Alibaba Cloud's cheapest listed plan is ecs.n4.small at $16.79/mo; Google Cloud's is e2-standard-2 at $51.10/mo. The price shown is on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount.

Which gives more for the money, Alibaba Cloud or Google Cloud?

On price per vCPU, Alibaba Cloud does best with ecs.n4.small at $16.79/vCPU; Google Cloud's best is e2-standard-4 at $23.73/vCPU.

How many cloud instances does each offer here?

We list 3 for Alibaba Cloud and 3 for Google Cloud, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

Alibaba Cloud

Everything from Alibaba Cloud

ecs.n4.smallapprox
vCPU
1
RAM
2 GB
Hourly
$0.023
Note
Pay-as-you-go — system disk and public bandwidth billed separately
Region
Singapore
$16.79/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.largeapprox
vCPU
2
RAM
4 GB
Hourly
$0.047
Note
Pay-as-you-go — system disk and public bandwidth billed separately
Region
Singapore
$34.31/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.xlargeapprox
vCPU
4
RAM
8 GB
Hourly
$0.154
Note
Pay-as-you-go — system disk and public bandwidth billed separately
Region
Singapore
$112.42/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08

Google Cloud

Everything from Google Cloud

e2-standard-2approx
vCPU
2
RAM
8 GB
Hourly
$0.07
Note
Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
Region
us-central1
$51.10/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
e2-standard-4approx
vCPU
4
RAM
16 GB
Hourly
$0.13
Note
Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
Region
us-central1
$94.90/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
n2-standard-4approx
vCPU
4
RAM
16 GB
Hourly
$0.228
Note
Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
Region
us-central1
$166.44/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Alibaba Cloud against the rest

Google Cloud against the rest

How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price per vCPU. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.