Cloud · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Alibaba Cloud vs Oracle Cloud
5 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)
Oracle Cloud
from $45.99/mo
E4.Flex (2 OCPU) · 2 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $11.50/vCPU (E4.Flex (2 OCPU))
Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud or Oracle Cloud?
Alibaba Cloud's cheapest listed plan is ecs.n4.small at $16.79/mo; Oracle Cloud's is E4.Flex (2 OCPU) at $45.99/mo. The price shown is on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount.
Which gives more for the money, Alibaba Cloud or Oracle Cloud?
On price per vCPU, Oracle Cloud does best with E4.Flex (2 OCPU) at $11.50/vCPU; Alibaba Cloud's best is ecs.n4.small at $16.79/vCPU.
How many cloud instances does each offer here?
We list 3 for Alibaba Cloud and 2 for Oracle Cloud, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
Alibaba Cloud
Everything from Alibaba Cloudecs.n4.smallapprox
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Hourly
- $0.023
- Note
- Pay-as-you-go — system disk and public bandwidth billed separately
- Region
- Singapore
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
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
Oracle Cloud
Everything from Oracle CloudE4.Flex (2 OCPU)approx
- vCPU
- 4
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Hourly
- $0.06
- Note
- OCPU + memory priced separately and summed here
- Region
- All commercial regions (flat list price)
E4.Flex (4 OCPU)approx
- vCPU
- 8
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Hourly
- $0.13
- Note
- OCPU + memory priced separately and summed here
- Region
- All commercial regions (flat list price)
Alibaba Cloud against the rest