Object storage · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Alibaba Cloud OSS vs AWS S3
2 object storage offers from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month), and where the price comes from.
Alibaba Cloud OSS
from $9.70/mo
Standard (LRS) · 1 plans listed
AWS S3
from $11.30/mo
Standard · 1 plans listed
Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud OSS or AWS S3?
Alibaba Cloud OSS's cheapest listed plan is Standard (LRS) at $9.70/mo; AWS S3's is Standard at $11.30/mo. The price shown is for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month.
How many object storage offers does each offer here?
We list 1 for Alibaba Cloud OSS and 1 for AWS S3, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
Alibaba Cloud OSS
Everything from Alibaba Cloud OSSStandard (LRS)
- Storage
- $0.017 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.080 per GB
- Free tier
- First 5 GB storage free; first 100 GB/mo egress free, then $0.08/GB (0–10TB tier, steps down at higher volume)
- Region
- Singapore
AWS S3
Everything from AWS S3Standardapprox
- Storage
- $0.023 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.090 per GB
- Free tier
- First 100 GB/mo egress free (shared across all AWS services), then $0.09/GB
- Region
- us-east-1
Alibaba Cloud OSS 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. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.