Object storage · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Alibaba Cloud OSS vs Azure Blob Storage
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
Azure Blob Storage
from $10.78/mo
Hot (LRS) · 1 plans listed
Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud OSS or Azure Blob Storage?
Alibaba Cloud OSS's cheapest listed plan is Standard (LRS) at $9.70/mo; Azure Blob Storage's is Hot (LRS) at $10.78/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 Azure Blob Storage, 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
Azure Blob Storage
Everything from Azure Blob StorageHot (LRS)
- Storage
- $0.021 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.087 per GB
- Free tier
- First 100 GB/month outbound data transfer free (per subscription, shared across Azure services). Storage rate is the Hot LRS, General Block Blob v2 tier for the first 50 TB/month; egress rate is the 100 GB–10 TB/month Standard Data Transfer Out tier.
- Region
- East US (eastus)
Alibaba Cloud OSS against the rest
Azure Blob Storage against the rest