VPS · head to head · checked 8 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud vs Vultr

11 VPS plans from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs, and where the price comes from.

Alibaba Cloud

from $11/mo

ecs.n4.small · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $10.50/vCPU (ecs.n4.large)

Vultr

from $2.48/mo

vc2-1c-0.5gb · 8 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $2.48/vCPU (vc2-1c-0.5gb)

Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud or Vultr?

Vultr's cheapest listed plan is vc2-1c-0.5gb at $2.48/mo; Alibaba Cloud's is ecs.n4.small at $11/mo.

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

On price per vCPU, Vultr does best with vc2-1c-0.5gb at $2.48/vCPU; Alibaba Cloud's best is ecs.n4.large at $10.50/vCPU.

How many VPS plans does each offer here?

We list 3 for Alibaba Cloud and 8 for Vultr, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

Alibaba Cloud

Everything from Alibaba Cloud

ecs.n4.smallapprox
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
2 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$11/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.largeapprox
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
4 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$21/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.xlargeapprox
vCPU
4 (shared)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$61/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08

Vultr

Everything from Vultr

vc2-1c-0.5gbapprox
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
0.5 GB
Storage
10 GB SSD
Transfer
0.5 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$2.48/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
vc2-1c-1gbapprox
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
1 GB
Storage
25 GB SSD
Transfer
1 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$4.96/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
vc2-1c-2gbapprox
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
2 GB
Storage
55 GB SSD
Transfer
2 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$10/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
vc2-2c-2gbapprox
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
2 GB
Storage
65 GB SSD
Transfer
3 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$14.96/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
vc2-2c-4gbapprox
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
4 GB
Storage
80 GB SSD
Transfer
4 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$20/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
vc2-4c-8gbapprox
vCPU
4 (shared)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
160 GB SSD
Transfer
5 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$40/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
vc2-6c-16gbapprox
vCPU
6 (shared)
RAM
16 GB
Storage
320 GB SSD
Transfer
6 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$80.01/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
vc2-8c-32gbapprox
vCPU
8 (shared)
RAM
32 GB
Storage
640 GB SSD
Transfer
7 TB
Region
Global (32 locations)
$160.02/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Alibaba Cloud against the rest

Vultr 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.