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Alibaba Cloud vs Amazon Bedrock comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Alibaba Cloud
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
8th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Amazon Bedrock
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
14th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
AI Infrastructure (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

Aderonke  Adeyegbe - PeerSpot reviewer
Good storage, great for smaller companies, and has impressive support
We're all aware that the pandemic accelerated digital transformation, and we believe that Alibaba, due to its pedigree, has what it takes to take small businesses to the cloud. It's a game-changer, for sure. The storage is very useful. It is easy to set up. Technical support is good. It is quite stable.
Charles Powell - PeerSpot reviewer
Very good security features for strengthened data protection
I am not going to speak to their roadmap. Amazon operates Bedrock as an ecosystem supporting third-party models. I am speculating here, but I am sure those third-party models will always be present. However, one must consider that Amazon native models could proliferate Bedrock in the future. We would welcome Amazon native models to Bedrock, since, if they are natively built by Amazon, they are tuned to SageMaker and other Amazon service layers. They have done this somewhat for generative AI, however, in AgenTek AI business, the only foundation models we can rely on for scaling now are the Cloud 3.5 models like Haiku and SONNET, designed for low latency and complex AI business use cases.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The cost of hosting the solution is very reasonable. It's quite inexpensive."
"The most valuable feature of Alibaba Cloud is the communication it allows between two servers."
"We use the product for storage and as a VPN."
"I rate Alibaba Cloud's scalability an eight out of ten."
"We use the solution's AI features for data analysis."
"It is a scalable product. So, scaling up or scaling down is possible."
"Alibaba Cloud has lower costs and good support."
"ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The valuable feature of Bedrock is its flexibility and comprehensiveness in what it's offering, providing parameters that we can change."
"The integration with pre-trained AI models has been very beneficial, allowing me to quickly access powerful machine learning models without the need to build them from scratch."
"Bedrock proved beneficial for generating SQL queries, which helped in delivering precise information from the database."
"It is the best solution in this category and is rated a nine out of ten."
"Bedrock offers various foundational models in one place."
"Data encryption while in transit and at rest is managed through Bedrock account."
"The no-code application of the service is beneficial since it allows creating solutions without extensive coding knowledge."
"The most valuable feature of Bedrock is its security and the model's ability to modify vector dimensions easily."
 

Cons

"The solution needs to improve its graphical user interface."
"Users use websites as a tutorial. However, the Alibaba Cloud website has the content, and the scripts are copied from Amazon Web Services. We had received customer feedback where the customer asked us to get formulate original content instead of copying from Amazon Web Services. It’s very odd and awkward."
"The user experience must be improved."
"The flexibility of the solution could be improved."
"Alibaba Cloud's initial setup is somewhat complex."
"From a performance point of view, Huawei and Azure are faster. Alibaba isn't as good."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Alibaba Cloud has some problems related to latency and connection issues. If you go for a cloud solution provider, you will need to access the Internet, which may result in latency and bandwidth issues, leading to slowness in operations."
"It would be beneficial if Amazon Bedrock could provide multiple responses to a query, allowing users to choose the best option."
"The user interface of Amazon Bedrock on the management console needs improvements."
"Bedrock could be improved by having an API that allows for easy integration with services outside of Bedrock."
"I would appreciate a greater focus on agentic Gen AI applications in Bedrock."
"While working with Bedrock, I incurred charges that were not explicitly mentioned in the pricing documentation."
"The advantage of Bedrock is not as an amazing enabler of AI platforms, yet we utilize it to deploy application services and microservices within Bedrock ecosystem and leverage prequalified foundation models like Claude and others."
"There is a need for improved documentation, smoother integration, and possibly reduced prices given the competition."
"One area for improvement is in cost—it tends to be a bit on the higher side, especially for enterprise versions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is the same as AWS'."
"Pricing for Alibaba Cloud is a little bit cheaper. It has reasonable pricing."
"The cost of Alibaba Cloud is lower than that of AWS, but I feel that its price is on the higher end of the spectrum. Alibaba Cloud charges its users a price in dollars"
"I noticed on the pricing that it's quite expensive. It is the price you pay for making a practical choice for enterprise-level companies since it has so many features and it fits an enterprise-level company just like our company right now."
"The product is not that expensive."
"The cost is better than similar solutions."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"I don't know the exact cost. It is cheaper than AWS."
"The cost of using Amazon Bedrock is quite high, as I incurred unexpected charges amounting to $130 USD within two weeks without actually deploying the model."
"One customer paid around $100 to $200 per month, which was significant given their overall infrastructure costs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
8%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Computer Software Company
16%
Transportation Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alibaba Cloud?
ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alibaba Cloud?
On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
What needs improvement with Alibaba Cloud?
Alibaba Cloud needs to improve emails. Its pricing can also be lower. Regarding security issues, Alibaba Cloud is more complex and better suited for developers and R&D teams. On the other hand,...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Bedrock?
The solution is based on utilization and follows a consumption model. If no load is put into Bedrock, there would be no cost. Processing large volumes of data by the hour incurs high costs. You are...
What needs improvement with Amazon Bedrock?
I am not going to speak to their roadmap. Amazon operates Bedrock as an ecosystem supporting third-party models. I am speculating here, but I am sure those third-party models will always be present...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Bedrock?
We have a fairly extensive use case library that includes everything from document and report generation on the simpler side to full project management on either the hardware or software side. We b...
 

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Sample Customers

Schneider Electric, BorderX Lab, Royal Philips, Catchpoint, Conversant, Blogmint
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