Alibaba Cloud vs DigitalOcean comparison

Alibaba and DigitalOcean are both solutions in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category. Alibaba is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.6, while DigitalOcean is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.3. Alibaba holds a 10.6% mindshare in ISI, compared to DigitalOcean’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Alibaba users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of DigitalOcean users who would recommend it.

Alibaba Cloud

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75% willing to recommend

DigitalOcean

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1,842 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Alibaba Cloud and DigitalOcean based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Alibaba Cloud vs. DigitalOcean Report (Updated: December 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Alibaba Cloud

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

8th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

DigitalOcean

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

13th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Alibaba Cloud is 10.6%, up from 6.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DigitalOcean is 2.2%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Min HtetOo

Chief Marketing Officer at Soft Intelligence

The solution is useful for application development, but the user interface and user experience must be improved

The product must be made easier to use. The design is a bit tricky. When we log in to the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace and browse products, they look very small. The user experience must be improved. Alibaba Cloud must increase its partner network and brand awareness in our country. It will give our customers more opportunities to scale and save in the long run.

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BhupendraSharma

Cloud and DevOps Engineer at Betaque

A low-priced solution for VMs and Kubernetes clusters with ease of use

I was using DigitalOcean for VMs and Kubernetes clusters because it offers Kubernetes at the cheapest amount with the same data services but with limited services. Other cloud solutions like AWS and Google Cloud provide many ML and AI services The user interface is nice, and it is very easy to…

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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."

"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."

"Feature-wise, it provides many features. ECS, VM, SP, bucket object storage, and databases are the most valuable."

"I rate Alibaba Cloud's scalability an eight out of ten."

"Alibaba Cloud allows for easy setup of mirror sites and backup servers, ensuring data redundancy and high availability."

"The most valuable feature of Alibaba Cloud is the communication it allows between two servers."

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"The solution is very stable."

"I like Kubernetes integration."

"The solution is easy to set up."

"The solution's app platform simplifies many tasks a developer must handle manually. For instance, when serving a website, the app platform uses NGINX to manage the app's serving, caching, and automatic rerunning in case of failure."

"The most outstanding aspect of DigitalOcean is its user interface and ease of use. Compared to more complex solutions, such as AWS, DigitalOcean's platform is highly intuitive and user-friendly."

"The user interface is nice, and it is very easy to use. Anyone can use it."

"It's been a good choice for us for some services. We generally have several deployments. For instance, for some static Angular applications, it was a clear choice to run them on Cloudflare, which performs very well in this context. All the assets go on DigitalOcean."

"The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can create a phishing server and use it."

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Cons

"It is not robust."

"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 name is not favorable in some markets and could cause us some problems gaining customers."

"The majority of the tools and processes, in general, have a lot of room for improvement."

"Alibaba Cloud needs to increase availability in Thailand."

"The solution’s user interface could be improved."

"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."

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"The issue with DigitalOcean is primarily the latency. So, when you have a mixed system with some components staying here, and then we encounter network latency, it's not optimal. Our"

"The deployment time can be improved in DigitalOcean. While deployment is automated, the process can take a minute and a half to five minutes, and for more complex applications, this time increases even further. This is not optimal for applications that receive frequent updates."

"The technical support for this solution could be improved."

"Other solutions are proving the monitoring feature, like AWS having GuardDuty and SAP having services for logs and monitoring. DigitalOcean doesn’t have any other benefits."

"We found the solution to be a bit expensive."

"I would like to see an automation feature added to send emails out using the open-source solution."

"I think something needs to be done in terms of technical support."

"I would like to see improvements to the logging and user interface. The verification process could be more streamlined."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Alibaba Cloud is good. If I was to use Microsoft Azure I would have to pay 30 percent more."

"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"

"Pricing for Alibaba Cloud is a little bit cheaper. It has reasonable pricing."

"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 cost is better than similar solutions."

"I'm not sure about the exact pricing, but let's just say if it cost a dollar for Amazon AWS, it was closer to 70 to 80 cents 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."

"The product is not that expensive."

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"The price of DigitalOcean could be lower. It is expensive. it's higher than other solutions available in the market. We pay approximately $20 to $25 a month to use the solution. The price we pay is for the shared CPU option."

"There is no licensing fee but there is a subscription cost based on how much RAM and storage you require."

"This is a pay as you go solution. There is no license and it is usage based."

"The tool's pricing is cheap."

"The program is cheaper than others."

"The solution provides the cheapest cloud in comparison to the other cloud solutions."

"The pricing is moderate and reasonable for a mid-tier cloud platform."

"I would rate DigitalOcean's pricing a six out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is very expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

University

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

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.

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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.

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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,...

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What do you like most about DigitalOcean?

It's been a good choice for us for some services. We generally have several deployments. For instance, for some static Angular applications, it was a clear choice to run them on Cloudflare, which p...

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What needs improvement with DigitalOcean?

The platform could enhance its features, particularly for ETL processes. Additionally, more integration features would be highly beneficial.

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What is your primary use case for DigitalOcean?

We use the cloud platform for software development, including CI/CD implementations.

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Comparisons

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Alibaba Cloud

Compared 1% of the time

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Compared 35% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) vs DigitalOcean

Compared 4% of the time

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Overview

Alibaba Cloud offers a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to support growing enterprises worldwide, including data storage, relational databases, big-data processing, and content delivery networks.

DigitalOcean has the fastest and most convenient cloud technology to help you easily and more efficiently manage your infrastructure so you can get back to coding. We provide all of our users with high-performance SSD Hard Drives, a flexible API, and the ability to select the nearest data center location.

Sample Customers

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

jQuery Foundation, Pertino, TaskRabbit, Compose, InfluxDB, The Able Few

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