Alibaba Cloud Product Catalog

Every product we cover, grouped by category. Prices shown are indicative starting points — always confirm current pricing on the official Alibaba Cloud website.

Compute

Virtual servers for every stage, from side project to global platform.

Elastic Compute Service (ECS)

Secure, elastic virtual servers deployed across 28+ global regions. The workhorse of Alibaba Cloud for websites, apps and enterprise workloads.

  • Elastic scaling up, down, in and out
  • Wide choice of instance families
  • Free-tier offer for eligible new users

Simple Application Server

All-in-one lightweight server with a fixed monthly price, bundled bandwidth and one-click app images. Ideal for blogs, small sites and dev sandboxes.

  • Predictable flat monthly pricing
  • One-click WordPress and app images
  • Simple console, no cloud expertise needed

Need help choosing?

Not sure whether ECS or Simple Application Server fits your project? Our in-depth guide compares both, explains instance families and covers the free-tier offer.

  • ECS vs Simple Application Server
  • Instance family cheat sheet
  • Free trial tips for new users

AI & Machine Learning

Build with Qwen models, or run the full ML lifecycle on managed platforms.

Qwen

Alibaba Cloud's large language model family — flagship models with hybrid reasoning plus cost-efficient Turbo, Plus and Max tiers, with open-source options.

  • State-of-the-art reasoning performance
  • Multilingual and multimodal capabilities
  • Open-source models available

Model Studio

One-stop generative AI platform to call, tune and deploy Qwen and other models via simple APIs — with a generous free token allowance for new users.

  • OpenAI-compatible API access
  • Fine-tuning and evaluation tools
  • Free token quota for new users

Platform for AI (PAI)

End-to-end machine learning platform covering data labeling, training, and inference — from notebooks to large-scale distributed training.

  • Managed notebooks and pipelines
  • Distributed training at scale
  • Elastic inference deployment

Databases

Fully managed relational databases, from classic engines to cloud-native.

ApsaraDB RDS

Managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server with automated backups, monitoring and high availability.

  • MySQL, PostgreSQL & SQL Server engines
  • Automated backup and failover
  • Read replicas for scaling reads

PolarDB

Cloud-native database with separated compute and storage, MySQL/PostgreSQL compatibility, and fast scaling for demanding applications.

  • Cloud-native compute/storage separation
  • MySQL & PostgreSQL compatible
  • Scales to heavy read workloads

Storage & CDN

Durable object storage plus a global network to deliver it fast.

Object Storage Service (OSS)

Secure, highly durable object storage for images, backups, static sites and data lakes, with lifecycle rules and multiple storage classes.

  • Designed for very high durability
  • Standard, IA, Archive storage classes
  • Static website hosting support

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Accelerate websites, downloads and video with thousands of edge nodes worldwide — especially strong coverage across Asia-Pacific.

  • Global edge node network
  • Strong Asia-Pacific coverage
  • HTTPS and custom domain support

Security

Protect applications and infrastructure from web attacks and DDoS.

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Shield web apps and APIs from common attacks like SQL injection and XSS, plus bot management and rate limiting at the edge.

  • OWASP-style attack protection
  • Bot management and rate limiting
  • API security capabilities

Anti-DDoS

Multi-layer DDoS mitigation backed by Alibaba Cloud's global scrubbing capacity, keeping games, sites and APIs online under attack.

  • Large-scale attack mitigation
  • Basic protection included on cloud
  • Premium options for critical apps

Serverless & Big Data

Run code without servers and analyze data at petabyte scale.

Function Compute

Fully managed serverless platform: deploy code or containers that scale automatically and bill only for actual execution.

  • Scales to zero when idle
  • Event-driven triggers and HTTP
  • Container image support

MaxCompute

Serverless data warehouse for large-scale analytics — process petabytes with SQL, no cluster management required.

  • Petabyte-scale SQL analytics
  • Serverless, zero cluster ops
  • Integrates with BI and ML tools

Try everything with free trial credits

New users get up to $1,700 in trial credits plus 80+ always-free products — enough to test most of the catalog above.

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