G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon AWS Platform vs. Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon AWS Platform

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

by Alibaba

Overall rating4.74.3
Review count8460
Ease of use9.09.1
Ease of setup8.88.7
Quality of support9.28.7
Meets requirements9.79.0
NPS85.18518541.509434
Small Business38.1%30.0%
Mid-Market38.1%25.0%
Enterprise23.8%45.0%
Total page views234116
Total LLM citations1,13484

Amazon AWS Platform

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform that offers over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Since its launch in 2006, AWS has enabled millions of customers—including startups, enterprises, and government agencies—to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster. Key Features and Functionality: - Compute Power: AWS provides scalable computing capacity through services like Amazon EC2, allowing users to run applications on virtual servers tailored to their needs.

Pros

  • Free Services
  • Services Variety
  • Scalability
  • Cost-Effective
  • Customer Support

Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) provides fast memory and the latest Intel CPUs to help you to power your cloud applications and achieve faster results with low latency. All ECS instances come with Anti-DDoS protection to safeguard your data and applications from DDoS and Trojan attacks.

Pros

  • Cloud Storage
  • Scalability
  • Features
  • Security
  • Cost Efficiency
  • Cloud Computing