Alibaba Cloud vs Verda: Pricing, Specs, Strengths & Weaknesses
Side-by-side comparison of GPU compute pricing, regions, billing models, and strengths for Alibaba Cloud and Verda. Rates sourced from public APIs — verify current availability and billing terms before purchasing.
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Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun) is Asia's largest cloud provider, offering Elastic GPU Service with L20 (8× NVIDIA L20, 48GB each, from $1,279/month), A10 (4× NVIDIA A10, 24GB each, from $676/month), V100, T4, and P100 instances across China, APAC, US, EU, and Middle East. Model Studio provides enterprise-grade access to Qwen3.8-Flash, Qwen3.7-Plus, Qwen3.8-Max, Wan2.7 (T2V/I2V), DeepSeek V4 Pro, HappyHorse-1.1-T2V, and 20+ models. AI Token Plan from $6/month. AI Savings Plan saves up to 47%. AIACC-Training and AIACC-Inference accelerators optimize GPU utilization. FastGPU for rapid cluster deployment. cGPU for GPU sharing across containers.
- L20 GPU instances (8× L20, 48GB each) — latest available in APAC
- Model Studio: Qwen3.8, Wan2.7, DeepSeek V4 Pro, HappyHorse T2V
- AI Token Plan from $6/month — wide model access in Asia
- AIACC-Training/Inference accelerators for GPU optimization
- APAC coverage — China, Southeast Asia, Middle East
- AI Savings Plan up to 47% off
- Primarily China/APAC focused — limited global regions
- Data sovereignty concerns for non-Chinese teams
- Less mature ML ecosystem vs AWS/GCP outside Asia
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Verda is a full-stack European AI cloud built for the full AI lifecycle — from rapid prototyping to foundation training and scalable inference. GPU catalog: GB300 SXM6, B300 SXM6, B200 SXM6, H200 SXM5, H100 SXM5, A100 SXM4, RTX PRO 6000, L40S — on-demand and spot. Instant clusters with InfiniBand interconnect up to 144× GPUs self-service. Serverless containers with scale-to-zero. GB300 NVL72 available (NVLink v5). $155M funding (NIB joined July 2026). SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, GDPR, C5 certified. In-house AI Lab co-engineering with customers (1X World Model, SGLang, vLLM). 99.9% uptime.
- GB300, B300, B200 — competitive Blackwell pricing with spot options
- Spot pricing available across all GPU tiers
- Instant clusters up to 144× GPUs with InfiniBand, self-service
- In-house AI Lab: co-engineering with 1X, SGLang, vLLM
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, GDPR, C5
- GB300 NVL72 with NVLink v5 available
- Primarily EU regions — limited US/APAC coverage
- Newer provider — smaller ecosystem vs hyperscalers
- Reserved discounts are modest (2–25% off on-demand)
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Alibaba Cloud
Qwen3.8, Wan2.7, DeepSeek V4 Pro, HappyHorse T2V — Asia's largest AI cloud with L20 and A10 GPUs
Verda
GB300, B300, B200, H200 — full-stack EU AI cloud, SOC 2 Type II