Alibaba Cloud services

 Alibaba Cloud services

Alibaba offers its customers a number of benefits that they might not get from other cloud computing providers. They include the following:

 Access to China: As the largest public cloud vendor in China, Alibaba offers advantages for companies wanting to do business in the country. It has seven data centers in mainland China (Qingdao, Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Hohhot, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzen), plus a data center in Hong Kong. Its Content Delivery Network (CDN) has more than 1,000 nodes in China, making it easy for organizations to distribute content within the country. It also has special tools to help international companies set up shop in China.

Global Coverage: While Alibaba is strongest in China, it serves international customers as well. It has six Asia Pacific data centers (Singapore, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, Jarkata, Mubai and Tokyo), two in the US (Virginia and California), one in Frankfurt and one in Dubai. It also boasts more than 200 CDN nodes outside China, providing coverage for more than 70 countries. It has more than 2.3 million customers worldwide.

Advanced Performance: The Alibaba Cloud website claims the company has set benchmark records in data sorting, mitigating DDoS attacks and processing ecommerce transactions.

Strong Security and Compliance: The vendor says that it complies with international regulations, including PCI DSS and HIPAA in the United States, Germany's C5 and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). It has received the CSA Star Certification, ISO 20000 IT Service Management Certification, ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System Certification and ISO27001 Information Security Management System Certification.

Discount Plans:For new customers, Alibaba offers a starter package plan with discounted rates on some of its most popular services. New users also get $300 in credits, including $50 towards Elastic Computing and $250 for other products. Customers can also earn credits by referring new users ($20 for each referral that spends $20 or more).

Wide range of services: Alibaba Cloud's list of services is extensive, rivalling large cloud companies like AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The company has made significant investments in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development, and it offers advanced big data and analytics services.

Alibaba Cloud Services

Category	Services	Description
Elastic Computing	Elastic Compute Service	Basic compute services
	Simple Application Server	One-click deployment for various standalone application use cases
	Elastic GPU Service	Advanced compute services with parallel processing capabilities through GPUs
	Auto Scaling	Automatically adjusts resources as needed
	Server Load Balancer	Manages sudden traffic spikes
	Container Service	Runs Docker and Kubernetes on Elastic Compute Service
	Container Registry	Manages container images
	Resource Orchestration Service	Simplifies cloud resource management
	E-HPC	High performance computing services
	ECS Bare Metal Instance	Physically isolated servers delivered within minutes
	Super Computing Cluster	Combines bare metal instances with high-speed RDMA for extremely fast performance
	Function Compute	Serverless computing
Storage & CDN	Object Storage Service	Encrypted object storage
	Table Store	NoSQL cloud database
	Alibaba Cloud CDN	Content delivery network
	Network Attached Storage	On-demand NAS for use with Elastic Compute, HPC and Container Service
	Hybrid Cloud Storage Array	Enterprise storage array that integrates with Alibaba Cloud Storage
	Data Transport	Offline data migration
Networking	Virtual Private Cloud	Hosted, secure private cloud services
	Express Connect	Dedicated networking to connect cloud environments
	NAT Gateway	Enterprise-class public network gateway
	Elastic IP	Manages IP resources
	VPN Gateway	Connects virtual private clouds and on-premise data centers
	Cloud Enterprise Network	Networking tools for building a hybrid cloud
Database	ApsaraDB for RDS	Database hosting that supports MySQL, SQL Server and PostgreSQL
	ApsaraDB for Redis	Key value database service
	HybridDB for PostgreSQL	Massively parallel processing data warehouse
	ApsaraDB for MongoDB	Cloud database based on MongoDB
	Data Transmission Service (DTS)	Migrates data among cloud storage and databases
	ApsaraDB for Memcache	Managed memory-based caching service for high-speed queries
	Distributed Relational Database Service	Middleware for managing large distributed databases
	High-Performance Time Series Database	Time-based database for monitoring IoT data
Security	Anti-DDoS Basic	Free basic protection against DDoS and Trojan attacks
	Anti-DDoS Pro	Paid service to protect large enterprises against DDoS and similar attacks
	Web Application Firewall	Cloud-based firewall
	Server Guard	24/7 monitoring for high availability
	SSL Certificates Service	Apply, purchase and manage SSL certificates
	Alibaba Cloud Vulnerability Discovery Service	Vulnerability assessment
	Managed Security Service	Fully managed security that incorporates WAF and Anti-DDoS services
	Content Moderation	Detects inappropriate content in images and videos
Monitoring &Management	CloudMonitor	Real-time monitoring of Web resources and applications
	Resource Access Management	Identity and access control for cloud services
	Key Management Service	Creates, deletes and manages encryption keys
	ActionTrail	Security analytics, resource change tracking and compliance auditing
Domains & Website	Web Hosting	Website hosting that starts at $0.99 per month
	Domains	Domain registry service
	Alibaba Cloud DNS	Domain name resolution and management
Analytics & Big Data	E-MapReduce	Hadoop and Spark service
	MaxCompute	Large-scale data warehouse
	DataWorks	Offline development environment for creating big data applications
	Quick BI	Business intelligence
	DataV	Data visualization
	Image Search	AI-based image search
	Intelligent Service Robot	Chatbot platform
	Dataphin	PaaS for intelligent big data applications
	Machine Learning Platform for AI	End-to-end machine learning platform
	Data Integration	All-in-one data synchronization
Application Service	Message Service	Message queuing and notifications for applications
	API Gateway	API hosting
	Log Service	All-in-one service for log data
	DirectMail	Send transactional notifications and bulk email
Media Services	ApsaraVideo Live	Live broadcasting platform
	ApsaraVideo for Media Processing	Transcoding for multimedia content
Middleware	Enterprise Distributed Application Service	Microservices PaaS
	Message Queue	Distributed message queue service
	Application Configuration Management	Centralizes management of application configurations
Hybrid Cloud	Apsara Stack	Deploy Alibaba Cloud services in your data center