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Alibaba Cloud vs ClearDATA Platform comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Alibaba Cloud
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
10th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ClearDATA Platform
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
15th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.9
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Alibaba Cloud is 5.2%, down from 13.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ClearDATA Platform is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Alibaba Cloud5.2%
ClearDATA Platform0.5%
Other94.3%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Min HtetOo - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Manojkumar Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Automated safeguards have protected patient data and simplify healthcare cloud compliance
ClearDATA Platform helped the healthcare organization, primarily used by healthcare providers in health, medical devices, and healthcare software, by integrating in such a way that it achieves compliance regulations as well as automated security protocols, controls, and monitors any cloud infrastructure risks while detecting security threats and generating audit reports. The best features of ClearDATA Platform include automated safeguard enforcement, compliance monitoring, audit-ready report preparation, and risk dashboards, all of which are essential. The biggest impact for my client comes from safeguard enforcement and risk scoring dashboards, as these features positively influence the organization by protecting sensitive patient data, ensuring it cannot be disclosed outside of the organization, and providing an overview of all security risks.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It's easy to use, cheaper than other solutions, and more secure."
"Alibaba also offers a lot of flexibility compared to Google Cloud, where you can only use Google's Tools."
"It is easy to set up."
"We use the product for storage and as a VPN."
"Feature-wise, it provides many features, and ECS, VM, SP, bucket object storage, and databases are the most valuable."
"We cut our costs significantly by migrating our infrastructure to the cloud, and Alibaba Cloud employs a pay-as-you-go model, so that minimizes many costs for us."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy for me since I had a background in cloud products."
"Alibaba support is responsive. When we create tickets in the Alibaba portal, they usually respond online or call me in five minutes."
"After ClearDATA Platform is implemented, I received an appreciation email from the client stating they are very satisfied with the platform, and they were very happy with both the implementation and my recommendation."
 

Cons

"Alibaba Cloud needs to increase availability in Thailand."
"Customer support has a lot of room for improvement. There's just general documentation, general customer support, and general maturity of the processes are all lacking when compared to Amazon or Google."
"The majority of the tools and processes, in general, have a lot of room for improvement."
"Alibaba Cloud has some problems related to latency and connection issues. If you go for a cloud solution provider, you will need to access the Internet, which may result in latency and bandwidth issues, leading to slowness in operations."
"The solution should have more integration."
"Alibaba Cloud's initial setup is somewhat complex."
"I wouldn't recommend Alibaba. I think other companies should just use Azure instead, as it's a much simpler solution."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"The reason for my eight rating is that it is not integrated with artificial intelligence, which is a primary reason for the score."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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"
"I don't know the exact cost. It is cheaper than AWS."
"Alibaba Cloud is cheaper."
"The cost is better than similar solutions."
"Pricing for Alibaba Cloud is a little bit cheaper. It has reasonable pricing."
"The product is not that expensive."
"The price of Alibaba Cloud is good. If I was to use Microsoft Azure I would have to pay 30 percent more."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
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Questions from the Community

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.
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,...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ClearDATA Platform?
My experience with the pricing is that, compared to other projects, it is very lenient as per the standards.
What needs improvement with ClearDATA Platform?
I do not think there are many needed improvements for ClearDATA Platform as of now; the current trend is that artificial intelligence is booming, which can be incorporated into the product. With th...
What is your primary use case for ClearDATA Platform?
The main use case for ClearDATA Platform in that client's project is focused on equipping the healthcare organization with cloud security and compliance, which helps secure and protect the health i...
 

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Sample Customers

Schneider Electric, BorderX Lab, Royal Philips, Catchpoint, Conversant, Blogmint
Merck, UCLA Health, USMD Hospital, Cleveland Clinic
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