Alibaba Cloud Compute

Drive and Photo Service

Alibaba Cloud’s Drive and Photo Service provides enterprise-grade storage infrastructure. It handles the core jobs of storing, organizing, and retrieving large volumes of photos and general data files for business operations. The service focuses on creating a dedicated space for these assets, ensuring they are accessible and managed within a cloud environment rather than on local hardware.

This setup suits organizations needing scalable cloud storage without upfront commitments, but it lacks a free tier entirely. You pay strictly on a pay-as-you-go basis, meaning every byte stored incurs immediate cost. There is no trial period or initial allowance to test the service, so budgeting must account for usage from the very first file uploaded.

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  • Free tier No
  • Pricing Pay as you go
  • Regions 8 · 4 continents
  • SLA uptime 99.99%
  • Compliance 10 certifications
  • Provider health A

Decision score

38 /100
Features 20
Pricing 0
Reliability 100
Community 0
Ecosystem 86

Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.

Trust & reach via Alibaba Cloud

Compliance
  • C5
  • CSA STAR
  • FedRAMP
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • ISO 27001
  • ISO 27017
  • ISO 27018
  • ISO 9001
  • PCI DSS
  • SOC 1 Type II
  • SOC 2 Type II
+1 more
SLA uptime
  • compute99.95%
  • database99.95%
  • networking99.95%
  • storage99.99%
Global reach

8 regions across 4 continents

  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania

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