Alibaba Cloud Function Compute

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute is a fully managed, event-driven service that lets you run applications without worrying about infrastructure. Since its launch in 2016, Alibaba Cloud has grown into one of the top cloud providers, with over 25,000 employees and millions of customers worldwide. It competes with major players like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

Focus

• Artificial Intelligence
• Web & Mobile Backends
• Real-time Stream Processing
• Real-time File Processing

Key Features

• Custom Container functions through Alibaba Cloud Container Registry images
• Integration with other Alibaba Cloud services
• GPU-accelerated instances: Tesla T4 and Ampere A10
• Flexible Runtime Support and Environment Variables
• Integrated Logging and Monitoring

Billing

• Free Trial quotas (3 x 150,000 CUs p/m)
• Unified Billing: Charges based on CU (Compute Unit), combining function calls, vCPU, memory, and disk usage.
• Pay-as-You-Go: Billed for actual usage during execution, based on time and resources used.
• Resource Plans: Pre-purchase vCPU, memory, or GPU at discounted rates; excess usage billed as pay-as-you-go.

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