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Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) vs Amazon Import/Export Snowball

If you need a Cloud Storage & File Sharing API that's easy to integrate, go with Alibaba Cloud (阿里云).

Alibaba Cloud (阿里云)

China's largest cloud provider — compute, database, storage, CDN, networking, AI services with SDKs

Amazon Import/Export Snowball

The Amazon Web Services Snow Family provides a petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses secure devices to transfer large amounts of data between your on-premises data centers and Amazon Sim...

Alibaba Cloud (阿里云)

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported

Amazon Import/Export Snowball

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported
FeatureAlibaba Cloud (阿里云)Amazon Import/Export Snowball
AuthenticationNoneapiKey
HTTPSYesYes
CORSUnknownUnknown

When to use which?

Alibaba Cloud (阿里云) is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication.