Alibaba Cloud has reduced prices for international customers, with reductions of up to 59%. These apply to core public cloud products using the company’s international data centres out of the Chinese mainland. In addition, it has ramped up benefits for its partners.
Effective immediately, the new pricing strategy covers five core public cloud product categories, including compute, storage, network, database, and big data products, with an average 23% price reduction.
“Cloud infrastructure is poised to be the key cornerstone for the future of AI, and our commitment lies in making sure that the foundation for AI development remains affordable,” said Selina Yuan (pictured), president of the international business of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.
“Our latest pricing strategy is designed not only to reward long-term subscribers with more substantial discounts, but also to ensure that businesses can have a stable foundation to develop their long-term strategies when planning and developing their own AI applications.”
The new pricing is applicable to both existing and new customers who place orders through the official Alibaba Cloud website.
In a move to bolster its international partnership network, Alibaba Cloud has also unveiled a suite of financial incentives. These include an increase in the standard discount and commission rates for resellers, the removal of initial tier requirements and yearly commitments for resellers, and an enhancement of support for channel partners' efforts to grow their market presence.
Additionally, Alibaba Cloud has further standardised its training programme to boost partners' service delivery competencies, and introduced a specialised partner service manager role to provide dedicated support.
Currently, Alibaba Cloud operates 89 service availability zones in 30 regions globally.
