Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift vs Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack

Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift8.7Visit Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack8.3Visit

Higher score Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift #4 in Private Cloud Hosting 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Red Hat

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Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack #7 in Private Cloud Hosting 8.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

• Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift fits best

  Red Hat enterprise OpenStack deployments

• Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack fits best

  Alibaba-centered hybrid private clouds

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Side by side

Feature	Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 8.7/10 Visit ↗	Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	8.3
Ranking	#4 in Private Cloud Hosting	#7 in Private Cloud Hosting
Best for	Red Hat enterprise OpenStack deployments	Alibaba-centered hybrid private clouds
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Cloud
Support	Docs	Tickets, Phone, Live chat
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Enterprise
Features Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 3/4 · Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack 3/4
Managed operations	—	Not checked yet
Kubernetes support	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Backup included	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment location	Both	Customer facility
Virtualization stack	Other	Not checked yet
Minimum term	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Runs the OpenStack control plane as workloads on OpenShift Supports compute, storage, networking, and image services Adds Operators, Ansible operations, observability, and backup/restore	More than 100 full-stack cloud services across infrastructure, data, security, and AI On-premises deployment supports customer-facility control and asset ownership Kubernetes, APIs, monitoring, backup, and hybrid Alibaba Cloud integration
Cons	Pricing requires contact with an account representative or partner Managed operations are not included The platform is aimed at mid-market and enterprise environments	Contact-sales pricing gives buyers no published plan-by-plan comparison Its broad scope may exceed the needs of narrowly focused private-cloud buyers Deployment is designed for customer facilities rather than public-cloud-only use
Our verdict	Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift is a private Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform for enterprises and telecommunications providers. It combines an OpenStack cloud control plane running on Red Hat OpenShift with external Red Hat… Read the review →	Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack is an enterprise private-cloud infrastructure platform for public-sector organizations and enterprises. It brings more than 100 full-stack cloud services across infrastructure, data, security, operations, and AI… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift — where it wins

  • Runs the OpenStack control plane as workloads on OpenShift
  • Supports compute, storage, networking, and image services
  • Adds Operators, Ansible operations, observability, and backup/restore

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contact with an account representative or partner
  • Managed operations are not included
  • The platform is aimed at mid-market and enterprise environments

• Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack — where it wins

  • More than 100 full-stack cloud services across infrastructure, data, security, and AI
  • On-premises deployment supports customer-facility control and asset ownership
  • Kubernetes, APIs, monitoring, backup, and hybrid Alibaba Cloud integration

  Where it doesn't

  • Contact-sales pricing gives buyers no published plan-by-plan comparison
  • Its broad scope may exceed the needs of narrowly focused private-cloud buyers
  • Deployment is designed for customer facilities rather than public-cloud-only use

• Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad private-cloud platform for enterprises standardizing on Red Hat infrastructure.

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• Alibaba Cloud Apsara Stack8.3/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad Alibaba-centered private cloud for hybrid deployments and regulated workloads.

  Visit Alibaba CloudFull verdict →