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Alibaba Cloud Int. vs Ionstream: LLM provider comparison

Compare Alibaba Cloud Int. and Ionstream on 3 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Alibaba Cloud Int.

48 indexed models

Headquarters
Singapore
Server regions
SingaporeChina
Model types
45 text, 2 video, 1 transcription

Ionstream

3 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
United States
Model types
3 text

At a glance

Metric winners

There is no overall score. Each winner answers one specific question using only directly comparable data.

Fastest on shared models

Ionstream

1.75× typical advantage

3 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

Ionstream

$1.416 / 1M

3 exact models using a 1K-input/500-output mix

Most models available

Alibaba Cloud Int.

48 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricAlibaba Cloud Int.(0)Ionstream(0)
SpeedAlibaba Cloud Int.15.88 sIonstream9.60 s
TTFTAlibaba Cloud Int.1.17 sIonstream0.83 s
TPSAlibaba Cloud Int.33.5 tok/sIonstream57.0 tok/s
PriceAlibaba Cloud Int.$1.5691 / 1MIonstream$1.416 / 1M
UptimeAlibaba Cloud Int.99.78%Ionstream99.40%
Green value Better comparable resultRed value Worse comparable result

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Alibaba Cloud Int.Ionstream
500-token response by shared model

Estimated seconds using recent median response-start and output-speed data. Lower is better.

Ionstream has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 3 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

USD per 1 million tokens using a 1,000-input/500-output mix. Lower is better.

Ionstream has the lower typical price ratio across 3 priced shared models.

Shared text models

3 exact models · newest first

ModelAlibaba Cloud Int.(0)Ionstream(0)
GLM 5.2Winner · Ionstream
Alibaba Cloud Int.
Price— Best comparable value
$2.1192 / 1M
Speed— Worst comparable value
16.79 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
1.17 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
32.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
99.97%
Context
1M
Route
alibaba
Ionstream
Price— Worst comparable value
$2.4 / 1M
Speed— Best comparable value
9.60 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.83 s
TPS— Best comparable value
57.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
100.00%
Context
1M
Route
ionstream/fp4
DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int.
Alibaba Cloud Int.
Price— Worst comparable value
$1.888 / 1M
Speed— Best comparable value
10.57 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
1.64 s
TPS— Best comparable value
56.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
99.58%
Context
1M
Route
alibaba
Ionstream
Price— Best comparable value
$1.508 / 1M
Speed— Worst comparable value
21.01 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
1.01 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
25.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
98.79%
Context
1M
Route
ionstream/fp4
Qwen3 Coder NextWinner · Ionstream
Alibaba Cloud Int.
Price— Worst comparable value
$0.7 / 1M
Speed— Worst comparable value
15.88 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
0.96 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
33.5 tok/s
Uptime
N/a
Context
262.1K
Route
alibaba
Ionstream
Price— Best comparable value
$0.34 / 1M
Speed— Best comparable value
8.84 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.51 s
TPS— Best comparable value
60.0 tok/s
Uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
ionstream/fp8

A per-model winner combines blended price and estimated 500-token response time with equal proportional weight. Ties and rows missing either measurement receive no badge. Comparison data calculated . Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.

Alibaba Cloud Int. vs Ionstream analysis

How Alibaba Cloud Int. and Ionstream compare for AI inference

Alibaba Cloud Int. and Ionstream share 3 indexed text models, including GLM 5.2, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Qwen3 Coder Next. Ionstream has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

3 shared models currently have complete response-start and output-speed measurements on both providers. The speed comparison uses per-model ratios before taking the median, so naturally faster model catalogs do not improve the result.

Token pricing on one workload

3 shared models have complete input and output prices on both providers. Prices use the same 1,000-input/500-output-token mix and are normalized to one million tokens for readability.

Catalog and deployment differences

Alibaba Cloud Int. has 48 indexed models and lists 2 published server regions; Ionstream has 3 models and lists 1 region. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.

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