Alibaba Cloud Int. vs Phala: LLM provider comparison

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

ACAlibaba Cloud Int.

1.32× typical advantage

7 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

ACAlibaba Cloud Int.

$0.8781 / 1M

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

Most models available

ACAlibaba Cloud Int.

48 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Model	Alibaba Cloud Int.	Phala
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · Alibaba Cloud Int. z-ai/glm-5.2	Alibaba Cloud Int. Blended price $2.1192 / 1M 500-token response 17.65 s Response starts 1.52 s Output speed 31.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.88% Context 1M Route alibaba	Phala Blended price $2.4 / 1M 500-token response 16.81 s Response starts 2.10 s Output speed 34.0 tok/s Route uptime 86.82% Context 1M Route phala
Q Qwen3.6 27BWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int. qwen/qwen3.6-27b	Alibaba Cloud Int. Blended price $1.2 / 1M 500-token response 25.88 s Response starts 0.88 s Output speed 20.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.64% Context 262.1K Route alibaba	Phala Blended price $1.1133 / 1M 500-token response 39.31 s Response starts 0.85 s Output speed 13.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.71% Context 262.1K Route phala
Q Qwen3.5-27BWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int. qwen/qwen3.5-27b	Alibaba Cloud Int. Blended price $0.65 / 1M 500-token response 26.53 s Response starts 2.72 s Output speed 21.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.92% Context 262.1K Route alibaba	Phala Blended price $1 / 1M 500-token response 18.65 s Response starts 1.99 s Output speed 30.0 tok/s Route uptime 97.83% Context 262.1K Route phala
Q Qwen3.5 397B A17BWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int. qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b	Alibaba Cloud Int. Blended price $1.04 / 1M 500-token response 32.41 s Response starts 1.16 s Output speed 16.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.97% Context 262.1K Route alibaba	Phala Blended price $1.5333 / 1M 500-token response 28.75 s Response starts 3.75 s Output speed 20.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.36% Context 262.1K Route phala
D DeepSeek V3.2Winner · Alibaba Cloud Int. deepseek/deepseek-v3.2	Alibaba Cloud Int. Blended price $0.6175 / 1M 500-token response 28.11 s Response starts 1.79 s Output speed 19.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.18% Context 131.1K Route alibaba	Phala Blended price $1 / 1M 500-token response 66.48 s Response starts 3.98 s Output speed 8.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.54% Context 163.8K Route phala
Q Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructWinner · Alibaba Cloud Int. qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct	Alibaba Cloud Int. Blended price $0.26 / 1M 500-token response 16.61 s Response starts 0.48 s Output speed 31.0 tok/s Route uptime 100.00% Context 131.1K Route alibaba	Phala Blended price $0.3667 / 1M 500-token response 21.98 s Response starts 1.15 s Output speed 24.0 tok/s Route uptime 90.96% Context 128K Route phala
Q Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Winner · Alibaba Cloud Int. qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507	Alibaba Cloud Int. Blended price $0.26 / 1M 500-token response 5.16 s Response starts 0.31 s Output speed 103.0 tok/s Route uptime 100.00% Context 131.1K Route alibaba	Phala Blended price $0.2833 / 1M 500-token response 7.74 s Response starts 0.99 s Output speed 74.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 262.1K Route phala

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 Jul 16, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC. Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.