Alibaba Cloud said on the 7th that it was named a leader in the AI infrastructure institutional sector in Forrester Research's "Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure Solutions, Q4 2025" report.
The report included Alibaba Cloud among five leaders out of 13 global vendors, and it proved its competitiveness by earning the top score of 5 in seven criteria for current offering. Key criteria include configuration, data management, operations management, fault tolerance, efficiency, and deployment environments.
In the strategy institutional sector, it also received top scores for product roadmap and pricing flexibility and transparency. The report said Alibaba Cloud is systematically designing architecture and infrastructure upgrades to proactively meet demand as AI adoption expands. It also emphasized that its pricing policy is simpler and clearer than competitors', helping customers adopt and operate services more easily.
Zhangwei Zhang, head of infrastructure products at Alibaba Cloud, said the evaluation validated Alibaba Cloud's consistent strategy and execution, and noted that it provides high performance, scalability, and security that can practically harness AI's innovative potential.
In Feb. 2025, Alibaba Cloud announced plans to invest at least 380 billion yuan (about 78 trillion won) over the next three years to upgrade cloud computing and AI infrastructure. Through this, it will expand AI capabilities and cloud infrastructure for next-generation technology development and strengthen the foundation for innovation and growth for corporations and developers.