🆚 Alibaba vs. AliExpress

Alibaba is noticeably more popular than AliExpress.
Alibaba is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.
AliExpress is more popular in the United States, Russia, and Japan.

Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Alibaba

AliExpress

Type

Online marketplace

About

Alibaba.com is a global wholesale marketplace where businesses can buy products in bulk from manufacturers and suppliers.

AliExpress is a China-based global retail marketplace owned by Alibaba Group.

Headquarters

Hangzhou, China

Website

alibaba.com #210

aliexpress.com

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Alibaba marketplace is 1.3 times more popular than AliExpress.

Total websites

Market share

Marketplaces

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Alibaba is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia, while AliExpress is more popular in the United States, Russia, and Japan.

China

United States

Russia

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Vietnam

Japan

Korea

Israel

Spain

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in China in the Marketplaces category.

⭐ 6th most popular in China in the Marketplaces category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Russia in the Marketplaces category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Alibaba is more popular among sites focused on business, travel, and finance and banking, while AliExpress is more commonly used on online shopping, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Marketing/Merchandising

Portal Sites

Entertainment

Software/Hardware

Technical/Business Forums

Games

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#145

#210

#373

#1,176

#3,849

Name

Rank

#143

#145

#1,765

#1,783

#2,228