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Try ECS u1 2C4G 3 months free, and other featured products.
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ECS t5 Instance
1C1G 1 Year
t5 instances are suitable for building small-scale websites with mainly text and images (with a daily traffic below 1000) and for development and testing purposes.
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User Type:New registered user
Specifications:ecs.t5-lc1m1.small (1vcpu1G), 40GB system disk, 1Mbps bandwidth
Quantity:1 instance
ECS u1 Instance
2C4G 3 Months
u1 instances are cost-effective and suitable for most scenarios,such as small and medium-sized enterprise applications.
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User Type:New registered user
Specifications:ecs.u1-c1m2.large (2vcpu4G), 80GB ESSD PL0, 1Mbps bandwidth
Quantity:1 instance
ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL
2C4G 1 Month
High security level, more stable, 5x performance improvement.
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Instance:MySQL 5.7/8.0 mysql.n2.medium.xc
User type:The first purchase users
Quantity:1 instance

Paid plan: RDS Serverless 50% off
PolarDB
Always Free
2C8G PolarDB instance by claiming for each month, compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle.
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User type: All Users (Once per Month)
Storage:50GB

Only one PolarDB instance is allowed to claim each month.
Elastic Desktop Service
4C8G 1 Month
A convenient and secure cloud-based Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution
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User type:New registered user
Quantity:1 instance
Billing:Free for the first 120 hours, with usage beyond 120 hours billed on a pay-as-you-go basis
System disk:80G
Cloud Phone
2C4G 1 Month
Cloud Phone is a cloud-based virtual phone offering a secure, reliable, and seamless Android application environment.
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User type:New Cloud Phone user
Quantity:1 instance
Specifications:Lightweight-2C4G
Network:Shared network with peak bandwidth of 5Mbps
Short Message Service (SMS)
100 SMS
Helps enterprises worldwide build channels to reach their customers with user-friendly, efficient, and intelligent communication capabilities
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User type:New registered enterprise
100 SMS Free Trial for Enterprises
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Why Alibaba Cloud
No.1 In the Asia Pacific
No.3 WorldWide
According to Gartner, Alibaba Cloud has had the biggest market share in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market in the Asia Pacific region
since 2018.
Source: Gartner, Market Share: IT Services, April, 2023
28 Regions
85 Availability Zones
Alibaba Cloud has 85 zones strategically located across 28 regions worldwide, providing reliable computing support for billions of customers.
No.1 In the Asia Pacific
No.3 WorldWide
According to Gartner, Alibaba Cloud has had the biggest market share in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market in the Asia Pacific region
since 2018.
Source: Gartner, Market Share: IT Services, April, 2023
28 Regions
85 Availability Zones
Alibaba Cloud has 85 zones strategically located across 28 regions worldwide, providing reliable computing support for billions of customers.
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Cloud Phone

2C4G 1 Month
Cloud Phone is a cloud-based virtual phone offering a secure, reliable, and seamless Android application environment.
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User type New Cloud Phone user

Quantity 1 instance

Specifications Lightweight-2C4G

Network Shared network with peak bandwidth of 5Mbps

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Edge Security Acceleration Entrance

Time-limited Free
Suitable for individuals and developers
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Traffic Unlimited free traffic quota

Core Features
· CDN in global regions (exclude the regions in the Chinese mainland)
· Global performance optimization and intelligent routing
· SSL/TLS full-link mutual authentication and free certificates
· Platform-level protection against DDoS attacks
· Intelligent protection against traffic flood attacks
· Basic bot traffic management
· Serverless deployment
· Log and data analysis
· No SLA

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Security Center_CSPM

1 Month
Security Center detects configuration errors and security risks on cloud services from the following dimensions: identity and permission management, security risks in Alibaba Cloud services, and compliance risks.
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User TypeNew registered user

EditionValue-added Plan

Purchase Duration1 month after first active

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Security Center_Anti-virus

Up to 20 Cores 3 Months
Detection and killing of common viruses
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User TypeNew registered user

EditionAnti-virus

Purchase duration3 months trial

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Model Studio

1 Million Tokens
Access to industry-leading foundation models (FMs) including Qwen-Max, Qwen-Plus, Qwen-Turbo, and Qwen 2.5 series, you can customize these models with your enterprise data by setting up a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture in one click, create AI agents in a few simple steps
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User TypeNew registered user

Tokens1 million for each model

Periord1 month after first active

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Data Security Center

Always Free
The Free Edition helps you address blind spots in cloud data for enhanced security protection.
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Number of instances500

Object Storage Service (OSS) protection capacity500TB

Fixed resource quotas and features such as data classification, baseline check, and data auditing are provided.

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Key Management Service

14 Days
Easily protect, manage, use, and audit your cryptographic keys on Alibaba Cloud
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User TypeNew registered user

Instance TypeSoftware key management

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Bastion Host

20 Assets 7 Days
A unified, efficient, and secure platform that provides cloud-based O&M, access control, and operation audit.
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EditionEnterprise/Basic

Plan20 Assets (Trial Use)

Purchase duration7-day trial

Paid Plan: 15% off for yearly purchase

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ECS t5 Instance

1C1G 1 Year
t5 instances are suitable for building small-scale websites with mainly text and images (with a daily traffic below 1000) and for development and testing purposes.
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User TypeNew registered user

Specificationsecs.t5-lc1m1.small (1vcpu1G), 40GB system disk, 1Mbps bandwidth

Quantity1 instance

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      • • Free tier products need to meet the 'first use of the product' condition, namely, there is no historical order under the product you choose to try.
      • • Each user is entitled to a one-time free tier of each product unless specified otherwise. If you have multiple accounts, only one account is eligible to participate.
      • • During the free tier period, you must add a payment method to continue using the service for free. These payment methods include the credit card, debit card, and PayTM.
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      • • The products offered in the Free Tier program are subject to Alibaba Cloud online terms.
      • • If we find that you are not qualified to participate in the free tier activity, the instances that you create during the free tier period are stopped. These instances will be released after 15 days. We will send you a notice 72 hours before these instances are stopped.
      • • Elastic Compute Service's free trials are only available to new users of computing products. That is, users who have previously purchased Elastic Compute Service instances and Simple Application Servers with a new purchase order greater than or equal to $0 are not eligible for Elastic Compute Service's free trials, and users who have not generated a postpaid bill greater than or equal to $0 and have not generated a trial order in history are eligible for Elastic Compute Service's free trials.
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