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Elastic Compute Service

Elastic and secure virtual cloud servers to cater all your cloud hosting needs.

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Alibaba Cloud 7th Gen ECS Is now available, fully equipped with TPM chips and increase instance computing power by up to 40%.

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Advanced Computing Performance

Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) provides fast memory and the latest CPUs to help you to power your cloud applications and achieve faster results with low latency.

Deploy ECS instances with just a few clicks from the easy-to-use console and scale capacity up or down based on real-time demands.

High Availability

High Availability

Alibaba Cloud ECS provides the high SLA commitment for both single instance and multiple instances in multiple availability zones among the top cloud providers worldwide. Alibaba Cloud gained lots of experience of running infrastructure at large scale while maintaining high availability. We are currently supporting major e-commerce platforms in China such as Taobao and Tmall and we work closely with scientists from DAMO Academy to accurately predict, prevent and mitigate infrastructure issues without impacting our customers.

Technology Leadership

Technology Leadership

On top of the world-class customized components from our various vendors, Alibaba Cloud invested heavily on the Research & Development of our ECS product. Over the time, we developed X-Dragon compute platform, including the self-developed SOC, hardware acceleration card, as well as the Dragonfly lightweight hypervisor.Our Technology leadership provides a foundation for the high performance, availability, elasticity, scalability and security you enjoyed in our ECS products.

Elasticity

Elasticity

As the largest cloud provider in China and the 3rd largest cloud provider worldwide by revenue , Alibaba Cloud ECS has the scale to provide high elasticity that can meet your business needs instantly. We can provide hundreds of thousands of vCPUs in minutes for a single customer in a single region, that is because of our sophisticated smart placement algorithm, dynamic and automatic planing as well as our optimization of both hardware and software.

ECS Instances
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ECS e Instance
2vCPU 2GiB - Linux
For new user of ECS
Billing Method: Subscription (1 year)
System Disk: 100GB
Traffic: CDT: 200GB of free quota/month
Quantity: 1 instance

$29.00/year
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ECS e Instance
2vCPU 2GiB - Windows
For new user of ECS
Billing Method: Subscription (1 year)
System Disk: 100GB
Traffic: CDT: 200GB of free quota/month
Quantity: 1 instance

$49.00/year
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ECS u1 Instance
2vCPU 4GiB - Linux
For new user of ECS
Billing Method: Subscription (1 year)
System Disk: 100GB
Traffic: CDT: 200GB of free quota/month
Quantity: 1 instance

$99.00/year
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ECS u1 Instance
2vCPU 4GiB - Windows
For new user of ECS
Billing Method: Subscription (1 year)
System Disk: 100GB
Traffic: CDT: 200GB of free quota/month
Quantity: 1 instance

$199.00/year
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ECS u1 Instance
2C4G 3 Months
u1 instances are cost-effective and suitable for most scenarios,such as small and medium-sized enterprise applications.
User Type: New registered user

Specification: ecs.u1-c1m2.large (2vcpu4G), 80GB ESSD PL0, 1Mbps bandwidth

Quantity: 1 instance
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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.
User Type: New registered user

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

Quantity: 1 instance
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ECS t6 Instance
2C0.5G/2C1G/2C2G/2C4G
Suitable for web applications, especially lightweight applications, microservices, and applications in the development and testing stages
Billing Method: Subscription (1 to 6 months)
System Disk: 20GB
Bandwidth: 1 Mbps
Quantity: 1 instance

From $3.90/month
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ECS c6 Instance
2C4G/4C8G
Recommended for websites with moderate traffic, simple development environments, and code repositories.
Billing Method: Subscription (1 to 6 months)
System Disk: 40GB ESSD
Bandwidth: 1 Mbps
Quantity: 1 instance

From $28.71/month
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Scenario Based Instance Types
Various scenarios meet your requirement. Learn how to choose
Instance Type
vCPU/Memory Ratio
Maximum Disk IOPS
Maximum PPS Capability
Pricing
Supported scenarios:
Small- and medium-sized enterprise applications
Websites and application servers
Data analytics and computing
Small- and medium-sized database systems, caches, and search clusters
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Universal Type(u1)
1:1/1:2/1:4/1:8
60,000
2,000,000 pps
Supported scenarios:
Scenarios where large volumes of packets are received and transmitted, such as bullet screen and re-transmission of telecommunication information
Game Servers
Small and medium-sized database systems, cache, and search clusters
Enterprise-level applications of various types and sizes
Websites and Application Servers
Simple Application Server is a compute service that is designed for single-server scenarios.
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General Purpose(g7,g6,g5)
1:4
600,000
g7:24000000 pps
g6:6000000 pps
g5:4000000 pps
Supported scenarios:
Frontend servers of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games
Web Frontend Servers
Data analysis, batch compute, and video encoding
High-performance science and engineering applications
Enterprise-level applications of various types and sizes
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Computation Type(c7,c6)
1:2
600,000
c7:24000000 pps
c6:6000000 pps
Supported scenarios:
High-performance and in-memory databases
Scenarios where large volumes of packets are received and transmitted, such as bullet screen and re-transmission of telecommunication information
Data analysis and mining, and distributed memory cache
Hadoop, Spark, and other memory-intensive enterprise applications
Scenarios that require secure and trusted computing
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Memory Instance(r7,r6,r5)
1:8
600,000
r7:24000000 pps
r6:6000000 pps
r5:4000000 pps

Benefits

  • High Availability

    Alibaba Cloud ECS ensures data reliability and high availability by adopting stringent IDC standards, server access standards, and O&M standards.

  • Secure

    Alibaba Cloud ECS is in the scope ISO 27001 and MTCS certifications that Alibaba Cloud has acheived. With Alibaba Cloud ECS, the confidentiality of user data and user information is secured while the user privacy is protected.

  • Elasticity

    Alibaba Cloud ECS features elastic computing, storage, networking, and business architecture planning. You can leverage such elasticity to integrate your businesses as needed.

  • Reliable

    Alibaba Cloud ECS offers an industry-leading SLA, with a commitment of 99.975% availability for individual instances and a commitment of 99.995% availability for multiple zones within the same region.

  • Flexible Billing Methods

    Alibaba Cloud ECS provides multiple billing methods to cater to the cost-effectiveness requirements in different scenarios. These include Subscription (by year or by month), Pay-As-You-Go, Preemptible instance, Instance reservation, and more. Besides, a unique pay-by-bandwidth method is designed to support resource saving during public network access .

  • Deploy and Grow Globally

    Alibaba Cloud ECS is available in 28 regions around the globe. You can deploy your instances in any of the regions while managing them with one global account.

Product Updates

  • 2019-3-11   New Features
    Releases Cloud Migration Tool V1.5.0   Explore More
  • 2019-2-28   Experience Enhancements
    Cloud Assistant Supports ECS Bare Metal Instances   Explore More
  • 2019-2-25   New Features
    CentOS 7 Image Updated   Explore More
  • 2019-2-2   New Features
    Cloud Migration Tool Version 1.3.2.5 Released   Explore More
  • 2022-3-25   New Features
    Supports Community Image   Explore More
  • 2021-5-28   New Features
    AMD MILAN Architecture-based 7th-generation Instance Families Released   Explore More
  • 2021-4-19   New Features
    Seventh-generation General-purpose, Compute-optimized, and Memory-optimized Instance Families Released   Explore More
  • 2021-1-11   New Features
    Supports Access to Instance Metadata in Security-hardening Mode   Explore More
  • 2020-8-19   New Features
    Supports Diagnosis   Explore More
  • 2020-6-24   New Features
    Number of IP Addresses Assigned to ECS Instances Increased   Explore More
  • 2020-6-9   New Features
    Feature of Change VPCs for Subscription ECS Instances in Invitational Preview   Explore More
  • 2020-5-29   Experience Enhancements
    Supports Execution of Remote Commands from the Instances Details Page   Explore More
  • 2020-5-22   Experience Enhancements
    Supports Isolation of Damaged Disks in Instances Equipped with Local Disks in the ECS Console   Explore More
  • 2020-5-11   New Features
    Supports the Creation of Instances that Support Advanced VPC Features   Explore More
  • 2020-4-22   New Features
    Supports the Instance Maintenance Attribute   Explore More
  • 2020-4-1   New Features
    Supports Access to Instance Metadata in Security-enhanced Mode   Explore More
  • 2020-1-1   New Features
    Workbench Released   Explore More
  • 2019-9-29   Experience Enhancements
    Supports Selecting ECS Instances by Tag   Explore More
  • 2019-9-29   Experience Enhancements
    User Experience Optimized   Explore More
  • 2019-9-6   New Features
    Big Data Instances Support Disk Replacement   Explore More
  • 2019-8-12   New Features
    Supports Reserved Instances   Explore More
  • 2019-4-1   New Features
    Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition Image Updated   Explore More
  • 2019-4-1   New Features
    Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition Image Updated   Explore More
  • 2019-4-1   New Features
    Image of Windows Server V1809 Datacenter Edition Updated   Explore More
  • 2019-4-1   New Features
    Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition Image Updated   Explore More
  • 2019-3-21   New Features
    Releases Migration Tool V1.5.0.8   Explore More
  • 2019-3-19   New Features
    CoreOS Image Updated   Explore More
  • 2019-3-14   New Features
    Releases Migration Tool V1.5.0.5   Explore More
  • 2019-3-11   New Features
    Releases Cloud Migration Tool V1.5.0   Explore More
  • 2019-2-28   Experience Enhancements
    Cloud Assistant Supports ECS Bare Metal Instances   Explore More
  • 2019-2-25   New Features
    CentOS 7 Image Updated   Explore More
  • 2019-2-2   New Features
    Cloud Migration Tool Version 1.3.2.5 Released   Explore More
  • 2019-1-29   New Features
    ECS Instance Status Change Events and Preemptable Instance Release Notifications   Explore More
  • 2019-1-17   Experience Enhancements
    Optimizes Logic of Comparison Between Faces and Data Sources   Explore More
  • 2019-1-11   Experience Enhancements
    Improved Efficiency of Exporting Images Three to Five Times Higher   Explore More
  • 2018-12-31   Experience Enhancements
    Cloud Assistant Available in the UK (London) Region   Explore More
  • 2018-12-27   New Features
    Debian 9.6 Mirrored Released   Explore More
  • 2018-12-27   New Features
    CentOS 7.6 Mirrored Released   Explore More
  • 2018-12-27   New Features
    Ubuntu 18.04 Mirror Released   Explore More
  • 2018-12-27   New Features
    CentOS 7.5 Mirror Released   Explore More
  • 2018-12-17   Pricing Updates
    Support Pay-by-Second fora Preemptible Instance   Explore More
  • 2018-12-14   New Features
    Secure Method to Release Pay-As-You-Go Instances   Explore More
  • 2018-12-4   Experience Enhancements
    Invoking DescribeNetworkInterfaces to Return EIP Addresses   Explore More
  • 2018-12-1   New Features
    Release of 50 GB Data Transfer Plan by International Site   Explore More
  • 2018-11-30   New Features
    re4e.40xlarge Memory-Optimized Instances Released   Explore More
  • 2018-11-30   New Features
    Creating ECS Images Using Packer   Explore More
  • 2018-11-29   New Features
    Support for Subscription Disk Mounting   Explore More
  • 2018-11-23   New Features
    Filtering Cloud Resources by Global Tags   Explore More
  • 2018-11-23   New Features
    Filtering Cloud Resources by Global Tags   Explore More
  • 2018-11-16   New Features
    Release of Alibaba Cloud Deployment Set   Explore More
  • 2018-11-3   New Features
    t5 Unlimited Instances Available to All Users   Explore More
  • 2018-10-19   New Features
    Open API Best Practices Released in the ECS Console   Explore More
  • 2018-9-30   Pricing Updates
    Price Reduction for Some ECS Instance Specification Families in China North 3 Regions Starts on September 30   Explore More
  • 2018-9-28   New Features
    High-precision Time Synchronization Service Based on Full Coverage of Regions   Explore More
  • 2018-9-14   Experience Enhancements
    System Events for Instance Maintenance Supported in Instance Metadata   Explore More
  • 2018-9-14   Experience Enhancements
    Instance Health Status Supported on ECS Instance Details Page   Explore More
  • 2018-9-7   New Features
    Features of Renewing and Repurchasing Multiple Instances Released   Explore More
  • 2018-9-3   New Features
    ECS provides open APIs for simulating system events   Explore More
  • 2018-8-31   Experience Enhancements
    Enhanced maintenance experience of ECS instances on physical disks   Explore More
  • 2018-8-31   Experience Enhancements
    ECS system events support overdue payment notifications   Explore More
  • 2018-8-17   New Features
    ECS console supports cloud assistant to meet your O&M requirements   Explore More
  • 2018-8-13   New Features
    EIP supports binding ENI with Open API   Explore More
  • 2018-7-9   New Features
    ECS-Intensive computing instance type family ic5 released   Explore More
  • 2018-6-29   Experience Enhancements
    ECS - When creating an ECS instance, you are allowed to select lower versions of Red Hat and other operating systems   Explore More
  • 2018-6-22   New Features
    ECS - Support for using the password preset in the image when creating ECSs   Explore More
  • 2018-6-22   New Features
    ECS resource manager - Security group High-risk port alerts and repetitive rule alerts   Explore More
  • 2018-6-20   New Releases
    SQL Server image is available in Alibaba Cloud Marketplace   Explore More
  • 2018-6-15   New Features
    Configuration change of postpaid instances and real-time configuration downgrade are supported across different versions   Explore More
  • 2018-6-15   New Features
    The original password can be retained when you create an instance using a custom image   Explore More
  • 2018-6-6   Experience Enhancements
    Functional grouping of the instance list   Explore More
  • 2018-6-6   New Features
    Sub-accounts are supported when the ECS console is degraded   Explore More
  • 2018-6-6   New Features
    One-click cloning of ECS console classic2vpc security group    Explore More
  • 2018-6-5   New Features
    Alibaba Cloud server - price download function released   Explore More
  • 2018-6-4   Experience Enhancements
    ECS - Support for setting a minimum purchase quantity when creating ECSs   Explore More
  • 2018-6-1   New Features
    Security group optimizing project   Explore More
  • 2018-6-1   New Features
    Phase II of active operation and maintenance is fully released   Explore More
  • 2018-5-28   Experience Enhancements
    The individual ECS sales page of the image market is integrated into the official website ECS sales page   Explore More
  • 2018-5-25   New Features
    ECS system events support history query   Explore More
  • 2018-5-25   New Features
    ECS system events connected to CloudMonitor   Explore More
  • 2018-5-11   New Features
    ECS instance LaunchTemplate released   Explore More
  • 2018-5-9   New Releases
    RHEL 7.5 image released   Explore More
  • 2018-5-4   New Features
    ECS resource group connected with snapshots, security groups, images, and key pairs   Explore More
  • 2018-4-13   New Features
    Configuration change is supported during the renewal for expired subscription ECS instances   Explore More
  • 2018-4-1   New Features
    ECS instance new purchase and configuration change support system disks of 20 GB capacity   Explore More
  • 2018-4-1   Pricing Updates
    Price adjustment of ECS enterprise instances and entry-level instances based on the latest Skylake+25G network in domestic regions   Explore More
  • 2018-3-26   New Features
    ECS instance system event feature released   Explore More
  • 2018-3-1   New Features
    Alibaba Cloud ECS instance identifier feature released   Explore More
  • 2018-2-10   New Features
    ECS releases available resource query API for configuration upgrade and downgrade   Explore More
  • 2018-2-2   New Features
    ECS releases a query API to facilitate resource creation   Explore More
  • 2018-1-19   Experience Enhancements
    ECS international sites updated instance creation pages   Explore More
  • 2018-1-18   Experience Enhancements
    ECS console instance search optimization enhanced   Explore More
  • 2017-12-23   New Features
    Four international regions added for launching the performance burst instance T5   Explore More
  • 2017-10-31   New Features
    RAM role feature of Alibaba Cloud ECS instances released   Explore More
  • 2017-10-18   New Features
    Preemptible Instances Available in All Alibaba Cloud Regions   Explore More
  • 2017-9-18   New Releases
    Preemptible ECS Instance Released   Explore More
  • 2017-9-18   New Releases
    Launched Alibaba Cloud ECS bidding instances   Explore More
  • 2017-8-10   New Features
    Alibaba Cloud ECS Image Import is made openly available   Explore More
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