Elastic Compute Service (ECS) Price Cut

We are glad to announce that a price reduction for Elastic Compute Service (ECS) is already in effect, as of June 10, 2017, including Compute Optimized type SN1/SN2, Generation II and Generation III instances.

We are constantly optimizing our cost structure through engineering investment and scalability, to identify and pass on the cost savings to our customers and partners. We are offering customer friendly prices with:

• 15 - 20% off the list price of other key clouds
• Pay-As-You-Go
• Per minute billing
• 30% off for monthly subscriptions
• 41% off for yearly subscriptions

We are reducing ECS prices by up to 38%, depending on the region and operating system (Linux, RHEL, SUSE, Windows, and more). Price cuts apply across Alibaba Cloud's China, US East, US West, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, and Australia regions.

We are simultaneously offering online promotions as up-front pricing supplements including:

• $300 Free Credit for New Users
• SSD Cloud Servers from $30 USD per instance for a whole year
• Starter Package