Renting ECS varies from 100 yuan to several hundred yuan a month. Both Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud in China provide monthly package billing. Based on the different models, specifications, configurations, and regions of ECS, the corresponding costs are different. WeiAiSi notes how much it costs to rent an ECS for one month, and which is more cost-effective to pay monthly.
1. One month fee for renting ECS
We take the common Alibaba Cloud 、 Tencent Cloud Explain as an example.
These two billing methods support monthly package and pay as you go billing. Based on the discussion in this article, we will only talk about the monthly package.
Monthly payment is more expensive. ECS is a kind of service. Of course, it is paid annually. The longer the service lasts, the cheaper it is.
For example, at present Tencent Cloud lightweight application server Preferential price: 2 cores, 4G memory, 8M bandwidth, 74 yuan/year, Alibaba Cloud lightweight application server The preferential price is 99 yuan/year for 1M bandwidth of 2-core 2G memory (three renewals at the same price), which is not available for monthly payment. It takes us about a year to run a website and business, so it's quite cost-effective to pay annually.
2. AliCloud servers are paid monthly
If you only buy AliCloud servers for one month, we can purchase them from the ECS server customization page. The 2-core 4G memory and 1M bandwidth cost 140 yuan/month without any discount.
You can click to receive AliCloud voucher The cost can be saved after deduction.
3. Tencent cloud server monthly payment price
Purchase Tencent ECS for one month from the customized page of Tencent Cloud CVM Server, and the 2-core 4G memory and 1M bandwidth are 122 yuan/month. There is no discount.
proposal Click to get Tencent cloud voucher , can also save money.
4. How to save money by buying ECS
No matter Alibaba Cloud or Tencent Cloud, the longer you buy, the more favorable you will get. The discount for ordinary promotional activities is less than 10% (limited to 1-3 years).
In order to make a comparison, you can query the price of monthly customized purchase and compare it with the price of annual paid promotional activities. When you actually buy, Mr. Wei certainly recommends that you choose to participate in various promotional activities mentioned above, because the price of the same model and configuration is very popular.
