Alibaba Cloud offers a “Free Trial” campaign where new users can try 80+ cloud products and services free of charge. For students (under the “Alibaba Cloud for Students” program) there’s a special benefit: verified students can get a free “Elastic Compute Service (ECS)” instance for one year (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB disk) in certain regions. Also, the student program includes free access to training and certification resources via the Alibaba Cloud Academy membership. The standard free-trial offer (for non-student accounts) states up to 12 months usage for ECS, plus usage credits for other pay-as-you-go products.
Note: Some student-verification benefits appear region- and institution-dependent, and “new user” criteria may apply.
Key Benefits
- Free ECS (Elastic Compute Service) instance for one year for verified students.
- Free access to Alibaba Cloud Academy training and certifications for students.
- Access to 50+ cloud products free trial worth $1,700 including compute, storage, databases, networking and AI.
- Up to 12 months of free usage on selected ECS instance types in general trial.
- Regional student-benefit programs via the Academic Empowerment Program (AAEP) for educators and researchers.
Eligibility
| Requirements | • Credit Card (Verification Only)
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