Alibaba Cloud 2026 Double 11 Promotion Explained: Lightweight Application Server at 38 Yuan/Year, u2a and 9th-Generation ECS c9i/g9i/r9i Prices and Entry Points

Alibaba Cloud's 2026 Double 11 promotion features a Lightweight Application Server with 2 vCPUs, 2 GB of memory, peak 200M bandwidth, and a 40G ESSD cloud disk at a flash-sale price of 38 yuan/year as the lowest threshold, along with 2 vCPUs/4 GB at 9.9 yuan/1 month and 199 yuan/1 year. General-purpose compute u2a instances start at 701.40 yuan/year for 2 vCPUs/8 GB (1M bandwidth) up to 1,007.40 yuan (5M bandwidth), while 4 vCPUs/16 GB ranges from 1,291.80 yuan to 1,597.80 yuan. The 9th-generation enterprise ECS c9i/g9i/r9i are equipped with Intel Xeon 6 processors, delivering up to a 20% maximum improvement in single-core computing power compared with the 8th generation.