For individual developers, SMB owners, and AI startups just starting on the cloud — how to spend wisely.
According to IDC's latest China AI Cloud Market Tracker 2025, China's AI cloud market reached RMB 68.4 billion, with enterprise large-model token consumption growing roughly 16x year over year. Compute is shifting from self-hosting to on-demand cloud usage — the lowest-cost entry point for individuals and small teams, and a window when cloud vendors compete hardest with new-user deals.
Alibaba Cloud's ambassador program offers high rebates and heavy discounts on first purchases — use the full new-user benefits on your first order.
For testing, model runs, and temporary compute, use pay-as-you-go and stop when idle; switch to reserved instances once the workload is stable.
Claim discount vouchers before checkout and merge multiple orders into one cart to qualify for the first-purchase rebate tier — one checkout, more savings.
The default for general workloads, with the strongest new-user entry pricing.
For AI training, inference, and image generation — on-demand elasticity beats buying your own hardware.
Enterprise-grade LLM APIs with per-token billing, from tens of thousands to billions of calls.
Open the link, register, and claim your new-user deals:
https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/campaign/smb-coupon?userCode=tzlh4rrj Open Official CampaignAfter your click links the account while logged in, orders within 90 days qualify for the rebate; LLM/Agent products extend up to 365 days.