Last updated: September 5, 2026 — Pricing compiled from official promotion pages. Always confirm final prices on the official activity page before purchasing.
Tencent Cloud's Lighthouse lightweight server line is running its 6th Anniversary Sale through October 12, 2026. If you're comparing cheap cloud VPS options this month, here is what's actually in the sale — and how it compares with Alibaba Cloud's September promotions.
2C2G 4M Lighthouse — ￥99/year, same price on renewal. The entry-level pick for blogs, small sites, and staging environments. Unlike flash-sale SKUs that jump to full list price in year two, this plan renews at the same price.
2C4G 5M Lighthouse — ￥188/year, same price on renewal. The sweet spot for developers running Docker, MySQL, Redis, or a small-program backend. The 2C4G 6M variant is ￥199/year if you want the extra bandwidth.
MySQL database — from ￥59/year. A managed database for less than the price of two months of coffee.
HAI (GPU application service) — ￥1/month trial. Want to test DeepSeek or Stable Diffusion on a GPU? The trial tier is the cheapest way to get hands-on GPU cloud experience.
Bundle perks: group-buy purchases of 1 year include 3 bonus months, and renewing for 6 months adds 1 free month.
The two promotions reward different buyers.
Go with Alibaba Cloud if you want the absolute lowest entry price — the Lighthouse flash sale for new users is ￥38/year (2C2G, 200M peak bandwidth, unmetered traffic), and if you miss the flash drop it's ￥68/year. Just note the flash SKU renews at list price. Alibaba's Economy e-series ECS at ￥99/year renews at the same price, and the u1 2C4G 5M enterprise plan at ￥199/year is the business pick. New users also get a large coupon pack (up to ￥12,500 in tiered discounts for larger orders).
Go with Tencent Cloud if you want 2C4G memory on a budget (￥188-199/year with same-price renewal — Alibaba's Lighthouse line has no direct 2C4G match) or you prioritize predictable year-two pricing.
1. Renewal pricing. Ultra-cheap first-year SKUs often renew at 3-5x the price. If you're in for the long haul, choose plans explicitly marked "same price on renewal".
2. Bandwidth vs. traffic models. Alibaba Lighthouse gives 200M peak bandwidth with unmetered traffic; Tencent Lighthouse gives fixed bandwidth with a monthly traffic quota. High-traffic sites should do the math before choosing.
3. Mainland regions require ICP filing. Tencent's anniversary configurations are in Shanghai/Guangzhou/Beijing datacenters. If you don't want to file for an ICP license, pick an overseas region (Alibaba Cloud International runs frequent Singapore promotions).
4. New-user status is one-time only. The biggest discounts are first-account-only. Buy the longest duration you need upfront.
5. Stock is limited. The anniversary sale runs to October 12, but popular SKUs sell out earlier.
Personal blog / cheapest possible entry: Alibaba Cloud Lighthouse ￥38 flash sale (or ￥99 Economy e-series for same-price renewal).
Developer box with 4GB RAM, predictable pricing: Tencent Cloud Lighthouse 2C4G.
Business / enterprise deployment: Alibaba Cloud u1 2C4G at ￥199/year, plus the new-user coupon pack via the official promotion page.
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