Alibaba Cloud Stopped Instance Cost | Generated by AI
I need to verify current Alibaba Cloud pricing for the resources still billed in economical stop mode (stop-and-save). Let me check.Question: For my stopped Alibaba Cloud ECS instance (Hong Kong, ecs.e-c1m1.large, 2 vCPU / 2 GiB, 5 Mbps BGP bandwidth, 经济停机/economical-stop mode), how much will it cost while stopped?
Answer:
In 节省停机 (economical-stop) mode, here is what stops and what keeps billing for your instance:
Stops billing (released):
- vCPU + memory (the
ecs.e-c1m1.largeinstance spec) - Image license
- Fixed public IP and its fixed-bandwidth (5 Mbps) charge — this is paused
Still billing:
- System disk (cloud disk)
- Any data disks
- EIP (elastic public IP) bandwidth, if you converted your fixed IP to an EIP — but you described a fixed BGP IP with fixed-bandwidth mode, so this is paused, not charged
So for your specific config, the only thing you keep paying for while stopped is the cloud disk(s).
Cost estimate — system disk only
You didn’t specify disk size/type, but the default for this instance type is typically a 40 GB ESSD (or cloud_efficiency). Hong Kong pay-as-you-go disk pricing (approximate):
| Disk type | Price | 40 GB / month |
|---|---|---|
| ESSD PL0/PL1 | ~¥0.0014/GB/hr | ~¥40/month (~¥1.3/day) |
| cloud_efficiency | ~¥0.00021/GB/hr (~¥0.5/GB/month) | ~¥20/month (~¥0.7/day) |
So roughly ¥0.7–1.3/day (¥20–40/month) depending on disk type, while stopped.
To verify exactly: check your disk type/size in the console (实例详情 → 云盘), then look at the live billing breakdown — the most reliable number is in 费用中心 → 账单详情, filtered to this instance ID, since it produces an hourly line item per resource.
Caveat on restart: because compute is released, you may hit OperationDenied.NoStock on start (Hong Kong zone C can be tight), and your fixed public IP will change on next boot (private IP stays the same).
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