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Aliyun (Chinese IaaS / Cloud) On Demand Experience

Signed up to trial Aliyun, the Chinese IaaS cloud, but found out that they currently aren't provisioned for pay as you go, on demand in the US (or Hong Kong, or Singapore). Monthly contract rates are available, so they have capacity, just odd allocation, considering the competition.

Aliyun IaaS on demand fail
Aliyun IaaS on demand fail

Without actually benchmarking, cost seems comparable to an AWS t2.medium instance with similar specifications: 2 core, 4Gb.