Alibaba Cloud · Networking

Elastic IP Address (EIP)

Alibaba Cloud’s Elastic IP Address decouples your public IP from the underlying instance, letting you reassign it across servers or regions as needed. This flexibility helps maintain stable endpoints for services and can improve network routing quality by allowing you to move IPs independently of compute resources. It’s a straightforward networking layer for managing public addresses without being locked into specific hardware.

This setup suits teams that need dynamic IP management or failover capabilities without committing to long-term reservations. However, there is no free tier, so every allocated address incurs pay-as-you-go charges from the start. If you’re testing small projects or need temporary IPs, this cost structure might be less appealing than providers offering included or free static addresses.

• Free tier No
• Pricing Pay as you go
• Regions 8 · 4 continents
• SLA uptime 99.99%
• Compliance 10 certifications
• Provider health A