How to create an Alibaba Cloud free tier account

Santanu Majumdar
AllAboutAlibabaCloud
3 min readAug 9, 2020

Alibaba Cloud provides a comprehensive suite of global cloud computing services to help the power and grow your business. Here is the step by step guide for Alibaba Free Tier Account creation:

Step by step guide

Follow the next steps to create an Alibaba Cloud free tier account:

1. Click on this link to visit the Alibaba Cloud website.

2. Click on Free Trial.

3. Select your country, enter your email and password and click on Confirm.

4. Now it’s time for the verification:

  • By email: Click on Send. Copy the code from your Email, enter it and then click on Verify.
  • By phone: Enter your mobile phone number and click on Send Message. Copy the code from your phone, enter it and then click on Verify.

You will be receiving an email as below from Alibaba Cloud:

5. Select Enterprise Account or Individual Account.

6. Fill in the information, click on Verify your phone, enter the verification code, and then click on Submit.

7. Add a payment method: Credit or Debit Card, or PayPal.

You are not going to be charged until you use cloud resources, but it is a requirement to add a payment method in order to get a free tier account.

Conclusion

I hope with this guide you can create your Alibaba Cloud free tier account easily.

In case you have any difficulties let me know in the comments below and I will be happy to support you.

Good luck with your Alibaba Cloud journey!

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