Tencent Cloud Lighthouse

Tencent Cloud

Cloud serversBilled in US dollars

Tencent Cloud, part of Shenzhen-based Tencent, rents prepaid Lighthouse server bundles in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Visit Tencent Cloud Compare with anotherChecked 18 October 2026

Cheapest, with IPv4: $4.20/mo; Starter 2 GB, 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 40 GB SSD
Public IPv4: Included
Automatic backups: Not stated
Billing: Monthly; Billed in US dollars
Datacenters: 11 in 11 countries; Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Run by: Tencent; China

Entry plans and the real monthly bill

In US dollars, per month, as listed by Tencent Cloud (Regions outside China (Hong Kong priced separately)). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.

Swipe the table sideways for the price and the bill.

Plan	Server	Traffic	Plan price	With IPv4	The bill
Starter 2 GB512 GB monthly transfer. Each instance gets its own public IP; the docs don't say IPv4 in words. A first-year offer of $10.08/year (list $50.40/year) is shown on the product page	2 vCPU, 2 GB, 40 GB SSDCPU share not stated	0.5 TB	$4.20Monthly	$4.20	plan $4.20IPv4 included
Starter 2 GB / 50 GBEach instance gets its own public IP; the docs don't say IPv4 in words	2 vCPU, 2 GB, 50 GB SSDCPU share not stated	1 TB	$4.50Monthly	$4.50	plan $4.50IPv4 included
Razor Speed 1 GBUnlimited traffic; not available in Johor Bahru. Each instance gets its own public IP; the docs don't say IPv4 in words	2 vCPU, 1 GB, 40 GB SSDCPU share not stated	Unmetered	$5.00Monthly	$5.00	plan $5.00IPv4 included
Razor Speed 2 GBUnlimited traffic; not available in Johor Bahru. Each instance gets its own public IP; the docs don't say IPv4 in words	2 vCPU, 2 GB, 40 GB SSDCPU share not stated	Unmetered	$5.60Monthly	$5.60	plan $5.60IPv4 included

Good to know

A public IPv4 address is included in every entry plan

Where Tencent Cloud has datacenters

11 in 11 countries, as listed by Tencent Cloud.

Europe 1

Frankfurt, Germany

North America 2

Silicon Valley, United States
Toronto, Canada

South America 1

São Paulo, Brazil

Asia 7

Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Singapore, Singapore
Tokyo, Japan
Seoul, South Korea
Jakarta, Indonesia
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Mumbai, India

Where it stands among 43

Each fact with every host's answer. Tencent Cloud is outlined.

Kind of host

Cloud servers

Bills in

US dollars

Public IPv4 address

In the plan price

Price after the first term

Same price

Hourly billing

Monthly or longer

Dedicated CPU in entry plans

Not stated

Datacenters on

4 or more

ARM servers

Not stated

Add-ons and extra charges

Public IPv4: Included An independent public IP is assigned to each instance
Automatic backups: Not stated 2 free snapshots per instance, up to 10 per region
Snapshots: Not stated Free quota of 2 snapshots per instance (10 per region); the price beyond that isn't stated
Extra traffic: Not stated Billed per GB beyond the bundle at a rate that varies by region: $0.077/GB Silicon Valley and Frankfurt to $0.13/GB Tokyo

How you pay

Hourly billing: NoNo Lighthouse bundles are yearly or monthly prepaid only
Minimum term: 1 month (prepaid) Purchase durations from 1 month to 5 years
Setup fee: Not stated Not stated
Always-free server: Not stated No always-free Lighthouse instance described; new users get a 3-month free trial
New-account credit: 3-month Lighthouse free trial for new users of the product
Payment methods: Card Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Discover, AMEX, UnionPay; WeChat Pay for the Singapore entity; PayPal no longer accepted; no prepaid or virtual cards
Signup checks: Card binding with a 1 USD pre-authorisation; ID needed for promotions or personal-name accounts
Refunds: Remaining time refunded on early termination, up to 30 instances per bundle a year; discounts not refunded

What you get

Processors: Not stated CPU model not stated for Lighthouse bundles
ARM servers: Not statedNot stated No Arm option stated
IPv6 included: Not statedNot stated Not stated

What comes with it

Block storage: YesYes CBS cloud disks; $0.05/GB-month high-performance and $0.16-0.22/GB-month SSD, by region
Object storage: YesYes Cloud Object Storage (COS); price varies by region and class
Private network: YesYes Same-region, same-account instances connect privately by default
Cloud firewall: Not statedNot stated Not shown in the cited excerpts
Load balancers: Not statedNot stated No Lighthouse load balancer listed
DDoS protection included: YesYes Anti-DDoS Basic included
Managed databases: MySQL TencentDB for MySQL, sold separately; connects to Lighthouse over CCN
Managed Kubernetes: Not statedNot stated No managed Kubernetes listed for Lighthouse
API: YesYes Lighthouse API
Terraform provider: Not statedNot stated Only cited on the Terraform Registry, not a Tencent page
Custom ISO: Not statedNot stated Not stated; custom images are made from instances
Windows: Separate, higher-priced Windows bundles Hong Kong Starter: Windows $7.00 vs Linux $6.00

Who you're renting from

Company: Tencent Cloud Tencent's cloud business
Owned by: Tencent
Based in: China Tencent is headquartered in Shenzhen
Founded: 1998 Tencent founded 1998; Lighthouse start year not stated
Support: Tickets and hotline 24/7; paid Enterprise plan with an IM group
Certifications: PCI DSS ISO 27001 and SOC reports are claimed in the run's answer but not in the cited excerpts

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