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Updated on 2024-06-17 GMT+08:00

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Comparison Between FlexusL and ECS

Overview

FlexusL simplifies the purchase of cloud servers. You can get a package of resources such as network configurations, EVS disks, backup vaults, and HSS at one stop and deploy your applications easily and quickly.

FlexusL instances use the same underlying hardware resources as Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs) and deliver the same compute performance as ECS instances with the same flavors.

Their major differences are described as below:

FlexusL helps you quickly set up simple applications. It is sold as a package and suitable for lightweight, light-load applications.
ECS provides a variety of billing modes, flavors, image types, and disk types. You can customize your ECS configurations for different service scenarios.

For high-load applications, you are advised to use ECS for more stable performance.

Comparison Details

Category	Item	FlexusL	ECS
Scenarios	Application scenario	Low-load scenarios such as website setup, development and testing environments, small and medium-sized enterprise applications, and applets	Full-scenario coverage, typically high-load scenarios such as website applications, enterprise e-commerce, graphics rendering, data analysis, and high-performance computing
Billing	Billing mode	Yearly/monthly package. Any traffic usage in excess of the package is billed on a pay-per-use basis.	Yearly/Monthly Pay-per-use Spot pricing
Specifications	Flavor	Packaged with different allocations of vCPUs and memory	A variety of instance types and specifications
	Disk	System disk type: General Purpose SSD Data disk type: General Purpose SSD V2	Multiple disk types For details about disk types supported by ECS, see Disk Types and Performance.
	Network	An EIP is automatically assigned and cannot be changed. The EIP uses the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) type by default (subject to what the console displays). Bandwidth is billed by traffic.	You can choose whether to bind an EIP. You can select an EIP type. Bandwidth is billed by bandwidth, traffic, or shared bandwidth.
User experience	Advantage	Easy setup and O&M, cost-effective, and secure	Stable, reliable, scalable, secure, and hardware-software synergy
	Image	Mainstream images, including public images and application images	Various types of images, including public images, private images, shared images, and KooGallery images
	Login mode	Password	Password or key pair
	Combined purchase	HSS EVS CBR	HSS Cloud Eye