AWS
a1.xlarge
ARM · a1AWS 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · ARM · in 9 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $78/mo
Compute /mo $74/mo
40G disk $3.2/mo
per vCPU/mo $19 per GiB/mo $9.3 Reserved saves up to 62.4%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
ArchARM
Bandwidth10 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$3.2/mo
Regions9
Familya1
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $78 | $86 | $100 | 9 |
| Reserved | $31 | $34 | $40 | 9 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $21/mo Huawei Cloud at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $22/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $37/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $42/mo Vultr vc2-4c-8gb 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $46/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c4m8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo 
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo Azure Standard_B4pls_v2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $62/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo Azure Standard_B4pls_v2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $62/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇮🇳 Mumbai ap-south-1 | $78 | — | — | $31 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $78 | — | — | $31 |
| 🇺🇸 Ohio us-east-2 | $78 | — | — | $31 |
| 🇺🇸 Oregon us-west-2 | $78 | — | — | $31 |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin eu-west-1 | $87 | — | — | $35 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $88 | — | — | $35 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $89 | — | — | $35 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $97 | — | — | $38 |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $100 | — | — | $40 |
All are the total monthly price = machine (effective hourly ×730) + a 40G system disk (~$3.2/mo, representative SSD estimate): the lowest total per billing type per region. Normalized to USD — verify on each cloud's official page.
FAQ
How much does a1.xlarge cost on AWS?
a1.xlarge runs from about $78/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 9 regions.
Is a1.xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 at ~$21/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.