Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c2.medium
x86 · ecs.c2Alibaba Cloud 16 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 3 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $454/mo
Compute /mo $452/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $28 per GiB/mo $28 Reserved saves up to 75.7% Spot saves up to 88.8%
vCPU16
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions3
Familyecs.c2
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $454 | $454 | $454 | 3 |
| Monthly | $181 | $181 | $181 | 3 |
| Spot | $42 | $53 | $64 | 2 |
| Reserved | $92 | $112 | $154 | 3 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud kx1.16u.16g 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $96/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.16u.16g 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $101/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.4XLARGE16 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $125/mo 
UCloud o.c16m16.ampere 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $144/mo Baidu AI Cloud ic4.c16m16 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $149/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m1.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $152/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.4XLARGE16 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $159/mo Google Cloud n2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $244/mo
UCloud o.c16m16.ampere 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $144/mo Baidu AI Cloud ic4.c16m16 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $149/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m1.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $152/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.4XLARGE16 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $159/mo Google Cloud n2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 16 GiB · $244/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $454 | $181 | $64 | $154 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $454 | $181 | $42 | $92 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $454 | $181 | — | $92 |
All are the total monthly price = machine (effective hourly ×730) + a 40G system disk (~$2.6/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 ecs.c2.medium cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c2.medium runs from about $454/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 3 regions.
Is ecs.c2.medium cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud kx1.16u.16g at ~$96/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.