Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c5.3xlarge
x86 · ecs.c5Alibaba Cloud 12 vCPU / 24 GiB · x86 · in 20 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $306/mo
Compute /mo $303/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $25 per GiB/mo $13 Reserved saves up to 80.2% Spot saves up to 86%
vCPU12
Memory24 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions20
Familyecs.c5
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $306 | $387 | $425 | 20 |
| Monthly | $122 | $202 | $307 | 20 |
| Spot | $33 | $56 | $86 | 19 |
| Reserved | $48 | $78 | $118 | 20 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud ks2.3xlarge.2 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $118/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.3xlarge.2 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $124/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c12m24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $136/mo Vultr vhp-12c-24gb-intel 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $148/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m2.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $169/mo Tencent Cloud Intl S5.3XLARGE24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $203/mo Tencent Cloud S5.3XLARGE24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $206/mo Volcengine ecs.c1ie.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $246/mo Linode g1-accelerated-netint-vpu-t1u1-m 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $391/mo AWS vt1.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $478/mo
Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $306 | $122 | $33 | $48 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $349 | $221 | $62 | $86 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $358 | $236 | $35 | $91 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $366 | $146 | $75 | $57 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $367 | $146 | $46 | $57 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $367 | $146 | $75 | $57 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $370 | $243 | $65 | $94 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $372 | $251 | $62 | $97 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $389 | $264 | $37 | $102 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $389 | $264 | $65 | $102 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $404 | $276 | $83 | $107 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $407 | $162 | — | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $407 | $162 | $55 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $407 | $162 | $47 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $407 | $162 | $39 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $407 | $162 | $55 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $407 | $162 | $51 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $407 | $162 | $55 | $63 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $421 | $291 | $86 | $112 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $425 | $307 | $41 | $118 |
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.c5.3xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c5.3xlarge runs from about $306/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 20 regions.
Is ecs.c5.3xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud ks2.3xlarge.2 at ~$118/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.