Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c5.xlarge
x86 · ecs.c5Alibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 20 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $103/mo
Compute /mo $101/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $25 per GiB/mo $13 Reserved saves up to 80.2% Spot saves up to 84.4%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 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 | $103 | $131 | $143 | 20 |
| Monthly | $42 | $69 | $104 | 20 |
| Spot | $15 | $23 | $36 | 18 |
| Reserved | $18 | $28 | $41 | 20 |
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 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 AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/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 AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $103 | $42 | — | $18 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $118 | $76 | $22 | $30 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $121 | $80 | $18 | $32 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $124 | $50 | $27 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $124 | $50 | $18 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $124 | $50 | $27 | $21 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $125 | $83 | $22 | $33 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $126 | $85 | $27 | $34 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $132 | $90 | $19 | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $132 | $90 | $25 | $36 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $137 | $94 | $35 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $137 | $56 | $15 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $137 | $56 | $20 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $137 | $56 | $19 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $137 | $56 | $20 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $137 | $56 | $20 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $137 | $56 | $19 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $137 | $56 | — | $23 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $142 | $99 | $36 | $39 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $143 | $104 | $19 | $41 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c5.xlarge runs from about $103/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 20 regions.
Is ecs.c5.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.