Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c7a.xlarge
x86 · ecs.c7aAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 14 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $60/mo
Compute /mo $57/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $14 per GiB/mo $7.2 Reserved saves up to 79.7% Spot saves up to 80.1%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions14
Familyecs.c7a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $60 | $83 | $115 | 14 |
| Monthly | $40 | $58 | $89 | 14 |
| Spot | $14 | $19 | $25 | 13 |
| Reserved | $13 | $19 | $31 | 14 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $60 | $40 | $14 | $13 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $66 | $44 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $66 | $44 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $66 | $40 | — | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $66 | $44 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $66 | $44 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $66 | $44 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $66 | $44 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $95 | $77 | $25 | $31 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $100 | $77 | $24 | $25 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $104 | $69 | $22 | $22 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $110 | $80 | $24 | $26 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $112 | $77 | $24 | $25 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $115 | $89 | $25 | $28 |
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.c7a.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c7a.xlarge runs from about $60/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 14 regions.
Is ecs.c7a.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.