Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8a.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8aAlibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 22 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $154/mo
Compute /mo $151/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $19 per GiB/mo $9.4 Reserved saves up to 80.4% Spot saves up to 78.1%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions22
Familyecs.c8a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $154 | $203 | $265 | 22 |
| Monthly | $102 | $136 | $190 | 22 |
| Spot | $35 | $46 | $97 | 21 |
| Reserved | $24 | $44 | $149 | 22 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $44/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $71/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $79/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $91/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c8m16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $92/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $94/mo 
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $154 | $102 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $170 | $113 | $39 | $27 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $170 | $113 | $35 | $27 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $170 | $102 | $35 | $25 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $170 | $113 | $35 | $27 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $170 | $113 | $35 | $27 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $170 | $113 | $35 | $27 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $170 | $113 | $39 | $27 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $170 | $113 | $97 | $27 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $200 | $132 | $46 | $45 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $200 | $132 | $40 | $45 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $203 | $134 | $43 | $42 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $208 | $138 | $48 | $43 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $215 | $142 | $43 | $44 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $217 | $144 | $43 | $45 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $232 | $172 | $59 | $53 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $233 | $154 | $46 | $48 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $237 | $190 | $53 | $59 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $239 | $158 | $48 | $49 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $243 | $161 | $48 | $50 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $251 | $166 | $50 | $52 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $265 | $175 | $60 | $149 |
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.c8a.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8a.2xlarge runs from about $154/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 22 regions.
Is ecs.c8a.2xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 at ~$44/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.