Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8a.4xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8aAlibaba Cloud 16 vCPU / 32 GiB · x86 · in 22 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $305/mo
Compute /mo $302/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 79%
vCPU16
Memory32 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth7 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 | $305 | $403 | $527 | 22 |
| Monthly | $201 | $270 | $378 | 22 |
| Spot | $60 | $99 | $338 | 22 |
| Reserved | $46 | $85 | $296 | 22 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.2 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $84/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.4XLARGE32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $139/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.4XLARGE32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $145/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.16u.32g 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $143/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c16m32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $181/mo 
UCloud o.c16m32.ampere 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $191/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $209/mo Azure Standard_B16pls_v2 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $235/mo Volcengine ecs.c4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $240/mo AWS c6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $252/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $292/mo Linode g6-dedicated-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $319/mo Vultr voc-c-16c-32gb-300s-amd 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $324/mo
UCloud o.c16m32.ampere 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $191/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $209/mo Azure Standard_B16pls_v2 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $235/mo Volcengine ecs.c4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $240/mo AWS c6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $252/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $292/mo Linode g6-dedicated-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $319/mo Vultr voc-c-16c-32gb-300s-amd 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $324/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $305 | $201 | $60 | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $338 | $223 | $76 | $51 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $338 | $223 | $66 | $51 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $338 | $201 | $66 | $47 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $338 | $223 | $66 | $51 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $338 | $223 | $66 | $51 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $338 | $223 | $66 | $51 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $338 | $223 | $76 | $51 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $338 | $223 | $338 | $51 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $398 | $262 | $90 | $88 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $398 | $262 | $78 | $88 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $404 | $266 | $115 | $82 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $414 | $273 | $93 | $84 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $427 | $281 | $83 | $86 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $432 | $285 | $84 | $87 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $461 | $341 | $116 | $104 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $463 | $306 | $90 | $93 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $471 | $378 | $145 | $115 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $475 | $313 | $92 | $96 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $483 | $319 | $94 | $97 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $499 | $329 | $97 | $101 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $527 | $347 | $118 | $296 |
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.4xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8a.4xlarge runs from about $305/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 22 regions.
Is ecs.c8a.4xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.2 at ~$84/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.