Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8a.large
x86 · ecs.c8aAlibaba Cloud 2 vCPU / 4 GiB · x86 · in 22 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $40/mo
Compute /mo $38/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $19 per GiB/mo $9.4 Reserved saves up to 78.6% Spot saves up to 79.4%
vCPU2
Memory4 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 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 | $40 | $53 | $68 | 22 |
| Monthly | $27 | $36 | $49 | 22 |
| Spot | $9.8 | $13 | $17 | 22 |
| Reserved | $8.0 | $14 | $39 | 22 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $8.2/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $9.2/mo AWS t4g.medium 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $19/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t6-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Vultr vc2-2c-4gb 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $24/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $28/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c2m4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo 
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Azure Standard_B2pls_v2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $27/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Azure Standard_B2pls_v2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $27/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $40 | $27 | $9.8 | $8.0 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $45 | $30 | $12 | $8.6 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $45 | $30 | $11 | $8.6 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $45 | $27 | $11 | $8.1 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $45 | $30 | $11 | $8.6 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $45 | $30 | $11 | $8.6 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $45 | $30 | $11 | $8.6 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $45 | $30 | $12 | $8.6 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $45 | $30 | $14 | $8.6 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $52 | $35 | $12 | $15 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $52 | $35 | $12 | $15 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $53 | $36 | $13 | $12 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $54 | $36 | $16 | $15 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $56 | $37 | $13 | $13 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $56 | $38 | $13 | $13 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $60 | $45 | $15 | $19 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $60 | $40 | $14 | $17 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $61 | $49 | $15 | $20 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $62 | $41 | $14 | $14 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $63 | $42 | $14 | $18 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $65 | $43 | $14 | $18 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $68 | $46 | $17 | $39 |
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.large cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8a.large runs from about $40/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 22 regions.
Is ecs.c8a.large cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 at ~$8.2/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.