Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8ae.xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8aeAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 4 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $98/mo
Compute /mo $95/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $24 per GiB/mo $12 Reserved saves up to 80.2% Spot saves up to 80%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions4
Familyecs.c8ae
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $98 | $98 | $98 | 4 |
| Monthly | $65 | $65 | $65 | 4 |
| Spot | $22 | $22 | $22 | 4 |
| Reserved | $21 | $21 | $21 | 4 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $98 | $65 | $22 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $98 | $65 | $22 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $98 | $65 | $22 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $98 | $65 | $22 | $21 |
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.c8ae.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8ae.xlarge runs from about $98/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 4 regions.
Is ecs.c8ae.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.