Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8i.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8iAlibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 25 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $160/mo
Compute /mo $157/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $20 per GiB/mo $9.9 Reserved saves up to 78.1% Spot saves up to 70.6%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth6 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions25
Familyecs.c8i
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $160 | $219 | $294 | 25 |
| Monthly | $106 | $160 | $241 | 25 |
| Spot | $34 | $95 | $291 | 23 |
| Reserved | $34 | $51 | $89 | 25 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $160 | $106 | $160 | $34 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $162 | $107 | $34 | $34 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $179 | $119 | $38 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $179 | $119 | $38 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $179 | $107 | — | $34 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $179 | $119 | $38 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $179 | $119 | $52 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $179 | $119 | $38 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $179 | $119 | — | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $179 | $119 | $179 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $179 | $119 | $38 | $37 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $203 | $156 | $161 | $49 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $226 | $150 | $128 | $47 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $234 | $170 | $58 | $58 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $234 | $170 | $67 | $58 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $240 | $207 | $56 | $64 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $240 | $197 | $102 | $61 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $242 | $186 | $51 | $58 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $256 | $196 | $256 | $61 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $264 | $228 | $61 | $70 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $266 | $210 | $58 | $65 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $269 | $207 | $56 | $64 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $275 | $182 | $155 | $56 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $291 | $229 | $291 | $89 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $294 | $241 | $61 | $74 |
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.c8i.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8i.2xlarge runs from about $160/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 25 regions.
Is ecs.c8i.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.