Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8i.3xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8iAlibaba Cloud 12 vCPU / 24 GiB · x86 · in 25 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $238/mo
Compute /mo $236/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 72.3%
vCPU12
Memory24 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth10 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 | $238 | $327 | $439 | 25 |
| Monthly | $158 | $239 | $360 | 25 |
| Spot | $50 | $160 | $435 | 23 |
| Reserved | $49 | $75 | $132 | 25 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud ks2.3xlarge.2 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $118/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.3xlarge.2 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $124/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c12m24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $136/mo Vultr vhp-12c-24gb-intel 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $148/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m2.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $169/mo Tencent Cloud Intl S5.3XLARGE24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $203/mo Tencent Cloud S5.3XLARGE24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $206/mo Volcengine ecs.c1ie.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $246/mo Linode g1-accelerated-netint-vpu-t1u1-m 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $391/mo AWS vt1.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $478/mo
Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $238 | $158 | $238 | $49 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $241 | $159 | $50 | $50 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $268 | $177 | $56 | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $268 | $177 | $56 | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $268 | $159 | $56 | $50 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $268 | $177 | $56 | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $268 | $177 | $90 | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $268 | $177 | $56 | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $268 | $177 | $56 | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $268 | $177 | — | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $268 | $177 | $56 | $55 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $304 | $233 | $304 | $72 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $338 | $223 | $338 | $69 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $349 | $253 | $141 | $85 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $349 | $253 | $127 | $85 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $358 | $309 | $126 | $94 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $358 | $294 | $259 | $90 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $362 | $278 | $78 | $85 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $382 | $293 | $382 | $90 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $394 | $341 | $91 | $104 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $398 | $313 | $129 | $96 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $402 | $309 | — | $94 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $410 | $271 | $410 | $83 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $435 | $343 | $435 | $132 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $439 | $360 | $90 | $110 |
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.3xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8i.3xlarge runs from about $238/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 25 regions.
Is ecs.c8i.3xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud ks2.3xlarge.2 at ~$118/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.