Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8i.xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8iAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 25 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $81/mo
Compute /mo $79/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 72.6%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 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 | $81 | $111 | $148 | 25 |
| Monthly | $54 | $81 | $122 | 25 |
| Spot | $18 | $40 | $147 | 24 |
| Reserved | $18 | $27 | $46 | 25 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $81 | $54 | $81 | $18 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $82 | $55 | $18 | $18 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $91 | $61 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $91 | $61 | — | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $91 | $55 | $20 | $18 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $91 | $61 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $91 | $61 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $91 | $61 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $91 | $61 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $91 | $61 | $40 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $91 | $61 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $103 | $79 | $39 | $26 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $115 | $76 | $43 | $25 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $118 | $86 | $26 | $30 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $118 | $86 | $26 | $30 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $121 | $105 | $29 | $33 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $121 | $100 | $36 | $32 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $122 | $94 | $27 | $30 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $129 | $99 | $129 | $32 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $133 | $115 | $32 | $36 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $134 | $106 | $29 | $34 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $136 | $105 | $29 | $33 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $139 | $92 | $52 | $29 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $147 | $116 | $147 | $46 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $148 | $122 | $32 | $38 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8i.xlarge runs from about $81/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 25 regions.
Is ecs.c8i.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.