Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8y.small
ARM · ecs.c8yAlibaba Cloud 1 vCPU / 2 GiB · ARM · in 13 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $16/mo
Compute /mo $13/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $13 per GiB/mo $6.5 Reserved saves up to 77.3% Spot saves up to 78.1%
vCPU1
Memory2 GiB
ArchARM
Bandwidth1 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions13
Familyecs.c8y
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $16 | $20 | $29 | 13 |
| Monthly | $11 | $15 | $23 | 13 |
| Spot | $5.5 | $6.3 | $8.6 | 12 |
| Reserved | $5.0 | $6.8 | $10 | 13 |
Same spec on other clouds
Tencent Cloud SA2.SMALL2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $8.4/mo Tencent Cloud Intl SA2.SMALL2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo 
UCloud os.c1m2.amd 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.small.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Vultr vc2-1c-2gb 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo Huawei Cloud t6.medium.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Linode g6-standard-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $17/mo Azure Standard_B1ms 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo AWS c6g.medium 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo Google Cloud n4a-highcpu-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $27/mo
UCloud os.c1m2.amd 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.small.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Vultr vc2-1c-2gb 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo Huawei Cloud t6.medium.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Linode g6-standard-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $17/mo Azure Standard_B1ms 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo AWS c6g.medium 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo Google Cloud n4a-highcpu-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $27/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $16 | $11 | $5.5 | $5.0 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $17 | $12 | $5.6 | $5.4 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $17 | $12 | $6.2 | $5.4 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $17 | $12 | $5.6 | $5.4 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $17 | $12 | $5.6 | $5.4 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $17 | $12 | $5.5 | $5.4 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $17 | $12 | $5.6 | $5.4 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $17 | $12 | $5.6 | $5.4 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $23 | $16 | $7.2 | $7.7 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $25 | $21 | $8.6 | $9.4 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $27 | $23 | $7.2 | $10 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $27 | $19 | $7.3 | $8.8 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $29 | $21 | — | $9.5 |
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.c8y.small cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8y.small runs from about $16/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 13 regions.
Is ecs.c8y.small cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Tencent Cloud SA2.SMALL2 at ~$8.4/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.