Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c8y.xlarge
ARM · ecs.c8yAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · ARM · in 13 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $55/mo
Compute /mo $52/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $13 per GiB/mo $6.5 Reserved saves up to 79.2% Spot saves up to 77.1%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
ArchARM
Bandwidth3 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 | $55 | $74 | $109 | 13 |
| Monthly | $37 | $52 | $83 | 13 |
| Spot | $14 | $19 | $33 | 12 |
| Reserved | $12 | $18 | $27 | 13 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $55 | $37 | $14 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $60 | $41 | — | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $60 | $41 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $60 | $41 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $60 | $41 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $60 | $41 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $60 | $41 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $60 | $41 | $15 | $14 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $85 | $57 | $20 | $23 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $90 | $75 | $27 | $24 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $100 | $83 | $22 | $27 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $102 | $68 | $24 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $109 | $75 | $33 | $24 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c8y.xlarge runs from about $55/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 13 regions.
Is ecs.c8y.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.