Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c9a.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.c9aAlibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 11 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $170/mo
Compute /mo $168/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $21 per GiB/mo $11 Reserved saves up to 76.8% Spot saves up to 79.7%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth6 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions11
Familyecs.c9a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $170 | $225 | $288 | 11 |
| Monthly | $113 | $164 | $228 | 11 |
| Spot | $35 | $47 | $63 | 9 |
| Reserved | $38 | $55 | $75 | 11 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $170 | $113 | $48 | $38 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $170 | $113 | — | $38 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $170 | $113 | $35 | $38 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $170 | $113 | $35 | $38 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $209 | $159 | $42 | $57 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $243 | $185 | $48 | $61 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $250 | $189 | $50 | $62 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $254 | $192 | $50 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $271 | $206 | — | $68 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $278 | $228 | $63 | $75 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $288 | $199 | $57 | $65 |
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.c9a.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c9a.2xlarge runs from about $170/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 11 regions.
Is ecs.c9a.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.