Alibaba Cloud
ecs.c9a.xlarge
x86 · ecs.c9aAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 11 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $87/mo
Compute /mo $84/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $21 per GiB/mo $11 Reserved saves up to 76.8% Spot saves up to 78.9%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 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 | $87 | $114 | $145 | 11 |
| Monthly | $58 | $84 | $115 | 11 |
| Spot | $19 | $26 | $40 | 11 |
| Reserved | $20 | $29 | $39 | 11 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $87 | $58 | $25 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $87 | $58 | $21 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $87 | $58 | $19 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $87 | $58 | $19 | $20 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $106 | $81 | $22 | $30 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $123 | $94 | $26 | $32 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $126 | $96 | $26 | $32 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $128 | $98 | $26 | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $137 | $104 | $32 | $35 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $140 | $115 | $40 | $39 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $145 | $101 | $30 | $34 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.c9a.xlarge runs from about $87/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 11 regions.
Is ecs.c9a.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.