Alibaba Cloud
ecs.e3.small
x86 · ecs.e3Alibaba Cloud 1 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 15 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $52/mo
Compute /mo $50/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $50 per GiB/mo $6.2 Reserved saves up to 73.3% Spot saves up to 85.5%
vCPU1
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions15
Familyecs.e3
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $52 | $84 | $96 | 15 |
| Monthly | $34 | $40 | $53 | 15 |
| Spot | $9.6 | $14 | $20 | 14 |
| Reserved | $18 | $23 | $45 | 15 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F1ams_v6 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $12/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo AWS r6g.medium 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $27/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo 
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $30/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $30/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $52 | $34 | $9.6 | $18 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $58 | $37 | $13 | $20 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $62 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $62 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $71 | $53 | $13 | $45 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $96 | $39 | $20 | $34 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $96 | $39 | — | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $96 | $39 | $13 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $96 | $39 | $16 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $96 | $39 | $13 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $96 | $39 | $13 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $96 | $39 | $13 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $96 | $39 | $16 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $96 | $39 | $11 | $21 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $96 | $39 | $20 | $21 |
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.e3.small cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.e3.small runs from about $52/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 15 regions.
Is ecs.e3.small cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F1ams_v6 at ~$12/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.