Alibaba Cloud
ecs.e3.xlarge
x86 · ecs.e3Alibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 64 GiB · x86 · in 15 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $400/mo
Compute /mo $398/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $50 per GiB/mo $6.2 Reserved saves up to 73.4% Spot saves up to 88.5%
vCPU8
Memory64 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 | $400 | $659 | $752 | 15 |
| Monthly | $247 | $302 | $404 | 15 |
| Spot | $46 | $77 | $108 | 12 |
| Reserved | $125 | $168 | $344 | 15 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F8ams_v6 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $70/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c8m64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $150/mo Huawei Cloud x1e.8u.64g 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $182/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $189/mo Tencent Cloud MA2.2XLARGE64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $189/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x0.8u.64g 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $191/mo AWS r6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $193/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.2XLARGE64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $203/mo 
UCloud n.c8m64.intel 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $212/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-8 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $223/mo Vultr vx1-m-8c-64gb 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $238/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $256/mo
UCloud n.c8m64.intel 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $212/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-8 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $223/mo Vultr vx1-m-8c-64gb 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $238/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $256/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $400 | $247 | $46 | $125 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $446 | $282 | $65 | $142 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $481 | $307 | — | $155 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $481 | $307 | $50 | $155 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $552 | $404 | $80 | $344 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $752 | $298 | — | $254 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $752 | $298 | — | $150 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $752 | $298 | $70 | $150 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $752 | $298 | $108 | $150 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $752 | $298 | $70 | $150 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $752 | $298 | $85 | $150 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $752 | $298 | $85 | $150 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $752 | $298 | $85 | $150 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $752 | $298 | $78 | $150 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $752 | $298 | $108 | $150 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.e3.xlarge runs from about $400/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 15 regions.
Is ecs.e3.xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F8ams_v6 at ~$70/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.