Alibaba Cloud
ecs.e4.small
x86 · ecs.e4Alibaba Cloud 1 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 14 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 74.7% Spot saves up to 86%
vCPU1
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth0.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions14
Familyecs.e4
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $52 | $80 | $100 | 14 |
| Monthly | $33 | $39 | $41 | 14 |
| Spot | $9.6 | $13 | $16 | 14 |
| Reserved | $18 | $21 | $22 | 14 |
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 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $60 | $38 | $14 | $20 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $62 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $62 | $41 | $12 | $22 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $62 | $40 | $13 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $77 | $41 | $14 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $81 | $33 | $9.6 | $18 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $100 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $100 | $41 | $16 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $100 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $100 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $100 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $100 | $41 | $13 | $22 |
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.e4.small cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.e4.small runs from about $52/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 14 regions.
Is ecs.e4.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.