Alibaba Cloud
ecs.g5.xlarge
x86 · ecs.g5Alibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 20 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $147/mo
Compute /mo $144/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $36 per GiB/mo $9.0 Reserved saves up to 80.4% Spot saves up to 83.9%
vCPU4
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions20
Familyecs.g5
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $147 | $178 | $194 | 20 |
| Monthly | $59 | $92 | $122 | 20 |
| Spot | $17 | $31 | $47 | 20 |
| Reserved | $24 | $37 | $48 | 20 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $23/mo Huawei Cloud at7.xlarge.4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $24/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.LARGE16 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $54/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.LARGE16 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $57/mo Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.E3.Flex-2OCPU-16GB 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $56/mo Baidu AI Cloud g4.c4m16 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $63/mo AWS t4g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $67/mo Azure Standard_B4ps_v2 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $69/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m4.xlarge 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $69/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m4.xlarge 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $71/mo 
UCloud o.c4m16.ampere 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $74/mo Vultr vhp-4c-12gb-intel 4 vCPU · 12 GiB · $76/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $85/mo Linode g8-dedicated-16-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $157/mo
UCloud o.c4m16.ampere 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $74/mo Vultr vhp-4c-12gb-intel 4 vCPU · 12 GiB · $76/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $85/mo Linode g8-dedicated-16-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $157/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $147 | $59 | $17 | $24 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $149 | $93 | $22 | $37 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $158 | $119 | $41 | $47 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $166 | $111 | $37 | $44 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $167 | $111 | $35 | $44 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $171 | $117 | $31 | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $175 | $71 | $37 | $28 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $176 | $116 | $23 | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $176 | $71 | $37 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $176 | $71 | $37 | $28 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $178 | $122 | $24 | $48 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $178 | $116 | $31 | $46 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $186 | $116 | $47 | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $194 | $78 | $20 | $31 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $194 | $78 | $41 | $31 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $194 | $78 | $24 | $31 |
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $194 | $78 | $28 | $31 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $194 | $78 | $28 | $31 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $194 | $78 | $28 | $31 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $194 | $78 | $28 | $31 |
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.g5.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.g5.xlarge runs from about $147/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 20 regions.
Is ecs.g5.xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.4 at ~$23/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.