Alibaba Cloud
ecs.g8a.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.g8aAlibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 32 GiB · x86 · in 25 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $202/mo
Compute /mo $199/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $25 per GiB/mo $6.2 Reserved saves up to 79.8% Spot saves up to 79.9%
vCPU8
Memory32 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions25
Familyecs.g8a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $202 | $247 | $294 | 25 |
| Monthly | $133 | $165 | $233 | 25 |
| Spot | $41 | $52 | $65 | 23 |
| Reserved | $36 | $53 | $165 | 25 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.4 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $51/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.2xlarge.4 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $59/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.2XLARGE32 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $105/mo Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.E4.Flex-4OCPU-32GB 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $110/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.2XLARGE32 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $115/mo Baidu AI Cloud g4.c8m32 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $123/mo AWS t4g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $131/mo Azure Standard_B8ps_v2 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $135/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m4.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $135/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m4.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $140/mo 
UCloud o.c8m32.ampere 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $144/mo Vultr vc2-8c-32gb 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $164/mo Google Cloud n2d-standard-8 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $166/mo Linode g6-standard-8 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $214/mo
UCloud o.c8m32.ampere 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $144/mo Vultr vc2-8c-32gb 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $164/mo Google Cloud n2d-standard-8 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $166/mo Linode g6-standard-8 8 vCPU · 32 GiB · $214/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $202 | $133 | $41 | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $202 | $133 | $41 | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $224 | $148 | $45 | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $224 | $148 | $45 | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $224 | $133 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $224 | $148 | $45 | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $224 | $148 | $45 | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $224 | $148 | $45 | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Wuhan cn-wuhan-lr | $224 | $148 | — | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $224 | $148 | $62 | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $224 | $148 | $47 | $40 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $226 | $150 | $65 | $47 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $232 | $154 | $53 | $52 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $232 | $154 | $46 | $52 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $255 | $169 | $51 | $52 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $262 | $173 | $52 | $54 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $275 | $182 | $54 | $56 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $277 | $183 | $55 | $57 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $279 | $185 | $55 | $57 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $279 | $185 | $55 | $57 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $283 | $209 | $62 | $65 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $285 | $188 | $56 | $58 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $289 | $233 | $64 | $72 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $293 | $194 | $58 | $60 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $294 | $194 | $58 | $165 |
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.g8a.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.g8a.2xlarge runs from about $202/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 25 regions.
Is ecs.g8a.2xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.4 at ~$51/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.