Alibaba Cloud
ecs.g8a.4xlarge
x86 · ecs.g8aAlibaba Cloud 16 vCPU / 64 GiB · x86 · in 25 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $401/mo
Compute /mo $398/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 78.9%
vCPU16
Memory64 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth7 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 | $401 | $492 | $585 | 25 |
| Monthly | $264 | $328 | $462 | 25 |
| Spot | $78 | $106 | $164 | 23 |
| Reserved | $69 | $104 | $328 | 25 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.4 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $98/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.4XLARGE64 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $208/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.4XLARGE64 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $218/mo Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.E4.Flex-8OCPU-64GB 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $218/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.16u.64g 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $227/mo Baidu AI Cloud g4.c16m64 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $243/mo Azure Standard_B16ps_v2 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $265/mo 
UCloud o.c16m64.ampere 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $285/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m4.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $287/mo AWS m6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $299/mo Vultr vc2-16c-64gb 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $324/mo Google Cloud n2d-standard-16 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $329/mo Volcengine ecs.g4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $358/mo Linode g6-standard-16 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $424/mo
UCloud o.c16m64.ampere 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $285/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m4.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $287/mo AWS m6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $299/mo Vultr vc2-16c-64gb 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $324/mo Google Cloud n2d-standard-16 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $329/mo Volcengine ecs.g4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $358/mo Linode g6-standard-16 16 vCPU · 64 GiB · $424/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $401 | $264 | $78 | $69 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $401 | $264 | $78 | $69 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $445 | $294 | $87 | $77 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $445 | $294 | $87 | $77 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $445 | $264 | $87 | $69 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $445 | $294 | $87 | $77 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $445 | $294 | $87 | $77 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $445 | $294 | $87 | $77 |
| 🇨🇳 Wuhan cn-wuhan-lr | $445 | $294 | — | $77 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $445 | $294 | $100 | $77 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $445 | $294 | $162 | $77 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $450 | $297 | $164 | $91 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $462 | $304 | — | $102 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $462 | $304 | $90 | $102 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $507 | $334 | $114 | $102 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $522 | $344 | $101 | $105 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $547 | $361 | $106 | $110 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $552 | $364 | $107 | $111 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $556 | $367 | $108 | $112 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $556 | $367 | $108 | $112 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $562 | $416 | $122 | $127 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $567 | $374 | $110 | $114 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $576 | $462 | $144 | $141 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $584 | $385 | $113 | $117 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $585 | $385 | $113 | $328 |
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.4xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.g8a.4xlarge runs from about $401/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 25 regions.
Is ecs.g8a.4xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.4 at ~$98/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.