Alibaba Cloud
ecs.g8a.large
x86 · ecs.g8aAlibaba Cloud 2 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 25 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $52/mo
Compute /mo $50/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $25 per GiB/mo $6.2 Reserved saves up to 78.5% Spot saves up to 80.1%
vCPU2
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 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 | $52 | $64 | $75 | 25 |
| Monthly | $35 | $43 | $60 | 25 |
| Spot | $12 | $15 | $19 | 24 |
| Reserved | $11 | $16 | $43 | 25 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.4 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud at7.large.4 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $13/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.MEDIUM8 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $29/mo Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.E3.Flex-1OCPU-8GB 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $29/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.MEDIUM8 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $35/mo Baidu AI Cloud g4.c2m8 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $33/mo AWS t4g.large 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $35/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m4.large 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $36/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m4.large 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $36/mo Azure Standard_D2ps_v6 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $38/mo 
UCloud o.c2m8.ampere 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $38/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Vultr vx1-g-2c-8g 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo Linode g8-dedicated-8-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $84/mo
UCloud o.c2m8.ampere 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $38/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Vultr vx1-g-2c-8g 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo Linode g8-dedicated-8-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $84/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $52 | $35 | $12 | $11 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $52 | $35 | $12 | $11 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $58 | $39 | $13 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $58 | $39 | $13 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $58 | $35 | $13 | $11 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $58 | $39 | $13 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $58 | $39 | $13 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $58 | $39 | $13 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Wuhan cn-wuhan-lr | $58 | $39 | — | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $58 | $39 | $18 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $58 | $39 | $14 | $12 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $59 | $39 | $14 | $14 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $60 | $40 | $14 | $17 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $60 | $40 | $14 | $17 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $66 | $44 | $16 | $18 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $67 | $45 | $15 | $15 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $71 | $47 | $16 | $16 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $71 | $48 | $16 | $20 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $72 | $48 | $16 | $16 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $72 | $48 | $16 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $73 | $54 | $18 | $18 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $73 | $49 | $16 | $20 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $74 | $60 | $18 | $20 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $75 | $50 | $16 | $21 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $75 | $50 | $19 | $43 |
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.large cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.g8a.large runs from about $52/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 25 regions.
Is ecs.g8a.large cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.4 at ~$12/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.