Alibaba Cloud
ecs.g8a.xlarge
x86 · ecs.g8aAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 25 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $102/mo
Compute /mo $100/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 80.4%
vCPU4
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth2.5 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 | $102 | $125 | $148 | 25 |
| Monthly | $68 | $84 | $118 | 25 |
| Spot | $22 | $26 | $33 | 23 |
| Reserved | $19 | $28 | $84 | 25 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $102 | $68 | $22 | $19 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $102 | $68 | $22 | $19 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $113 | $75 | $24 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $113 | $75 | $24 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $113 | $68 | $24 | $19 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $113 | $75 | $24 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $113 | $75 | $24 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $113 | $75 | $24 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Wuhan cn-wuhan-lr | $113 | $75 | — | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $113 | $75 | $32 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $113 | $75 | $25 | $21 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $115 | $76 | $25 | $25 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $117 | $78 | $24 | $27 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $117 | $78 | $24 | $27 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $129 | $86 | $27 | $27 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $132 | $88 | $27 | $28 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $139 | $92 | $28 | $29 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $140 | $93 | $29 | $30 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $141 | $94 | $29 | $30 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $141 | $94 | $29 | $30 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $142 | $106 | — | $34 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $144 | $95 | $29 | $30 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $146 | $118 | $33 | $37 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $148 | $98 | $30 | $31 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $148 | $98 | $30 | $84 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.g8a.xlarge runs from about $102/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 25 regions.
Is ecs.g8a.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.