Alibaba Cloud
ecs.g8ae.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.g8aeAlibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 32 GiB · x86 · in 3 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $252/mo
Compute /mo $250/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $31 per GiB/mo $7.8 Reserved saves up to 80.3% Spot saves up to 80%
vCPU8
Memory32 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth6 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions3
Familyecs.g8ae
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $252 | $252 | $252 | 3 |
| Monthly | $167 | $167 | $167 | 3 |
| Spot | $53 | $53 | $53 | 3 |
| Reserved | $52 | $52 | $52 | 3 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $252 | $167 | $53 | $52 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $252 | $167 | $53 | $52 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $252 | $167 | $53 | $52 |
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.g8ae.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.g8ae.2xlarge runs from about $252/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 3 regions.
Is ecs.g8ae.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.