Alibaba Cloud
ecs.g8y.xlarge
ARM · ecs.g8yAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 16 GiB · ARM · in 13 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $81/mo
Compute /mo $78/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $19 per GiB/mo $4.9 Reserved saves up to 79.2% Spot saves up to 76.9%
vCPU4
Memory16 GiB
ArchARM
Bandwidth3 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions13
Familyecs.g8y
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $81 | $99 | $134 | 13 |
| Monthly | $54 | $69 | $101 | 13 |
| Spot | $20 | $25 | $41 | 13 |
| Reserved | $17 | $23 | $32 | 13 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $81 | $54 | $26 | $17 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $89 | $60 | $22 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $89 | $60 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $89 | $60 | $20 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $89 | $60 | $22 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $89 | $60 | $22 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $89 | $60 | $22 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $89 | $60 | $22 | $20 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $100 | $67 | $24 | $27 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $110 | $91 | $31 | $29 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $119 | $79 | $28 | $26 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $121 | $101 | $28 | $32 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $134 | $91 | $41 | $29 |
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.g8y.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.g8y.xlarge runs from about $81/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 13 regions.
Is ecs.g8y.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.