Alibaba Cloud
ecs.hfc5.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.hfc5Alibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 17 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $280/mo
Compute /mo $278/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $35 per GiB/mo $17 Reserved saves up to 82.3% Spot saves up to 87.1%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth2 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions17
Familyecs.hfc5
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $280 | $335 | $381 | 17 |
| Monthly | $114 | $175 | $253 | 17 |
| Spot | $32 | $45 | $56 | 15 |
| Reserved | $39 | $60 | $98 | 17 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $44/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $71/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $79/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $91/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c8m16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $92/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $94/mo 
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $280 | $169 | $41 | $55 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $285 | $114 | $42 | $39 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $287 | $189 | $42 | $73 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $295 | $195 | $44 | $76 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $298 | $191 | $32 | $62 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $314 | $201 | — | $65 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $314 | $201 | $34 | $65 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $324 | $211 | — | $68 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $336 | $222 | $49 | $72 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $343 | $137 | $50 | $47 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $343 | $137 | $50 | $47 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $366 | $253 | $53 | $98 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $381 | $152 | $44 | $52 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $381 | $152 | $56 | $52 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $381 | $152 | $44 | $52 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $381 | $152 | $56 | $52 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $381 | $152 | $44 | $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.hfc5.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.hfc5.2xlarge runs from about $280/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 17 regions.
Is ecs.hfc5.2xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 at ~$44/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.