Alibaba Cloud
ecs.hfc5.4xlarge
x86 · ecs.hfc5Alibaba Cloud 16 vCPU / 32 GiB · x86 · in 17 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $557/mo
Compute /mo $555/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $35 per GiB/mo $17 Reserved saves up to 82.3% Spot saves up to 85.9%
vCPU16
Memory32 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth3 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 | $557 | $667 | $758 | 17 |
| Monthly | $226 | $348 | $504 | 17 |
| Spot | $59 | $95 | $109 | 16 |
| Reserved | $76 | $118 | $193 | 17 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.2 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $84/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.4XLARGE32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $139/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.4XLARGE32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $145/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.16u.32g 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $143/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c16m32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $181/mo 
UCloud o.c16m32.ampere 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $191/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $209/mo Azure Standard_B16pls_v2 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $235/mo Volcengine ecs.c4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $240/mo AWS c6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $252/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $292/mo Linode g6-dedicated-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $319/mo Vultr voc-c-16c-32gb-300s-amd 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $324/mo
UCloud o.c16m32.ampere 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $191/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $209/mo Azure Standard_B16pls_v2 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $235/mo Volcengine ecs.c4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $240/mo AWS c6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $252/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $292/mo Linode g6-dedicated-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $319/mo Vultr voc-c-16c-32gb-300s-amd 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $324/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $557 | $336 | $80 | $108 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $569 | $226 | $105 | $76 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $571 | $376 | $82 | $144 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $588 | $387 | $108 | $149 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $595 | $380 | $109 | $122 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $625 | $400 | $71 | $128 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $625 | $400 | $59 | $128 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $646 | $419 | $93 | $134 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $671 | $442 | $96 | $141 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $683 | $271 | — | $91 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $683 | $271 | $98 | $91 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $730 | $504 | $104 | $193 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $758 | $301 | $108 | $101 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $758 | $301 | $108 | $101 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $758 | $301 | $108 | $101 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $758 | $301 | $108 | $101 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $758 | $301 | $86 | $101 |
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.hfc5.4xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.hfc5.4xlarge runs from about $557/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 17 regions.
Is ecs.hfc5.4xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.2 at ~$84/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.