Alibaba Cloud
ecs.hfc8i.xlarge
x86 · ecs.hfc8iAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 8 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $105/mo
Compute /mo $102/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $26 per GiB/mo $13 Reserved saves up to 78.5% Spot saves up to 68.3%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions8
Familyecs.hfc8i
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $105 | $128 | $164 | 8 |
| Monthly | $70 | $94 | $134 | 8 |
| Spot | $32 | $62 | $130 | 7 |
| Reserved | $23 | $30 | $42 | 8 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $21/mo Huawei Cloud at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $22/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $37/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $42/mo Vultr vc2-4c-8gb 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c4m8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo 
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo Azure Standard_B4pls_v2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $62/mo AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo Azure Standard_B4pls_v2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $62/mo AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $105 | $70 | $105 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $105 | $70 | $41 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $105 | $70 | $39 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $105 | $70 | $39 | $23 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $130 | $94 | $130 | $30 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $148 | $117 | $32 | $37 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $162 | $134 | $47 | $42 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $164 | $127 | — | $40 |
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.hfc8i.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.hfc8i.xlarge runs from about $105/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 8 regions.
Is ecs.hfc8i.xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 at ~$21/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.