Alibaba Cloud
ecs.hfc9i.xlarge
x86 · ecs.hfc9iAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 12 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $95/mo
Compute /mo $92/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $23 per GiB/mo $12 Reserved saves up to 77.2% Spot saves up to 42.9%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions12
Familyecs.hfc9i
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $95 | $120 | $161 | 12 |
| Monthly | $63 | $87 | $127 | 12 |
| Spot | $28 | $109 | $161 | 11 |
| Reserved | $20 | $30 | $42 | 12 |
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 | $95 | $63 | $95 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $95 | $63 | $95 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $95 | $63 | $28 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $95 | $63 | $83 | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $95 | $63 | — | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $95 | $63 | $95 | $22 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $129 | $94 | $129 | $34 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $129 | $94 | $129 | $34 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $146 | $115 | $83 | $39 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $148 | $114 | $148 | $38 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $157 | $121 | $157 | $40 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $161 | $127 | $161 | $42 |
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.hfc9i.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.hfc9i.xlarge runs from about $95/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 12 regions.
Is ecs.hfc9i.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.