Alibaba Cloud
ecs.i4.large
x86 · ecs.i4Alibaba Cloud 2 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 15 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $96/mo
Compute /mo $93/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $47 per GiB/mo $5.8 Reserved saves up to 75.4% Spot saves up to 77%
vCPU2
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth2.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions15
Familyecs.i4
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $96 | $120 | $156 | 15 |
| Monthly | $64 | $80 | $103 | 15 |
| Spot | $23 | $35 | $96 | 14 |
| Reserved | $21 | $32 | $88 | 15 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F2ams_v6 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $20/mo Huawei Cloud kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $40/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c2m16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $40/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $42/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $49/mo AWS r6g.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $52/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA9.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $57/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-2 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $58/mo Vultr vx1-m-2c-16g 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo 
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $96 | $64 | $96 | $21 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $106 | $71 | $23 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $106 | $71 | $23 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $106 | $71 | $23 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $106 | $71 | $23 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $106 | $71 | $23 | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $106 | $71 | $32 | $23 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $113 | $75 | $25 | $30 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $113 | $75 | $25 | $30 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $128 | $85 | $28 | $34 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $135 | $90 | $40 | $36 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $136 | $90 | $29 | $36 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $136 | $90 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $148 | $98 | $32 | $39 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $156 | $103 | $67 | $88 |
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.i4.large cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.i4.large runs from about $96/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 15 regions.
Is ecs.i4.large cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F2ams_v6 at ~$20/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.