Alibaba Cloud
ecs.m2.medium
x86 · ecs.m2Alibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 32 GiB · x86 · in 3 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $369/mo
Compute /mo $366/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $92 per GiB/mo $11 Reserved saves up to 75.7% Spot saves up to 86.8%
vCPU4
Memory32 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions3
Familyecs.m2
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $369 | $369 | $369 | 3 |
| Monthly | $147 | $147 | $147 | 3 |
| Spot | $43 | $51 | $54 | 3 |
| Reserved | $75 | $92 | $125 | 3 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F4ams_v6 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $37/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c4m32 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $76/mo Huawei Cloud x1i.4u.32g 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $93/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $96/mo Tencent Cloud MA2.LARGE32 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $96/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x0.4u.32g 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $97/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.LARGE32 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $101/mo AWS r6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $98/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-4 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $113/mo Vultr vx1-m-4c-32gb 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $121/mo 
UCloud os.c4m32.ampere 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $121/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $130/mo
UCloud os.c4m32.ampere 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $121/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $130/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $369 | $147 | $54 | $125 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $369 | $147 | $43 | $75 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $369 | $147 | $54 | $75 |
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.m2.medium cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.m2.medium runs from about $369/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 3 regions.
Is ecs.m2.medium cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F4ams_v6 at ~$37/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.