Alibaba Cloud
ecs.n1.medium
x86 · ecs.n1Alibaba Cloud 2 vCPU / 4 GiB · x86 · in 16 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $38/mo
Compute /mo $36/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $18 per GiB/mo $8.9 Reserved saves up to 71.9% Spot saves up to 85.5%
vCPU2
Memory4 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions16
Familyecs.n1
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $38 | $65 | $73 | 16 |
| Monthly | $28 | $32 | $45 | 16 |
| Spot | $9.0 | $11 | $16 | 15 |
| Reserved | $15 | $19 | $39 | 16 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $8.2/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $9.2/mo AWS t4g.medium 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $19/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t6-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Vultr vc2-2c-4gb 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $24/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $28/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c2m4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo 
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Azure Standard_B2pls_v2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $27/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Azure Standard_B2pls_v2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $27/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $38 | $28 | $9.0 | $15 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $48 | $38 | $11 | $20 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $48 | $38 | $9.4 | $20 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $49 | $36 | $9.0 | $19 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $56 | $45 | $12 | $39 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $73 | $30 | $16 | $26 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $73 | $30 | $16 | $16 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $73 | $30 | $13 | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $73 | $30 | $10 | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $73 | $30 | $12 | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $73 | $30 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $73 | $30 | $9.0 | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $73 | $30 | $9.0 | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $73 | $30 | $9.0 | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $73 | $30 | $9.0 | $16 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $73 | $30 | $16 | $16 |
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.n1.medium cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.n1.medium runs from about $38/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 16 regions.
Is ecs.n1.medium cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 at ~$8.2/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.