Alibaba Cloud
ecs.n4.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.n4Alibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 17 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $249/mo
Compute /mo $246/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $31 per GiB/mo $15 Reserved saves up to 71.9% Spot saves up to 88.7%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.2 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions17
Familyecs.n4
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $249 | $294 | $326 | 17 |
| Monthly | $99 | $157 | $229 | 17 |
| Spot | $25 | $36 | $61 | 16 |
| Reserved | $51 | $84 | $195 | 17 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $44/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $71/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $79/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $91/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c8m16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $92/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $94/mo 
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $249 | $99 | $25 | $51 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $255 | $187 | $38 | $95 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $257 | $164 | $28 | $83 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $258 | $183 | $28 | $93 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $279 | $112 | $33 | $57 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $281 | $192 | $42 | $97 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $299 | $205 | $44 | $104 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $299 | $205 | — | $104 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $309 | $124 | $30 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $309 | $124 | $36 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $309 | $124 | $46 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $309 | $124 | $30 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $309 | $124 | $30 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $309 | $124 | $30 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $309 | $124 | $30 | $63 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $322 | $221 | $38 | $112 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $326 | $229 | $61 | $195 |
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.n4.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.n4.2xlarge runs from about $249/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 17 regions.
Is ecs.n4.2xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 at ~$44/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.