Alibaba Cloud
ecs.n4.small
x86 · ecs.n4Alibaba Cloud 1 vCPU / 2 GiB · x86 · in 17 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $20/mo
Compute /mo $17/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $17 per GiB/mo $8.8 Reserved saves up to 70.1% Spot saves up to 85.8%
vCPU1
Memory2 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth0.5 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 | $20 | $29 | $34 | 17 |
| Monthly | $12 | $17 | $21 | 17 |
| Spot | $4.8 | $6.1 | $7.0 | 17 |
| Reserved | $7.5 | $10.0 | $18 | 17 |
Same spec on other clouds
Tencent Cloud SA2.SMALL2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $8.4/mo Tencent Cloud Intl SA2.SMALL2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo 
UCloud os.c1m2.amd 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.small.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Vultr vc2-1c-2gb 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo Huawei Cloud t6.medium.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Linode g6-standard-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $17/mo Azure Standard_B1ms 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo AWS c6g.medium 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo Google Cloud n4a-highcpu-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $27/mo
UCloud os.c1m2.amd 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.small.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Vultr vc2-1c-2gb 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo Huawei Cloud t6.medium.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Linode g6-standard-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $17/mo Azure Standard_B1ms 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo AWS c6g.medium 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo Google Cloud n4a-highcpu-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $27/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $20 | $15 | $6.4 | $8.9 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $23 | $17 | $5.5 | $10.0 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $24 | $19 | $5.8 | $11 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $25 | $20 | $6.6 | $11 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $25 | $20 | $5.8 | $11 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $25 | $20 | $6.6 | $11 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $26 | $19 | $6.8 | $11 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $27 | $21 | $7.0 | $18 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $27 | $12 | $4.8 | $7.5 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $31 | $14 | $6.6 | $8.2 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $34 | $15 | $5.5 | $8.8 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $34 | $15 | $7.0 | $8.8 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $34 | $15 | $7.0 | $8.8 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $34 | $15 | $6.1 | $8.8 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $34 | $15 | $5.5 | $8.8 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $34 | $15 | $6.1 | $8.8 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $34 | $15 | $5.5 | $8.8 |
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.small cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.n4.small runs from about $20/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 17 regions.
Is ecs.n4.small cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Tencent Cloud SA2.SMALL2 at ~$8.4/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.