Alibaba Cloud
ecs.r8a.xlarge
x86 · ecs.r8aAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 32 GiB · x86 · in 21 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $135/mo
Compute /mo $133/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $33 per GiB/mo $4.2 Reserved saves up to 79.2% Spot saves up to 79.1%
vCPU4
Memory32 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth2.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions21
Familyecs.r8a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $135 | $162 | $194 | 21 |
| Monthly | $90 | $109 | $148 | 21 |
| Spot | $28 | $42 | $150 | 20 |
| Reserved | $25 | $36 | $110 | 21 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $135 | $90 | $28 | $25 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $150 | $99 | $150 | $32 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $150 | $99 | $31 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $150 | $99 | $31 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $150 | $99 | $31 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $150 | $99 | $31 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $150 | $99 | $31 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $150 | $99 | $31 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $150 | $99 | $42 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $150 | $99 | $32 | $28 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $152 | $101 | $35 | $35 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $152 | $101 | $35 | $35 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $162 | $108 | $38 | $34 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $167 | $111 | $34 | $35 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $173 | $115 | $35 | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $180 | $133 | $46 | $42 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $182 | $121 | $37 | $38 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $182 | $121 | — | $38 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $182 | $121 | $42 | $38 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $184 | $148 | $48 | $46 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $194 | $129 | $45 | $110 |
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.r8a.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.r8a.xlarge runs from about $135/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 21 regions.
Is ecs.r8a.xlarge 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.