Alibaba Cloud
ecs.r8ae.xlarge
x86 · ecs.r8aeAlibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 32 GiB · x86 · in 3 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $171/mo
Compute /mo $168/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $42 per GiB/mo $5.3 Reserved saves up to 80.3% Spot saves up to 80%
vCPU4
Memory32 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions3
Familyecs.r8ae
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $171 | $171 | $171 | 3 |
| Monthly | $113 | $113 | $113 | 3 |
| Spot | $36 | $36 | $36 | 2 |
| Reserved | $36 | $36 | $36 | 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 AWS r6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $98/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.LARGE32 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $101/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
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $171 | $113 | $36 | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $171 | $113 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $171 | $113 | $36 | $36 |
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.r8ae.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.r8ae.xlarge runs from about $171/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 3 regions.
Is ecs.r8ae.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.