Alibaba Cloud
ecs.r8y.small
ARM · ecs.r8yAlibaba Cloud 1 vCPU / 8 GiB · ARM · in 13 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $29/mo
Compute /mo $26/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $26 per GiB/mo $3.3 Reserved saves up to 77.4% Spot saves up to 76.3%
vCPU1
Memory8 GiB
ArchARM
Bandwidth1 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions13
Familyecs.r8y
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $29 | $35 | $44 | 13 |
| Monthly | $20 | $25 | $34 | 13 |
| Spot | $8.2 | $10 | $15 | 13 |
| Reserved | $7.4 | $9.9 | $14 | 13 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F1ams_v6 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $12/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo AWS r6g.medium 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $27/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo 
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $30/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $30/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $29 | $20 | $10 | $7.4 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $32 | $22 | $8.2 | $8.3 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $32 | $22 | $8.8 | $8.3 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $32 | $22 | $8.8 | $8.3 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $32 | $22 | $8.8 | $8.3 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $32 | $22 | $8.2 | $8.3 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $32 | $22 | $9.9 | $8.3 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $32 | $22 | $9.0 | $8.3 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $35 | $24 | $9.7 | $11 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $37 | $31 | $12 | $13 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $40 | $34 | $12 | $14 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $41 | $28 | $12 | $12 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $44 | $31 | $15 | $13 |
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.r8y.small cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.r8y.small runs from about $29/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 13 regions.
Is ecs.r8y.small cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F1ams_v6 at ~$12/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.