Alibaba Cloud
ecs.r9a.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.r9aAlibaba Cloud 8 vCPU / 64 GiB · x86 · in 11 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $297/mo
Compute /mo $295/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $37 per GiB/mo $4.6 Reserved saves up to 78.4% Spot saves up to 80%
vCPU8
Memory64 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth6 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions11
Familyecs.r9a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $297 | $384 | $481 | 11 |
| Monthly | $196 | $258 | $352 | 11 |
| Spot | $59 | $78 | $101 | 11 |
| Reserved | $65 | $85 | $115 | 11 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F8ams_v6 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $70/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c8m64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $150/mo Huawei Cloud x1e.8u.64g 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $182/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $189/mo Tencent Cloud MA2.2XLARGE64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $189/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x0.8u.64g 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $191/mo AWS r6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $193/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.2XLARGE64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $203/mo 
UCloud n.c8m64.intel 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $212/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-8 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $223/mo Vultr vx1-m-8c-64gb 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $238/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $256/mo
UCloud n.c8m64.intel 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $212/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-8 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $223/mo Vultr vx1-m-8c-64gb 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $238/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $256/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $297 | $196 | $82 | $65 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $297 | $196 | $59 | $65 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $297 | $196 | $59 | $65 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $297 | $196 | $59 | $65 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $361 | $238 | $71 | $85 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $435 | $287 | $85 | $94 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $435 | $287 | $85 | $94 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $435 | $287 | $85 | $94 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $435 | $287 | $85 | $94 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $451 | $352 | $101 | $115 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $481 | $317 | $93 | $103 |
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.r9a.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.r9a.2xlarge runs from about $297/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 11 regions.
Is ecs.r9a.2xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F8ams_v6 at ~$70/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.