Alibaba Cloud
ecs.r9a.8xlarge
x86 · ecs.r9aAlibaba Cloud 32 vCPU / 256 GiB · x86 · in 11 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $1,181/mo
Compute /mo $1,179/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 79.3%
vCPU32
Memory256 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth16 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 | $1,181 | $1,527 | $1,915 | 11 |
| Monthly | $778 | $1,025 | $1,402 | 11 |
| Spot | $227 | $320 | $423 | 10 |
| Reserved | $251 | $332 | $450 | 11 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F32ams_v6 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $266/mo Huawei Cloud kx1.32u.192g 32 vCPU · 192 GiB · $583/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c32m256 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $590/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.32u.192g 32 vCPU · 192 GiB · $617/mo Tencent Cloud MA2.8XLARGE256 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $750/mo AWS r6g.8xlarge 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $762/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.8XLARGE256 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $780/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.r6.8xlarge 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $831/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-32 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $882/mo 
UCloud os.c32m256.ampere 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $916/mo Vultr vx1-m-32c-256gb 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $938/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.8xlarge 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $1,016/mo Linode g6-standard-32 32 vCPU · 192 GiB · $1,265/mo
UCloud os.c32m256.ampere 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $916/mo Vultr vx1-m-32c-256gb 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $938/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.8xlarge 32 vCPU · 256 GiB · $1,016/mo Linode g6-standard-32 32 vCPU · 192 GiB · $1,265/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $1,181 | $778 | $321 | $251 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $1,181 | $778 | $227 | $251 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $1,181 | $778 | $227 | $251 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $1,181 | $778 | $227 | $251 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $1,437 | $946 | — | $333 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $1,732 | $1,139 | $331 | $366 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $1,732 | $1,140 | $331 | $366 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $1,732 | $1,140 | $331 | $366 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $1,732 | $1,139 | $383 | $366 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $1,795 | $1,402 | $397 | $450 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $1,915 | $1,260 | $423 | $405 |
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.8xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.r9a.8xlarge runs from about $1,181/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 11 regions.
Is ecs.r9a.8xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F32ams_v6 at ~$266/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.