Alibaba Cloud
ecs.u1-c1m2.3xlarge
x86 · ecs.u1Alibaba Cloud 12 vCPU / 24 GiB · x86 · in 23 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $162/mo
Compute /mo $159/mo
40G disk $2.6/mo
per vCPU/mo $13 per GiB/mo $6.6 Reserved saves up to 78.6% Spot saves up to 88.7%
vCPU12
Memory24 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.6/mo
Regions23
Familyecs.u1
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $162 | $263 | $383 | 23 |
| Monthly | $107 | $184 | $282 | 23 |
| Spot | $17 | $33 | $75 | 22 |
| Reserved | $27 | $62 | $109 | 23 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud ks2.3xlarge.2 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $118/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.3xlarge.2 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $124/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c12m24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $136/mo Vultr vhp-12c-24gb-intel 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $148/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m2.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $169/mo Tencent Cloud Intl S5.3XLARGE24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $203/mo Tencent Cloud S5.3XLARGE24 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $206/mo Volcengine ecs.c1ie.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $246/mo Linode g1-accelerated-netint-vpu-t1u1-m 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $391/mo AWS vt1.3xlarge 12 vCPU · 24 GiB · $478/mo
Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $162 | $107 | $17 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $162 | $107 | $19 | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $162 | $107 | $19 | $27 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $231 | $153 | $23 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $231 | $153 | $23 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $231 | $138 | $23 | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $231 | $153 | $23 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $231 | $153 | $35 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $231 | $153 | $23 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $231 | $153 | $23 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $231 | $153 | $23 | $37 |
| 🇨🇳 Wuhan cn-wuhan-lr | $231 | $153 | — | $37 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $263 | $188 | $73 | $80 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $288 | $230 | $33 | $89 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $295 | $188 | $29 | $80 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $298 | $232 | $32 | $90 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $303 | $229 | $33 | $88 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $312 | $239 | $34 | $92 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $323 | $213 | $47 | $83 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $332 | $253 | $40 | $98 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $340 | $229 | $36 | $88 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $346 | $282 | $37 | $109 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $383 | $267 | $75 | $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.u1-c1m2.3xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.u1-c1m2.3xlarge runs from about $162/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 23 regions.
Is ecs.u1-c1m2.3xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud ks2.3xlarge.2 at ~$118/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.