Alibaba Cloud
ecs.u1-c1m2.xlarge
x86 · ecs.u1Alibaba Cloud 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 23 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $56/mo
Compute /mo $53/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 86.7%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 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 | $56 | $89 | $129 | 23 |
| Monthly | $38 | $63 | $96 | 23 |
| Spot | $7.4 | $14 | $33 | 22 |
| Reserved | $11 | $22 | $38 | 23 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $21/mo Huawei Cloud at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $22/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $37/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $42/mo Vultr vc2-4c-8gb 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c4m8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo 
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo Azure Standard_B4pls_v2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $62/mo AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo Azure Standard_B4pls_v2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $62/mo AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $56 | $38 | $10.0 | $11 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $56 | $38 | $7.4 | $11 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $56 | $38 | $7.4 | $11 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $79 | $53 | $9.5 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $79 | $53 | $10 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $79 | $48 | $14 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $79 | $53 | $10 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $79 | $53 | $17 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $79 | $53 | $14 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $79 | $53 | $14 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $79 | $53 | $9.5 | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Wuhan cn-wuhan-lr | $79 | $53 | — | $14 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $89 | $64 | $26 | $28 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $98 | $78 | $13 | $31 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $100 | $64 | $12 | $28 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $101 | $79 | $14 | $32 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $103 | $78 | $19 | $31 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $106 | $81 | $14 | $32 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $109 | $73 | $18 | $29 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $112 | $86 | $15 | $34 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $115 | $78 | $14 | $31 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $117 | $96 | $15 | $38 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $129 | $91 | $33 | $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.u1-c1m2.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud?
ecs.u1-c1m2.xlarge runs from about $56/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 23 regions.
Is ecs.u1-c1m2.xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 at ~$21/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.