Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.c5.xlarge
x86 · ecs.c5Alibaba Cloud Intl 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 20 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $108/mo
Compute /mo $105/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $26 per GiB/mo $13 Reserved saves up to 80.4%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions20
Familyecs.c5
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $108 | $136 | $149 | 20 |
| Monthly | $44 | $70 | $104 | 20 |
| Reserved | $18 | $28 | $41 | 20 |
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 Alibaba Cloud ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $46/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c4m8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/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
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $108 | $44 | — | $18 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $115 | $73 | — | $29 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $121 | $80 | — | $32 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $124 | $82 | — | $33 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $125 | $85 | — | $34 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $131 | $89 | — | $35 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $131 | $89 | — | $35 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $131 | $89 | — | $35 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $134 | $53 | — | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $134 | $53 | — | $22 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $134 | $53 | — | $22 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $141 | $98 | — | $39 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $143 | $104 | — | $41 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $149 | $59 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $149 | $59 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $149 | $59 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $149 | $59 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $149 | $59 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $149 | $59 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $149 | $59 | — | $24 |
All are the total monthly price = machine (effective hourly ×730) + a 40G system disk (~$2.5/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.c5.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.c5.xlarge runs from about $108/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 20 regions.
Is ecs.c5.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.