Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.c8a.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8aAlibaba Cloud Intl 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 22 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $160/mo
Compute /mo $158/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $20 per GiB/mo $9.9 Reserved saves up to 82%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions22
Familyecs.c8a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $160 | $200 | $246 | 22 |
| Monthly | $106 | $134 | $184 | 22 |
| Reserved | $25 | $39 | $57 | 22 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $44/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $71/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $79/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $90/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $91/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c8m16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $92/mo 
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo Azure Standard_D8pls_v6 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $123/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $160 | $106 | — | $25 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $166 | $110 | — | $26 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $178 | $118 | — | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $178 | $118 | — | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $178 | $106 | — | $26 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $178 | $118 | — | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $178 | $118 | — | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $178 | $118 | — | $28 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $178 | $118 | — | $28 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $193 | $128 | — | $40 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $194 | $128 | — | $44 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $194 | $128 | — | $44 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $196 | $129 | — | $41 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $207 | $137 | — | $43 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $211 | $139 | — | $44 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $224 | $166 | — | $52 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $226 | $149 | — | $47 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $229 | $184 | — | $57 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $231 | $153 | — | $48 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $235 | $156 | — | $48 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $243 | $161 | — | $50 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $246 | $162 | — | $50 |
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.c8a.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.c8a.2xlarge runs from about $160/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 22 regions.
Is ecs.c8a.2xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 at ~$44/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.