Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.c8a.xlarge
x86 · ecs.c8aAlibaba Cloud Intl 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 22 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $81/mo
Compute /mo $79/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $20 per GiB/mo $9.9 Reserved saves up to 82%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth2.5 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 | $81 | $101 | $124 | 22 |
| Monthly | $54 | $68 | $93 | 22 |
| Reserved | $14 | $21 | $30 | 22 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $81 | $54 | — | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $84 | $56 | — | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $90 | $60 | — | $15 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $90 | $60 | — | $15 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $90 | $54 | — | $14 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $90 | $60 | — | $15 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $90 | $60 | — | $15 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $90 | $60 | — | $15 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $90 | $60 | — | $15 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $98 | $65 | — | $21 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $98 | $65 | — | $23 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $98 | $65 | — | $23 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $99 | $66 | — | $22 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $105 | $70 | — | $23 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $107 | $71 | — | $23 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $113 | $84 | — | $27 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $114 | $76 | — | $25 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $116 | $93 | — | $30 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $117 | $78 | — | $25 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $119 | $79 | — | $25 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $123 | $82 | — | $26 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $124 | $82 | — | $26 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.c8a.xlarge runs from about $81/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 22 regions.
Is ecs.c8a.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.