Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.e3.medium
x86 · ecs.e3Alibaba Cloud Intl 2 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 15 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $98/mo
Compute /mo $96/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $48 per GiB/mo $6.0 Reserved saves up to 56.6%
vCPU2
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions15
Familyecs.e3
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $98 | $164 | $187 | 15 |
| Monthly | $64 | $82 | $103 | 15 |
| Reserved | $55 | $70 | $88 | 15 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F2ams_v6 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $20/mo Huawei Cloud kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $40/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c2m16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $40/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $42/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.u1-c1m8.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $47/mo AWS r6g.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $52/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA9.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $57/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-2 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $58/mo Vultr vx1-m-2c-16g 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo 
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $98 | $64 | — | $55 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $109 | $70 | — | $60 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $118 | $76 | — | $65 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $118 | $76 | — | $65 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $140 | $103 | — | $88 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $187 | $83 | — | $71 |
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.e3.medium cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.e3.medium runs from about $98/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 15 regions.
Is ecs.e3.medium cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F2ams_v6 at ~$20/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.