Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.e3.small
x86 · ecs.e3Alibaba Cloud Intl 1 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 15 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $50/mo
Compute /mo $47/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $47 per GiB/mo $5.9 Reserved saves up to 57.4%
vCPU1
Memory8 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 | $50 | $83 | $95 | 15 |
| Monthly | $33 | $41 | $53 | 15 |
| Reserved | $29 | $35 | $45 | 15 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F1ams_v6 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $12/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo AWS r6g.medium 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $27/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $29/mo 
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $50 | $33 | — | $29 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $56 | $36 | — | $31 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $60 | $39 | — | $34 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $60 | $39 | — | $34 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $71 | $53 | — | $45 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $95 | $41 | — | $36 |
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.small cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.e3.small runs from about $50/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 15 regions.
Is ecs.e3.small cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F1ams_v6 at ~$12/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.