Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.g5.xlarge
x86 · ecs.g5Alibaba Cloud Intl 4 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 20 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $143/mo
Compute /mo $140/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $35 per GiB/mo $8.8 Reserved saves up to 80.2%
vCPU4
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions20
Familyecs.g5
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $143 | $184 | $207 | 20 |
| Monthly | $62 | $95 | $122 | 20 |
| Reserved | $25 | $38 | $48 | 20 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $23/mo Huawei Cloud at7.xlarge.4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $24/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.LARGE16 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $54/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.LARGE16 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $57/mo Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.E3.Flex-2OCPU-16GB 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $56/mo Baidu AI Cloud g4.c4m16 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $63/mo AWS t4g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $67/mo Azure Standard_B4ps_v2 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $69/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.e-c1m4.xlarge 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $68/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m4.xlarge 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $69/mo 
UCloud o.c4m16.ampere 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $74/mo Vultr vhp-4c-12gb-intel 4 vCPU · 12 GiB · $76/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $85/mo Linode g8-dedicated-16-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $157/mo
UCloud o.c4m16.ampere 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $74/mo Vultr vhp-4c-12gb-intel 4 vCPU · 12 GiB · $76/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $85/mo Linode g8-dedicated-16-4 4 vCPU · 16 GiB · $157/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $143 | $92 | — | $36 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $153 | $62 | — | $25 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $157 | $119 | — | $47 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $165 | $111 | — | $44 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $166 | $110 | — | $43 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $170 | $116 | — | $46 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $175 | $116 | — | $46 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $178 | $122 | — | $48 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $178 | $116 | — | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $178 | $116 | — | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $185 | $76 | — | $30 |
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $186 | $76 | — | $30 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Guangzhou cn-guangzhou | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Heyuan cn-heyuan | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $207 | $84 | — | $33 |
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.g5.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.g5.xlarge runs from about $143/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 20 regions.
Is ecs.g5.xlarge cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.4 at ~$23/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.