Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.hfc5.2xlarge
x86 · ecs.hfc5Alibaba Cloud Intl 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 17 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $271/mo
Compute /mo $269/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $34 per GiB/mo $17 Reserved saves up to 71.6%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth2 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions17
Familyecs.hfc5
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $271 | $342 | $404 | 17 |
| Monthly | $119 | $181 | $252 | 17 |
| Reserved | $67 | $97 | $140 | 17 |
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
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $271 | $173 | — | $96 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $286 | $188 | — | $73 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $294 | $194 | — | $75 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $297 | $200 | — | $111 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $297 | $119 | — | $67 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $312 | $211 | — | $117 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $312 | $211 | — | $117 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $312 | $211 | — | $117 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $335 | $233 | — | $129 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $360 | $145 | — | $81 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $360 | $145 | — | $81 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $365 | $252 | — | $140 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $404 | $160 | — | $89 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $404 | $160 | — | $89 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $404 | $160 | — | $89 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $404 | $160 | — | $89 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $404 | $160 | — | $89 |
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.hfc5.2xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.hfc5.2xlarge runs from about $271/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 17 regions.
Is ecs.hfc5.2xlarge 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.