Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.hfc5.xlarge
x86 · ecs.hfc5Alibaba Cloud Intl 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 17 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $137/mo
Compute /mo $134/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $34 per GiB/mo $17 Reserved saves up to 71.6%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 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 | $137 | $172 | $200 | 17 |
| Monthly | $61 | $92 | $127 | 17 |
| Reserved | $35 | $50 | $71 | 17 |
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
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $137 | $88 | — | $49 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $144 | $95 | — | $38 |
| 🇬🇧 London eu-west-1 | $149 | $98 | — | $39 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $150 | $101 | — | $57 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $151 | $61 | — | $35 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $157 | $107 | — | $60 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $157 | $107 | — | $60 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $157 | $107 | — | $60 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $169 | $118 | — | $66 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $184 | $127 | — | $71 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $185 | $74 | — | $42 |
| 🇨🇳 Hohhot cn-huhehaote | $185 | $74 | — | $42 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $200 | $81 | — | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $200 | $81 | — | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $200 | $81 | — | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $200 | $81 | — | $46 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $200 | $81 | — | $46 |
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.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.hfc5.xlarge runs from about $137/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 17 regions.
Is ecs.hfc5.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.