Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.hfc8i.xlarge
x86 · ecs.hfc8iAlibaba Cloud Intl 4 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 8 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $109/mo
Compute /mo $106/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $27 per GiB/mo $13 Reserved saves up to 73.6%
vCPU4
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth4 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions8
Familyecs.hfc8i
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $109 | $128 | $159 | 8 |
| Monthly | $73 | $93 | $129 | 8 |
| Reserved | $24 | $36 | $78 | 8 |
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
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $109 | $73 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $109 | $73 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $109 | $73 | — | $24 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $109 | $73 | — | $24 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $125 | $91 | — | $78 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $143 | $113 | — | $36 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $158 | $129 | — | $40 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $159 | $123 | — | $39 |
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.hfc8i.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.hfc8i.xlarge runs from about $109/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 8 regions.
Is ecs.hfc8i.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.