Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.i1.xlarge
x86 · ecs.i1Alibaba Cloud Intl 4 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 10 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $168/mo
Compute /mo $165/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $41 per GiB/mo $10 Reserved saves up to 59.1%
vCPU4
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth0.8 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions10
Familyecs.i1
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $168 | $252 | $315 | 10 |
| Monthly | $97 | $111 | $132 | 10 |
| Reserved | $83 | $95 | $113 | 10 |
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 | $168 | $111 | — | $95 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $189 | $126 | — | $107 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $189 | $126 | — | $107 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $196 | $130 | — | $111 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $199 | $132 | — | $113 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $315 | $97 | — | $83 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $315 | $97 | — | $83 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $315 | $97 | — | $83 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $315 | $97 | — | $83 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $315 | $97 | — | $83 |
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.i1.xlarge cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.i1.xlarge runs from about $168/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 10 regions.
Is ecs.i1.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.