Alibaba Cloud Intl
ecs.r8a.large
x86 · ecs.r8aAlibaba Cloud Intl 2 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 21 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $72/mo
Compute /mo $69/mo
40G disk $2.5/mo
per vCPU/mo $35 per GiB/mo $4.3 Reserved saves up to 80.9%
vCPU2
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth1.5 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$2.5/mo
Regions21
Familyecs.r8a
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $72 | $81 | $91 | 21 |
| Monthly | $48 | $55 | $73 | 21 |
| Reserved | $14 | $18 | $24 | 21 |
Same spec on other clouds
Azure Standard_F2ams_v6 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $20/mo Huawei Cloud kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $40/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c2m16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $40/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $42/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.u1-c1m8.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $47/mo AWS r6g.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $52/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA9.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $57/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-2 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $58/mo Vultr vx1-m-2c-16g 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo 
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇨🇳 Ulanqab cn-wulanchabu | $72 | $48 | — | $14 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City na-south-1 | $73 | $49 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhongwei cn-zhongwei | $74 | $50 | — | $15 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $75 | $50 | — | $18 |
| 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley us-west-1 | $75 | $50 | — | $18 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur ap-southeast-3 | $77 | $51 | — | $17 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing cn-beijing | $79 | $53 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Chengdu cn-chengdu | $79 | $53 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Hangzhou cn-hangzhou | $79 | $53 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Qingdao cn-qingdao | $79 | $53 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai cn-shanghai | $79 | $53 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Shenzhen cn-shenzhen | $79 | $53 | — | $16 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou cn-zhangjiakou | $79 | $53 | — | $16 |
| 🇵🇭 Manila ap-southeast-6 | $82 | $55 | — | $18 |
| 🇹🇭 Bangkok ap-southeast-7 | $85 | $57 | — | $19 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong cn-hongkong | $88 | $66 | — | $22 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul ap-northeast-2 | $90 | $60 | — | $20 |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta ap-southeast-5 | $90 | $60 | — | $20 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $90 | $60 | — | $20 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $90 | $73 | — | $24 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai me-east-1 | $91 | $61 | — | $20 |
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.r8a.large cost on Alibaba Cloud Intl?
ecs.r8a.large runs from about $72/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 21 regions.
Is ecs.r8a.large cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Azure Standard_F2ams_v6 at ~$20/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.