Compare AWS EC2 Price

compare aws EC2 price
NameCPURAMGPUAverage price/hour
for all locations in USD
a1.2xlarge8160$0,38
a1.4xlarge16320$0,59
a1.large240$0,12
a1.medium120$0,08
a1.metal16320$0,52
a1.xlarge480$0,19
c1.medium220$0,25
c1.xlarge870$0,77
c3.2xlarge8150$1,25
c3.4xlarge16300$3,97
c3.8xlarge32600$6,58
c3.large240$0,26
c3.xlarge480$1,3
c4.2xlarge8150$1,85
c4.4xlarge16300$2,81
c4.8xlarge36600$5,55
c4.large240$0,4
c4.xlarge480$0,97
c5.12xlarge48960$8,97
c5.18xlarge721440$10,86
c5.24xlarge961920$17,04
c5.2xlarge8160$1,5
c5.4xlarge16320$3,34
c5.9xlarge36720$6,13
c5.large240$0,28
c5.metal961920$22,73
c5.xlarge480$0,61
c5a.12xlarge48960$10,5
c5a.16xlarge641280$15,37
c5a.24xlarge961920$19,26
c5a.2xlarge8160$1,68
c5a.4xlarge16320$2,45
c5a.8xlarge32640$7,88
c5a.large240$0,28
c5a.xlarge480$0,64
c5ad.12xlarge48960$10,71
c5ad.16xlarge641280$12,03
c5ad.24xlarge961920$16,08
c5ad.2xlarge8160$1,44
c5ad.4xlarge16320$3,34
c5ad.8xlarge32640$5,89
c5ad.large240$0,31
c5ad.xlarge480$0,63
c5d.12xlarge48960$7,02
c5d.18xlarge721440$13,44
c5d.24xlarge961920$23,09
c5d.2xlarge8160$1,76
c5d.4xlarge16320$2,06
c5d.9xlarge36720$6,58
c5d.large240$0,29
c5d.metal961920$15,06
c5d.xlarge480$0,85
c5n.18xlarge721920$14,47
c5n.2xlarge8210$1,31
c5n.4xlarge16420$3,45
c5n.9xlarge36960$7,37
c5n.large250$0,26
c5n.metal721920$14,08
c5n.xlarge4100$0,77
c6g.12xlarge48960$2,04
c6g.16xlarge641280$2,66
c6g.2xlarge8160$0,44
c6g.4xlarge16320$0,74
c6g.8xlarge32640$1,38
c6g.large240$0,14
c6g.medium120$0,08
c6g.metal641280$2,7
c6g.xlarge480$0,24
c6gd.12xlarge48960$2,21
c6gd.16xlarge641280$2,92
c6gd.2xlarge8160$0,46
c6gd.4xlarge16320$0,79
c6gd.8xlarge32640$1,53
c6gd.large240$0,16
c6gd.medium120$0,08
c6gd.metal641280$2,91
c6gd.xlarge480$0,26
c6gn.12xlarge48960$2,51
c6gn.16xlarge641280$3,19
c6gn.2xlarge8160$0,51
c6gn.4xlarge16320$0,85
c6gn.8xlarge32640$1,66
c6gn.large240$0,17
c6gn.medium120$0,09
c6gn.xlarge480$0,25
c6i.12xlarge48960$2,46
c6i.16xlarge641280$21,06
c6i.24xlarge961920$11,3
c6i.2xlarge8160$1,81
c6i.32xlarge1282560$21,59
c6i.4xlarge16320$3,06
c6i.8xlarge32640$6,29
c6i.large240$0,25
c6i.xlarge480$0,6
cc2.8xlarge32600$2,82
cr1.8xlarge322440$4,72
d2.2xlarge8610$3,03
d2.4xlarge161220$5,93
d2.8xlarge362440$12,96
d2.xlarge4300$1,74
d3.2xlarge8640$2,54
d3.4xlarge161280$5,39
d3.8xlarge322560$7,8
d3.xlarge4320$1,08
d3en.12xlarge481920$14,81
d3en.2xlarge8320$2,05
d3en.4xlarge16640$5,59
d3en.6xlarge24960$6,74
d3en.8xlarge321280$10,66
d3en.xlarge4160$0,73
dl1.24xlarge967680$14,42
f1.16xlarge649760$14,46
f1.2xlarge81220$1,96
f1.4xlarge162440$3,92
g2.2xlarge8151$0,68
g2.8xlarge32604$3,28
g3.16xlarge644884$6,55
g3.4xlarge161221$1,66
g3.8xlarge322442$3,32
g3s.xlarge4301$1,03
g4ad.16xlarge642564$4,23
g4ad.2xlarge8321$0,77
g4ad.4xlarge16641$1,35
g4ad.8xlarge321282$2,69
g4ad.xlarge4161$0,52
g4dn.12xlarge481924$5,67
g4dn.16xlarge642561$6,53
g4dn.2xlarge8321$1,25
g4dn.4xlarge16641$1,69
g4dn.8xlarge321281$2,99
g4dn.metal963848$10,45
g4dn.xlarge4161$0,67
g5.12xlarge481924$6,34
g5.16xlarge642561$5,62
g5.24xlarge963844$8,79
g5.2xlarge8321$1,3
g5.48xlarge1927688$18,06
g5.4xlarge16641$2,
g5.8xlarge321281$3,29
g5.xlarge4161$1,18
h1.16xlarge642560$9,29
h1.2xlarge8320$3,02
h1.4xlarge16640$3,63
h1.8xlarge321280$7,57
hs1.8xlarge161170$6,32
i2.2xlarge8610$2,43
i2.4xlarge161220$5,5
i2.8xlarge322440$14,91
i2.large2150$0,5
i2.xlarge4300$1,4
i3.16xlarge644880$13,35
i3.2xlarge8610$2,13
i3.4xlarge161220$2,48
i3.8xlarge322440$6,29
i3.large2150$0,45
i3.metal645120$18,54
i3.xlarge4300$1,02
i3en.12xlarge483840$12,95
i3en.24xlarge967680$25,77
i3en.2xlarge8640$1,98
i3en.3xlarge12960$3,06
i3en.6xlarge241920$6,74
i3en.large2160$0,38
i3en.metal967680$28,16
i3en.xlarge4320$1,2
i3p.16xlarge644880$7,1
inf1.24xlarge961920$14,91
inf1.2xlarge8160$1,39
inf1.6xlarge24480$3,21
inf1.xlarge480$1,02
m1.large280$0,45
m1.medium140$0,43
m1.small120$0,22
m1.xlarge4150$0,75
m2.2xlarge4340$0,99
m2.4xlarge8680$1,58
m2.xlarge2170$0,38
m3.2xlarge8300$1,75
m3.large280$0,37
m3.medium140$0,18
m3.xlarge4150$0,97
m4.10xlarge401600$6,1
m4.16xlarge642560$11,75
m4.2xlarge8320$1,83
m4.4xlarge16640$2,99
m4.large280$0,3
m4.xlarge4160$0,86
m5.12xlarge481920$9,06
m5.16xlarge642560$13,69
m5.24xlarge963840$21,22
m5.2xlarge8320$1,67
m5.4xlarge16640$3,32
m5.8xlarge321280$7,73
m5.large280$0,28
m5.metal963840$19,71
m5.xlarge4160$0,84
m5a.12xlarge481920$5,45
m5a.16xlarge642560$13,92
m5a.24xlarge963840$17,15
m5a.2xlarge8320$1,08
m5a.4xlarge16640$2,62
m5a.8xlarge321280$4,45
m5a.large280$0,3
m5a.xlarge4160$0,91
m5ad.12xlarge481920$10,36
m5ad.16xlarge642560$12,51
m5ad.24xlarge963840$15,12
m5ad.2xlarge8320$2,22
m5ad.4xlarge16640$4,36
m5ad.8xlarge321280$6,78
m5ad.large280$0,27
m5ad.xlarge4160$0,73
m5d.12xlarge481920$10,25
m5d.16xlarge642560$13,46
m5d.24xlarge963840$16,25
m5d.2xlarge8320$1,32
m5d.4xlarge16640$2,55
m5d.8xlarge321280$6,62
m5d.large280$0,32
m5d.metal963840$18,09
m5d.xlarge4160$0,87
m5dn.12xlarge481920$11,28
m5dn.16xlarge642560$12,08
m5dn.24xlarge963840$23,57
m5dn.2xlarge8320$1,63
m5dn.4xlarge16640$2,89
m5dn.8xlarge321280$7,31
m5dn.large280$0,38
m5dn.metal963840$15,37
m5dn.xlarge4160$0,7
m5n.12xlarge481920$8,79
m5n.16xlarge642560$12,08
m5n.24xlarge963840$13,91
m5n.2xlarge8320$1,03
m5n.4xlarge16640$3,11
m5n.8xlarge321280$5,07
m5n.large280$0,39
m5n.metal963840$18,81
m5n.xlarge4160$0,88
m5zn.12xlarge481920$12,46
m5zn.2xlarge8320$1,73
m5zn.3xlarge12480$2,56
m5zn.6xlarge24960$3,72
m5zn.large280$0,39
m5zn.metal481920$10,69
m5zn.xlarge4160$1,03
m6g.12xlarge481920$2,3
m6g.16xlarge642560$3,05
m6g.2xlarge8320$0,5
m6g.4xlarge16640$0,86
m6g.8xlarge321280$1,59
m6g.large280$0,16
m6g.medium140$0,08
m6g.metal642560$3,09
m6g.xlarge4160$0,26
m6gd.12xlarge481920$2,62
m6gd.16xlarge642560$3,45
m6gd.2xlarge8320$0,51
m6gd.4xlarge16640$0,97
m6gd.8xlarge321280$1,75
m6gd.large280$0,16
m6gd.medium140$0,1
m6gd.metal642560$3,4
m6gd.xlarge4160$0,26
m6i.12xlarge481920$10,31
m6i.16xlarge642560$12,58
m6i.24xlarge963840$10,68
m6i.2xlarge8320$0,96
m6i.32xlarge1285120$25,89
m6i.4xlarge16640$2,42
m6i.8xlarge321280$4,66
m6i.large280$0,26
m6i.xlarge4160$0,68
p2.16xlarge6473216$21,77
p2.8xlarge324888$12,09
p2.xlarge4611$1,33
p3.16xlarge644888$29,57
p3.2xlarge8611$3,82
p3.8xlarge322444$15,49
p3dn.24xlarge967688$35,76
p4d.24xlarge9611528$38,95
r3.2xlarge8610$1,82
r3.4xlarge161220$4,2
r3.8xlarge322440$5,58
r3.large2150$0,35
r3.xlarge4300$0,92
r4.16xlarge644880$13,87
r4.2xlarge8610$1,43
r4.4xlarge161220$3,11
r4.8xlarge322440$7,36
r4.large2150$0,31
r4.xlarge4300$0,89
r5.12xlarge483840$6,02
r5.16xlarge645120$12,63
r5.24xlarge967680$23,12
r5.2xlarge8640$1,75
r5.4xlarge161280$4,12
r5.8xlarge322560$6,1
r5.large2160$0,4
r5.metal967680$20,02
r5.xlarge4320$0,8
r5a.12xlarge483840$8,36
r5a.16xlarge645120$11,72
r5a.24xlarge967680$20,03
r5a.2xlarge8640$1,5
r5a.4xlarge161280$2,86
r5a.8xlarge322560$7,08
r5a.large2160$0,35
r5a.xlarge4320$0,73
r5ad.12xlarge483840$9,77
r5ad.16xlarge645120$13,01
r5ad.24xlarge967680$17,23
r5ad.2xlarge8640$1,74
r5ad.4xlarge161280$4,51
r5ad.8xlarge322560$7,02
r5ad.large2160$0,35
r5ad.xlarge4320$0,78
r5b.12xlarge483840$9,07
r5b.16xlarge645120$17,22
r5b.24xlarge967680$15,67
r5b.2xlarge8640$1,11
r5b.4xlarge161280$3,98
r5b.8xlarge322560$8,29
r5b.large2160$0,7
r5b.metal967680$25,01
r5b.xlarge4320$1,03
r5d.12xlarge483840$9,12
r5d.16xlarge645120$11,98
r5d.24xlarge967680$17,99
r5d.2xlarge8640$1,72
r5d.4xlarge161280$3,58
r5d.8xlarge322560$5,97
r5d.large2160$0,34
r5d.metal967680$20,13
r5d.xlarge4320$0,88
r5dn.12xlarge483840$12,66
r5dn.16xlarge645120$12,7
r5dn.24xlarge967680$20,29
r5dn.2xlarge8640$1,75
r5dn.4xlarge161280$4,66
r5dn.8xlarge322560$6,25
r5dn.large2160$0,4
r5dn.metal967680$32,68
r5dn.xlarge4320$0,57
r5n.12xlarge483840$9,31
r5n.16xlarge645120$12,45
r5n.24xlarge967680$23,15
r5n.2xlarge8640$1,49
r5n.4xlarge161280$2,98
r5n.8xlarge322560$9,28
r5n.large2160$0,34
r5n.metal967680$20,06
r5n.xlarge4320$0,92
r6g.12xlarge483840$2,94
r6g.16xlarge645120$3,92
r6g.2xlarge8640$0,55
r6g.4xlarge161280$1,03
r6g.8xlarge322560$1,98
r6g.large2160$0,17
r6g.medium180$0,11
r6g.metal645120$3,89
r6g.xlarge4320$0,32
r6gd.12xlarge483840$3,28
r6gd.16xlarge645120$4,34
r6gd.2xlarge8640$0,67
r6gd.4xlarge161280$1,2
r6gd.8xlarge322560$2,2
r6gd.large2160$0,2
r6gd.medium180$0,11
r6gd.metal645120$4,43
r6gd.xlarge4320$0,34
t1.micro110$0,03
t2.2xlarge8320$1,63
t2.large280$0,16
t2.medium240$0,12
t2.micro110$0,05
t2.nano100$0,01
t2.small120$0,07
t2.xlarge4160$0,72
t3.2xlarge8320$1,28
t3.large280$0,15
t3.medium240$0,12
t3.micro210$0,06
t3.nano200$0,01
t3.small220$0,08
t3.xlarge4160$0,75
t3a.2xlarge8320$1,2
t3a.large280$0,15
t3a.medium240$0,1
t3a.micro210$0,08
t3a.nano200$0,01
t3a.small220$0,09
t3a.xlarge4160$1,04
t4g.2xlarge8320$0,42
t4g.large280$0,13
t4g.medium240$0,1
t4g.micro210$0,05
t4g.nano200$0,
t4g.small220$0,07
t4g.xlarge4160$0,23
u-12tb1.112xlarge448122880$107,2
u-12tb1.metal448122880$59,48
u-18tb1.metal448184320$15,5
u-24tb1.metal448245760$0,15
u-6tb1.112xlarge44861440$115,69
u-6tb1.56xlarge22461440$85,51
u-6tb1.metal44861440$80,56
u-9tb1.112xlarge44892160$122,64
u-9tb1.metal44892160$60,38
vt1.24xlarge961920$6,08
vt1.3xlarge12240$0,86
vt1.6xlarge24480$1,5
x1.16xlarge649760$15,22
x1.32xlarge12819520$31,79
x1e.16xlarge6419520$29,4
x1e.2xlarge82440$3,83
x1e.32xlarge12839040$41,62
x1e.4xlarge164880$7,21
x1e.8xlarge329760$16,77
x1e.xlarge41220$1,61
x2gd.12xlarge487680$4,48
x2gd.16xlarge6410240$5,88
x2gd.2xlarge81280$0,84
x2gd.4xlarge162560$1,61
x2gd.8xlarge325120$3,08
x2gd.large2320$0,22
x2gd.medium1160$0,13
x2gd.metal6410240$5,97
x2gd.xlarge4640$0,44
z1d.12xlarge483840$8,88
z1d.2xlarge8640$1,35
z1d.3xlarge12960$1,9
z1d.6xlarge241920$5,9
z1d.large2160$0,4
z1d.metal483840$9,64
z1d.xlarge4320$0,94

For more information on the AWS EC2 prices, visit the Holori AWS calculator.

aws ec2 pricing

What is AWS EC2

Also known as Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2 is an AWS service that provides scalable and secure cloud compute capacity for any workload. Each EC2 instance is a virtual server with computing power that can run applications in the AWS public cloud. Every type of instance provides a different mix of networking, storage, CPU, and memory resources. It gives you more flexibility in your choices by letting you select a size that best suits your needs. AWS EC2 price for each virtual machine and instance is different.

Features of AWS EC2

  • On demand scalable infrastructure 
  • In Built security with AWS nitro system
  • Global infrastructure available at various locations (availability zones)
  • Customers can get discounts on AWS EC2 prices by using saving plans and EC2 spot instances
  • Scale Effortlessly with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

AWS EC2 purchase option

AWS resources are charged for a minimum of 60 seconds of EC2 usage. After 60 seconds AWS EC2 price is charged per second of the resource used. Paying by the second allows you to only pay for what you use. This enables you to concentrate on improving your applications rather than trying to make the most of each hour by removing the cost of any minutes and seconds that go unused from the bill. Applications for development and testing, data processing, analytics, batch processing, and gaming can all benefit, especially if you run your instances at irregular intervals of time. 

Let’s examine the AWS EC2 prices .

AWS EC2  free Tier

AWS Free Usage Tier has different types of models : a 12-month Free Tier, an Always Free offer, and short-term trials. For example – 750 hours of continuous use of an Amazon EC2 Linux, RHEL, or SLES t2.micro instance (1 GB of memory and support for both 32- and 64-bit platforms) is available under free use tier.

  1. Free trials – This service enables you to take advantage of limited-time free trials that begin when you activate a particular service.
  2. Always free – These free tier deals are accessible to all AWS customers and never expire.
  3. 12 months free – Customers may take advantage of this offer for 12 months after signing up for AWS.

Pay as you go 

AWS offers you a pay-as-you-go pricing model for most of its EC2 instances. With AWS, there are no lengthy contracts or complicated licensing requirements; you only pay for the specific services you use. There are no hidden fees or additional charges after you stop using the services; you only pay for what you use.

Spot instances

You can use EC2 spot instances to make use of extra EC2 capacity in the AWS cloud. On-demand prices for Spot Instances can be discounted by up to 90%. Applications which are stateless, fault-tolerant, or adaptable including large data, containerized workloads, CI/CD, web servers, high-performance computing (HPC), and test & development workloads can run on spot instances. You have freedom over how to install and update your Spot Instances-based apps due to Spot Instances’ close connection with AWS services including Auto Scaling, EMR, ECS, CloudFormation, Data Pipeline, and AWS Batch.

These are optimal to run hyper-scale workloads, thanks to the operating scale of AWS

AWS EC2 reserved instances

It is a discount billing concept which allows users to receive substantial discounts compared to standard “On Demand” AWS EC2 prices when they commit to a certain level of usage of AWS resources. Reserved instances are of three types, namely , Standard RIs, Convertible RIs. and Scheduled RIs. These allow you to gain a discount of upto 72% off on-demand price. The typical contract lengths for RIs are one year and three years.

Savings plans

These plans are similar to Reserved instances and help you to save on AWS EC2 cost. Savings plans also come with 1 or 3 year commitment. These are easy to use and flexible plans which can help you to get upto 72% discount on AWS EC2 price. 

There are three different types of Savings Plans provided by AWS-

  • Compute Savings Plans
  • EC2 Instance Savings Plans
  • Amazon SageMaker Savings Plans

How to find your way across AWS EC2 instance price and type?

There are more than 400 EC2 instances to choose from and the instance pricing varies in each data-center and region.
Choosing the right EC2 instance type is crucial for both running your application and making sure that your money is well spent as compute instances represent a significant amount of your cloud bill. Given the number of EC2 instance types, the number of data centers worldwide and the different purchase models, there are more than a million possible price combinations making it impossible to identify the best options manually.

Fortunately, there are tools that can save you from recurring headaches by automatically comparing EC2 instances based on your requirements. You can use the Holori AWS pricing calculator to compare EC2 instances and find the one with the best price-to-performance ratio.

With the Holori AWS calculator, you can even dynamically compare AWS instances to GCP Compute Engine instances or to Azure Compute instances.

EC2 instance types basics

First of all, before selecting an EC2 instance, you need to understand its naming.

EC2 instance types

As you can understand from the picture above, there are 4 main elements that characterize an EC2 instance Type:

Instance Size
The instance size defines the amount of CPU, Memory, Storage and Network Performance for the EC2 instance.

Instance Family
There are 5 main categories of EC2 instance types are:

  • General Purpose: The most popular; used for web servers, development environments, etc. They are a good way to start when beginning on AWS
    Type : A1, M5, T3/T3a, T2, M6G, M5A, M5N, M4
  • Compute Optimized: Good for compute-intensive applications such as scientific modeling or high-performance web servers.
    Type: C5, C4, c5N
  • Memory Optimized: Good for anything that needs memory-intensive applications, such as real-time big data analytics or Hadoop/Spark clusters.
    Type: X1, High Memory, Z1
  • Accelerated Computing: If you need additional computing power, you can use dedicated resources such as GPUs, FPGAs Ex: Ethereum mining or machine learning.
    Type: P3, G3, F1
  • Storage Optimized: Convenient for tasks that require huge storage capacity
    Type : I3 D2 H1

Holori AWS pricing calculator will narrow down the results for the most suitable EC2 instance type based on your requirements.

Instance Generation
The instance generation is reflected in the name of the EC2 instance and represents the generation number of your instance. For example, an EC2 instance 5th generation is more recent than an EC2 instance 4th generation. As you can imagine, this has an impact on the EC2 price with the newest EC2 instance generation being more expensive than the former one.

What should you look for when comparing EC2 instances?

Region
On of the most important criteria when comparing EC2 instances is the region as you can have major price differences between different availability zones. With Holori AWS pricing calculator we have identified price differences up to 75% between the most and least expensive regions.

Purchase options
When comparing EC2 instance pricing keep in mind to select the right purchase option. There is more than just the on-demand pricing.You can use EC2 reserved instances if your needs are predictable to lower the cloud costs. If cost is the key driver for you over service availability, you should go towards EC2 Spot instances that offer discounts up to 90%. You can also find cheaper EC2 instances on AWS marketplace.

Use Holori to save on AWS EC2 price

Holori cloud calculator allows users to select allowable ranges for vCPUs, GPU, Memory, Price, Disk and location. We also offer the possibility to have additional options such as OS, instance type and purchase model. Holori will narrow down the results to the best AWS EC2 price matching your defined criteria ranges. It is way faster to find the right EC2 instances with Holori than looking manually for the best offer, especially because you can simultaneously compare AWS EC2 prices and instances to other providers’ prices and compute instances.

Feel free to play with it, it will help you better understand how costs can vary based on the providers and settings.
Holori’s cloud calculator is available here: https://app.holori.com/compare

Use Holori to save on your AWS cloud bill

If you want to go beyond comparing AWS EC2 prices, you can use the Holori AWS diagramming tool to estimate the cost of your project. You can forecast the cost of storage, the network, and other services in addition to estimating and saving on the AWS EC2 price.

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