a1.medium

    $0.0255/hr

    ~$18.62/month on-demand in us-east-1

    The a1.medium is a General purpose instance with 1 vCPUs and 2 GiB of memory with up to 0.5 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.025 per hour.

    Last updated: Jan 14, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

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    Pricing Options

    Compute SP

    Most flexible - any instance

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0185/hr
    ~$13.50/mo
    Save 27%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0127/hr
    ~$9.27/mo
    Save 50%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0161/hr
    ~$11.75/mo
    Save 37%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0110/hr
    ~$8.03/mo
    Save 57%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0161/hr
    ~$11.75/mo
    Save 37%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0110/hr
    ~$8.03/mo
    Save 57%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    us-east-1d
    $0.0255/hr
    ~$18.61/mo
    Save 5% vs On-Demand
    >20%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.0255
    Avg
    $0.0406
    Max
    $0.0565
    All Availability Zones
    us-east-1d$0.0255/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0565/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0255/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0565/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0255/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0399/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0399/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0399/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0565/hr

    a1 Family

    Switch between sizes in us-east-1

    SizevCPUMem
    large24
    xlarge48
    2xlarge816
    4xlarge1632
    medium12
    metal1632

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for a1.medium

    Processor

    ManufacturerAWS
    Clock Speed2.3 GHz
    Sustained Speed2.3 GHz
    Architecturearm64
    vCPUs1
    Memory2 GiB
    Memory per vCPU2.00 GiB

    Network

    PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit
    Bandwidth0.5 Gbps
    Max Interfaces2
    IPv4 per Interface4
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    EBS Only
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support
    Max Bandwidth3500 Mbps (437.50 MB/s)
    Max IOPS20,000
    Baseline Bandwidth300 Mbps (37.50 MB/s)
    Baseline IOPS2,500

    Capabilities

    FamilyA1
    GenerationPrevious
    Burstable
    Bare Metal
    Dedicated Hosts
    Hibernation
    Auto Recovery
    Free Tier
    Usage Classeson-demand, spot
    Root Devicesebs
    Virtualizationhvm

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