c8a.medium

    $0.0539/hr

    ~$39.34/month on-demand in us-east-1

    The c8a.medium is a Compute optimized instance with 1 vCPUs and 2 GiB of memory with Up to 15000 Megabit networking, starting at $0.054 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
    $0.0389/hr
    ~$28.43/mo
    Save 28%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0260/hr
    ~$18.99/mo
    Save 52%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0356/hr
    ~$26.02/mo
    Save 34%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0237/hr
    ~$17.32/mo
    Save 56%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    us-east-1c
    $0.0332/hr
    ~$24.24/mo
    Save 36% vs On-Demand
    15-20%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.0144
    Avg
    $0.0445
    Max
    $0.0758
    All Availability Zones
    us-east-1c$0.0332/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0195/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0144/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0758/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0707/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0188/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0339/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0751/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0542/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0288/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0542/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0537/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0329/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0748/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0185/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0551/hr

    c8a Family

    Switch between sizes in us-east-1

    SizevCPUMem
    large24
    xlarge48
    2xlarge816
    4xlarge1632
    8xlarge3264
    12xlarge4896
    16xlarge64128
    24xlarge96192
    metal-24xl96192
    48xlarge192384
    metal-48xl192384
    medium12

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