m4.large

    $0.1000/hr

    ~$73.00/month on-demand in us-east-1

    The m4.large is a General purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory with up to 0.45 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.100 per hour.

    Last updated: Jan 14, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

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    Pricing Options

    Compute SP

    Most flexible - any instance

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0712/hr
    ~$51.98/mo
    Save 29%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0497/hr
    ~$36.28/mo
    Save 50%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0620/hr
    ~$45.26/mo
    Save 38%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0432/hr
    ~$31.54/mo
    Save 57%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0620/hr
    ~$45.26/mo
    Save 38%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0432/hr
    ~$31.54/mo
    Save 57%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    us-east-1d
    $0.1460/hr
    ~$106.58/mo
    Save 47% vs On-Demand
    >20%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.0392
    Avg
    $0.0940
    Max
    $0.1606
    All Availability Zones
    us-east-1d$0.1460/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0748/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0475/hr
    us-east-1e$0.0606/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0460/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0763/hr
    us-east-1f$0.1475/hr
    us-east-1e$0.0894/hr
    us-east-1e$0.1606/hr
    us-east-1c$0.1104/hr
    us-east-1e$0.1029/hr
    us-east-1f$0.1030/hr
    us-east-1d$0.1060/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0715/hr
    us-east-1b$0.1427/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0427/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0763/hr
    us-east-1c$0.1475/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0475/hr
    us-east-1a$0.0682/hr
    us-east-1a$0.1394/hr
    us-east-1a$0.0394/hr
    us-east-1b$0.1059/hr
    us-east-1a$0.1070/hr

    m4 Family

    Switch between sizes in us-east-1

    SizevCPUMem
    large28
    xlarge416
    2xlarge832
    4xlarge1664
    10xlarge40160
    16xlarge64256

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for m4.large

    Processor

    ManufacturerIntel
    Clock Speed2.4 GHz
    Sustained Speed2.4 GHz
    Architecturex86_64
    vCPUs2
    Memory8 GiB
    Memory per vCPU4.00 GiB

    Network

    PerformanceModerate
    Bandwidth0.45 Gbps
    Max Interfaces2
    IPv4 per Interface10
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    EBS Only
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support
    Max Bandwidth450 Mbps (56.25 MB/s)
    Max IOPS3,600
    Baseline Bandwidth450 Mbps (56.25 MB/s)
    Baseline IOPS3,600

    Capabilities

    FamilyM4
    GenerationPrevious
    Burstable
    Bare Metal
    Dedicated Hosts
    Hibernation
    Auto Recovery
    Free Tier
    Usage Classeson-demand, spot
    Root Devicesebs
    Virtualizationhvm

    Regional Pricing Comparison

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