m5a.large

    $0.1000/hr

    ~$73.00/month on-demand in eu-west-2

    The m5a.large is a General purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory with up to 0.75 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.100 per hour.

    Last updated: Jan 16, 2026, 12:25 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

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    Pricing Options

    Compute SP

    Most flexible - any instance

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0800/hr
    ~$58.40/mo
    Save 20%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0580/hr
    ~$42.34/mo
    Save 42%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0630/hr
    ~$45.99/mo
    Save 37%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0430/hr
    ~$31.39/mo
    Save 57%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0630/hr
    ~$45.99/mo
    Save 37%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0430/hr
    ~$31.39/mo
    Save 57%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    eu-west-2b
    $0.0759/hr
    ~$55.41/mo
    Save 41% vs On-Demand
    5-10%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.0460
    Avg
    $0.0837
    Max
    $0.1107
    All Availability Zones
    eu-west-2b$0.0759/hr
    eu-west-2c$0.1107/hr
    eu-west-2a$0.0474/hr
    eu-west-2c$0.0465/hr
    eu-west-2a$0.0764/hr
    eu-west-2c$0.0755/hr
    eu-west-2c$0.1025/hr
    eu-west-2b$0.0469/hr
    eu-west-2b$0.1029/hr
    eu-west-2a$0.1034/hr
    eu-west-2a$0.1087/hr
    eu-west-2b$0.1100/hr

    m5a Family

    Switch between sizes in eu-west-2

    SizevCPUMem
    large28
    xlarge416
    2xlarge832
    4xlarge1664
    8xlarge32128
    12xlarge48192
    16xlarge64256
    24xlarge96384

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for m5a.large

    Processor

    ManufacturerAMD
    Clock Speed2.5 GHz
    Sustained Speed2.5 GHz
    Architecturex86_64
    vCPUs2
    Memory8 GiB
    Memory per vCPU4.00 GiB

    Network

    PerformanceUp to 10 Gigabit
    Bandwidth0.75 Gbps
    Max Interfaces3
    IPv4 per Interface10
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    EBS Only
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support
    Max Bandwidth2880 Mbps (360.00 MB/s)
    Max IOPS16,000
    Baseline Bandwidth650 Mbps (81.25 MB/s)
    Baseline IOPS3,600

    Capabilities

    FamilyM5A
    GenerationCurrent
    Burstable
    Bare Metal
    Dedicated Hosts
    Hibernation
    Auto Recovery
    Free Tier
    Usage Classeson-demand, spot
    Root Devicesebs
    Virtualizationhvm

    Regional Pricing Comparison

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