t2.medium

    $0.0464/hr

    ~$33.87/month on-demand in us-east-1

    The t2.medium is a General purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 4 GiB of memory with up to 0.26 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.046 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
    $0.0331/hr
    ~$24.16/mo
    Save 29%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0231/hr
    ~$16.86/mo
    Save 50%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0287/hr
    ~$20.95/mo
    Save 38%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0200/hr
    ~$14.60/mo
    Save 57%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0287/hr
    ~$20.95/mo
    Save 38%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0200/hr
    ~$14.60/mo
    Save 57%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    us-east-1d
    $0.0184/hr
    ~$13.43/mo
    Save 62% vs On-Demand
    <5%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.0138
    Avg
    $0.0516
    Max
    $0.1230
    All Availability Zones
    us-east-1d$0.0184/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0458/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0426/hr
    us-east-1e$0.0230/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0472/hr
    us-east-1d$0.1184/hr
    us-east-1e$0.0518/hr
    us-east-1e$0.1230/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0144/hr
    us-east-1a$0.0287/hr
    us-east-1b$0.1170/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0432/hr
    us-east-1f$0.1144/hr
    us-east-1f$0.0245/hr
    us-east-1c$0.1138/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0138/hr
    us-east-1a$0.0479/hr
    us-east-1a$0.1191/hr
    us-east-1a$0.0191/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0170/hr
    us-east-1e$0.0231/hr
    us-east-1c$0.0236/hr
    us-east-1b$0.0244/hr
    us-east-1d$0.0251/hr

    t2 Family

    Switch between sizes in us-east-1

    SizevCPUMem
    large28
    xlarge416
    2xlarge832
    medium24
    micro11
    nano10.5
    small12

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for t2.medium

    Processor

    ManufacturerIntel
    Clock Speed2.3 GHz
    Sustained Speed2.3 GHz
    Architecturei386, x86_64
    vCPUs2
    Memory4 GiB
    Memory per vCPU2.00 GiB

    Network

    PerformanceLow to Moderate
    Bandwidth0.26 Gbps
    Max Interfaces3
    IPv4 per Interface6
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    EBS Only
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support

    Capabilities

    FamilyT2
    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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