t3a.medium

    $0.0418/hr

    ~$30.51/month on-demand in ca-central-1

    The t3a.medium is a General purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 4 GiB of memory with up to 0.26 Gbps bandwidth, starting at $0.042 per hour.

    Last updated: Jan 15, 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
    $0.0303/hr
    ~$22.12/mo
    Save 28%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0208/hr
    ~$15.18/mo
    Save 50%

    EC2 Instance SP

    Locked to family - cheaper

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0263/hr
    ~$19.20/mo
    Save 37%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0180/hr
    ~$13.14/mo
    Save 57%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0263/hr
    ~$19.20/mo
    Save 37%
    3 Year - No Upfront
    $0.0180/hr
    ~$13.14/mo
    Save 57%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Cheapest AZ
    ca-central-1b
    $0.0769/hr
    ~$56.14/mo
    Save 56% vs On-Demand
    5-10%interruption rate
    Price Range (24h)
    Min
    $0.0203
    Avg
    $0.0443
    Max
    $0.0798
    All Availability Zones
    ca-central-1b$0.0769/hr
    ca-central-1a$0.0235/hr
    ca-central-1b$0.0253/hr
    ca-central-1a$0.0268/hr
    ca-central-1a$0.0798/hr
    ca-central-1a$0.0523/hr
    ca-central-1b$0.0494/hr
    ca-central-1b$0.0206/hr

    t3a Family

    Switch between sizes in ca-central-1

    SizevCPUMem
    large28
    xlarge416
    2xlarge832
    medium24
    micro21
    nano20.5
    small22

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for t3a.medium

    Processor

    ManufacturerAMD
    Clock Speed2.2 GHz
    Sustained Speed2.2 GHz
    Architecturex86_64
    vCPUs2
    Memory4 GiB
    Memory per vCPU2.00 GiB

    Network

    PerformanceUp to 5 Gigabit
    Bandwidth0.26 Gbps
    Max Interfaces3
    IPv4 per Interface6
    Enhanced Networking
    EFA Support
    IPv6

    Storage

    EBS Only
    EBS Optimized
    EBS Encryption
    EBS NVMe Support
    Max Bandwidth2085 Mbps (260.63 MB/s)
    Max IOPS11,800
    Baseline Bandwidth350 Mbps (43.75 MB/s)
    Baseline IOPS2,000

    Capabilities

    FamilyT3A
    GenerationCurrent
    Burstable
    Bare Metal
    Dedicated Hosts
    Hibernation
    Auto Recovery
    Free Tier
    Usage Classeson-demand, spot
    Root Devicesebs
    Virtualizationhvm

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