a1.medium

a1.medium is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 2 GiB memory (AWS Graviton Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.0255 per hour on demand ($18.62 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0161 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0239 per hour. It is sold in 9 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0255 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.0255$0.0255$0.0161$0.011$0.0198$0.0135
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.0255$0.0239$0.0161$0.011$0.0185$0.0127
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.0255$0.0221$0.0161$0.011$0.0185$0.0127
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.0255$0.0255$0.0161$0.011$0.0185$0.0127
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.0288$0.0288$0.0181$0.0124$0.0226$0.017
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.0291$0.0291$0.0183$0.0126$0.0233$0.0172
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.0294$0.0294$0.0185$0.0127$0.0228$0.0155
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.0321$0.0321$0.0202$0.0139$0.0267$0.0194
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.0333$0.0333$0.021$0.0144$0.0247$0.0175
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by region

Prices by operating system in US East (N. Virginia)

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.0255$0.0161$0.011
RHEL$0.0399$0.0305$0.0254
SUSE$0.0565$0.0291$0.022
RHEL HA$0.0574$0.048$0.0429

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Architecturearm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton Processor
Clock speed2.3 GHz
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)2
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS throughputUp to 3500 Mbps
Instance detailsValue
Instance typea1.medium
Familya1
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor2

Other a1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
a1.medium12$0.0255
a1.large24$0.051
a1.xlarge48$0.102
a1.2xlarge816$0.204
a1.4xlarge1632$0.408
a1.metal1632$0.408

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instances.