a1.metal

a1.metal is an AWS EC2 instance with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AWS Graviton Processor). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.408 per hour on demand ($297.84 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.257 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.3818 per hour. It is sold in 9 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.408 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$0.408$0.408$0.257$0.176$0.318$0.216
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.408$0.3818$0.257$0.176$0.296$0.203
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.408$0.3543$0.257$0.176$0.296$0.203
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.408$0.408$0.257$0.176$0.296$0.203
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.461$0.461$0.29$0.199$0.362$0.272
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.466$0.466$0.293$0.201$0.373$0.275
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.47$0.47$0.296$0.203$0.365$0.248
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.514$0.514$0.324$0.222$0.427$0.311
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.533$0.533$0.336$0.23$0.395$0.28
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$0.408$0.257$0.176
SUSE$0.533$0.317$0.23
RHEL$0.581$0.43$0.349
RHEL HA$0.805$0.654$0.573

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs16
Architecturearm64
ProcessorAWS Graviton Processor
Clock speed2.3 GHz
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)32
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS throughput3500 Mbps
Instance detailsValue
Instance typea1.metal
Familya1
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor32

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.