Burstable AWS EC2 instance types
AWS EC2 has 33 burstable instance types in US East (N. Virginia), across 6 families. The cheapest is t4g.nano at $0.0042 per hour on demand (2 vCPUs, 0.5 GiB).
Prices in US East (N. Virginia), cheapest first
| Type | Family | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | Spot /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t4g.nano | t4g | 2 | 0.5 | $0.0042 | $0.0017 | $0.0026 |
| t3a.nano | t3a | 2 | 0.5 | $0.0047 | $0.0006 | $0.0029 |
| t3.nano | t3 | 2 | 0.5 | $0.0052 | $0.0005 | $0.0033 |
| t2.nano | t2 | 1 | 0.5 | $0.0058 | – | $0.0036 |
| t8i.nano | t8i | 2 | 0.5 | $0.0062 | $0.0006 | – |
| t4g.micro | t4g | 2 | 1 | $0.0084 | $0.0034 | $0.0053 |
| t3a.micro | t3a | 2 | 1 | $0.0094 | $0.0027 | $0.0059 |
| t3.micro | t3 | 2 | 1 | $0.0104 | $0.0026 | $0.0065 |
| t2.micro | t2 | 1 | 1 | $0.0116 | $0.0025 | $0.0072 |
| t8i.micro | t8i | 2 | 1 | $0.0125 | $0.0025 | – |
| t4g.small | t4g | 2 | 2 | $0.0168 | $0.0063 | $0.0105 |
| t3a.small | t3a | 2 | 2 | $0.0188 | $0.0047 | $0.0118 |
| t1.micro | t1 | 1 | 0.613 | $0.02 | $0.0028 | $0.014 |
| t3.small | t3 | 2 | 2 | $0.0208 | $0.005 | $0.013 |
| t2.small | t2 | 1 | 2 | $0.023 | $0.0048 | $0.0144 |
| t8i.small | t8i | 2 | 2 | $0.025 | $0.0066 | – |
| t4g.medium | t4g | 2 | 4 | $0.0336 | $0.0144 | $0.0211 |
| t3a.medium | t3a | 2 | 4 | $0.0376 | $0.0123 | $0.0236 |
| t3.medium | t3 | 2 | 4 | $0.0416 | $0.0139 | $0.0261 |
| t2.medium | t2 | 2 | 4 | $0.0464 | $0.0119 | $0.0287 |
| t8i.medium | t8i | 2 | 4 | $0.0499 | $0.0183 | – |
| t4g.large | t4g | 2 | 8 | $0.0672 | $0.023 | $0.0421 |
| t3a.large | t3a | 2 | 8 | $0.0752 | $0.0217 | $0.0471 |
| t3.large | t3 | 2 | 8 | $0.0832 | $0.0235 | $0.0522 |
| t2.large | t2 | 2 | 8 | $0.0928 | $0.023 | $0.0575 |
| t4g.xlarge | t4g | 4 | 16 | $0.1344 | $0.0422 | $0.0843 |
| t3a.xlarge | t3a | 4 | 16 | $0.1504 | $0.0371 | $0.0943 |
| t3.xlarge | t3 | 4 | 16 | $0.1664 | $0.0352 | $0.1043 |
| t2.xlarge | t2 | 4 | 16 | $0.1856 | $0.0403 | $0.115 |
| t4g.2xlarge | t4g | 8 | 32 | $0.2688 | $0.0654 | $0.1686 |
| t3a.2xlarge | t3a | 8 | 32 | $0.3008 | $0.063 | $0.1886 |
| t3.2xlarge | t3 | 8 | 32 | $0.3328 | $0.0661 | $0.2086 |
| t2.2xlarge | t2 | 8 | 32 | $0.3712 | $0.0734 | $0.23 |
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Prices in USD per hour for Linux; reserved prices are 1 year, no upfront. Updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS EC2 instance types.