c1 family

The c1 family has 2 sizes on AWS EC2, from 2 to 8 vCPUs and 1.7 to 7 GiB of memory. In US East (N. Virginia), on-demand prices run $0.13 to $0.52 per hour for Linux. It is sold in 9 regions and listed as compute optimized.

Sizes and prices in US East (N. Virginia)

TypevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hrSpot /hr1-yr reserved /hr
c1.medium21.7$0.13$0.0201$0.091
c1.xlarge87$0.52$0.13$0.364

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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.