m1.small

m1.small is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 1.7 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Family). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.044 per hour on demand ($32.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.028 per hour, 36% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0044 per hour. It is sold in 9 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.044$0.0044$0.028$0.032$0.021
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.044$0.0058$0.028$0.032$0.021
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.047$0.0116$0.034$0.039$0.025
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.047$0.0072$0.034$0.039$0.025
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.053–$0.033$0.038$0.024
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.058$0.0151$0.039$0.045$0.027
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.058$0.008$0.039$0.045$0.027
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.058$0.0473$0.034$0.039$0.027
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.061$0.032$0.037$0.043$0.027
Reserved and Savings PlansSpot prices by regionWindows prices by region

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

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.044$0.028–
RHEL$0.058$0.042–
SUSE$0.074$0.052–
Windows$0.075$0.057–
RHEL HA$0.076––
Windows SQL Web$0.139$0.094–
Windows SQL Std$0.629$0.473–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Physical cores1
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
CPU makerIntel
BurstableNo
ECU1
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)1.7
NetworkingValue
NetworkLow
Network baseline0.3 Gbps
Network peak1.2 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6No
Max network interfaces2
IPv4 addresses per interface4
StorageValue
Storage1 x 160 SSD
Local disks1 × 160 GB HDD
EBS optimizedNo
EBS over NVMeNo
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typem1.small
Familym1
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor1
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

Other m1 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
m1.small11.7$0.044
m1.medium13.75$0.087
m1.large27.5$0.175
m1.xlarge415$0.35

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