t1.micro

t1.micro is an AWS EC2 instance with 1 vCPU, 0.613 GiB memory (Variable). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.02 per hour on demand ($14.60 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.014 per hour, 30% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0028 per hour. It is sold in 9 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Singapore) at $0.02 per hour.

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
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.02$0.0033$0.016$0.018$0.015
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.02$0.0063$0.016$0.018$0.015
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.02$0.0037$0.016$0.018$0.015
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.02$0.0028$0.014$0.016$0.011
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.02$0.0036$0.014$0.016$0.011
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.024–$0.015$0.017$0.012
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.025$0.003$0.017$0.02$0.015
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.026$0.0045$0.018$0.021$0.016
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.027$0.0027$0.019$0.022$0.015
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$0.02$0.014–
SUSE$0.02$0.014–
Windows$0.02$0.015–
RHEL$0.03$0.028–
Windows SQL Web$0.07$0.047–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Physical cores1
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorVariable
CPU makerIntel
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)0.613
NetworkingValue
NetworkVery Low
Network baseline0.07 Gbps
Network peak0.28 Gbps
Enhanced networkingNo
EFANo
IPv6No
Max network interfaces2
IPv4 addresses per interface2
StorageValue
StorageEBS only
EBS optimizedNo
EBS over NVMeNo
Max EBS volumes39
Instance detailsValue
Instance typet1.micro
Familyt1
CategoryMicro instances
Current generationNo
Normalization factor0.5
Bare metalNo
HypervisorXen
Placement groupsPartition, Spread
HibernationNo
Nitro EnclavesNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOS

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