c4.8xlarge.searchvsr4.8xlarge.search

c4.8xlarge.search is 25% cheaper than r4.8xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $578.16 a month. Per vCPU, c4.8xlarge.search costs 34% less.

At a glancec4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
On-demand$2.347/hr25% less$3.139/hr
Lowest rate$1.22/hr25% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$1.632/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size36 vCPUs, 60 GiB32 vCPUs, 244 GiB

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. standard option, USD per hour.

Optionc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search vs c4.8xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$2.347$3.139▲ 34%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$1.61931% off$2.166▲ 34%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$1.2248% off$1.632▲ 34%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where c4.8xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$2.347 vs $3.139 per hour
25% cheaper
ECU132 vs 99
33% higher
Where r4.8xlarge.search leads
Memory (GiB)244 vs 60
4.1× higher
EBS baseline bandwidth7,000 Mbps vs 4,000 Mbps
75% higher
Network baseline12 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
20% higher

Specs

16 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute4 of 7 differc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
vCPUs3632
Physical cores1816
Threads per core22
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.9 GHz2.3 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECU13299
Memory1 of 1 differc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)60244
Networking2 of 2 differc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
Network baseline10 Gbps12 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps12 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth4,000 Mbps7,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,000 Mbps7,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput500 MB/s875 MB/s
EBS max throughput500 MB/s875 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS32,00037,500
EBS max IOPS32,00037,500
ClusterAll 2 matchc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData, Dedicated manager
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details2 of 3 differc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
Familyc4r4
CategoryCompute optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.search
Hardware Basisc4.8xlarger4.8xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for c4.8xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionc4.8xlarge.searchr4.8xlarge.searchDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$2.347$3.139▲ 34%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.347$3.139▲ 34%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.347$3.139▲ 34%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.581$3.446▲ 34%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.59$3.587▲ 38%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.671$3.497▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.677$3.777▲ 41%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$2.68$3.777▲ 41%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.726$3.777▲ 39%
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.805$3.682▲ 31%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.805$3.682▲ 31%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$2.816$3.767▲ 34%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.94$3.497▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.974$3.777▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$3.075$3.777▲ 23%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.643$6.608▲ 81%

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AWS OpenSearch standard option prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.