i8g.xlarge.searchvsi8ge.xlarge.search

i8g.xlarge.search is 28% cheaper than i8ge.xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $153.30 a month.

At a glancei8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
On-demand$0.549/hr28% less$0.759/hr
Lowest rate$0.285/hr28% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.395/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size4 vCPUs, 32 GiB4 vCPUs, 32 GiB
Architecturearm64arm64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optioni8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search vs i8g.xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.549$0.759▲ 38%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.37931% off$0.524▲ 38%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.28548% off$0.395▲ 39%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.439220% off$0.6072▲ 38%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where i8g.xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$0.549 vs $0.759 per hour
28% cheaper
Where i8ge.xlarge.search leads
Network peak25 Gbps vs 10 Gbps
2.5× higher

Specs

6 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchi8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchi8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)3232
Networking2 of 2 differi8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
Network baseline2.344 Gbps4.2 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps25 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differi8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
Storage1 x 937 GB SSD1 x 2500 GB SSD
Local disks1 × 937 GB SSD1 × 2,500 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth1,250 Mbps1,250 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput156.25 MB/s156.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS5,0005,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
ClusterAll 2 matchi8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
Node rolesDataData
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differi8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
Familyi8gi8ge
CategoryStorage optimizedStorage optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differi8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.search
Hardware Basisi8g.xlargei8ge.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for i8g.xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regioni8g.xlarge.searchi8ge.xlarge.searchDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.549$0.759▲ 38%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.549$0.759▲ 38%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.549$0.759▲ 38%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.575$0.796▲ 38%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.605$0.84▲ 39%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.605$0.84▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.623$0.864▲ 39%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.6371$0.8837▲ 39%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.638$0.8837▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.644$0.8938▲ 39%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.646$0.8938▲ 38%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.655$0.907▲ 38%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.658$0.911▲ 38%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.659$0.911▲ 38%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.6618$0.9173▲ 39%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.6618$0.9173▲ 39%

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