m7g.medium.searchvsr7g.medium.search

m7g.medium.search is 24% cheaper than r7g.medium.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $15.33 a month.

At a glancem7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
On-demand$0.068/hr24% less$0.089/hr
Lowest rate$0.035/hr24% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.046/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size1 vCPUs, 4 GiB1 vCPUs, 8 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.

Optionm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search vs m7g.medium.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.068$0.089▲ 31%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.04731% off$0.061▲ 30%
3-yr reservedNo upfront49% off$0.03548% off$0.046▲ 31%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.054420% off$0.0712▲ 31%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where m7g.medium.search leads
On-demand price$0.068 vs $0.089 per hour
24% cheaper
Where r7g.medium.search leads
Memory (GiB)8 vs 4
2× higher

Specs

4 of 24 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
Memory1 of 1 differm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
Memory (GiB)48
NetworkingAll 2 matchm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
Network baseline0.52 Gbps0.52 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
StorageAll 7 matchm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth315 Mbps315 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth10,000 Mbps10,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput39.375 MB/s39.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput1,250 MB/s1,250 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS2,5002,500
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
ClusterAll 2 matchm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData, Dedicated manager
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details2 of 3 differm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
Familym7gr7g
CategoryGeneral purposeMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.search
Hardware Basism7g.mediumr7g.medium

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for m7g.medium.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionm7g.medium.searchr7g.medium.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.048$0.062▲ 29%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.048$0.062▲ 29%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.068$0.089▲ 31%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.068$0.089▲ 31%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.068$0.089▲ 31%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.071$0.093▲ 31%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.072$0.0911▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.072$0.091▲ 26%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.072$0.095▲ 32%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.076$0.097▲ 28%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.076$0.099▲ 30%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.076$0.099▲ 30%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.078$0.104▲ 33%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.0783$0.0963▲ 23%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.079$0.1044▲ 32%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.079$0.099▲ 25%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.0794$0.1044▲ 31%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.081$0.107▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.083$0.107▲ 29%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.083$0.1094▲ 32%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.084$0.1066▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.0847$0.1072▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.085$0.107▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.085$0.107▲ 26%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.0853$0.1066▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.0853$0.1066▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.087$0.107▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.0875$0.1072▲ 23%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.0893$0.1124▲ 26%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.0893$0.118▲ 32%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.0896$0.1185▲ 32%
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$0.093$0.1094▲ 18%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.0931$0.118▲ 27%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.108$0.141▲ 31%

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