r7g.xlarge.searchvsr7gd.xlarge.search

r7g.xlarge.search is 21% cheaper than r7gd.xlarge.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $70.08 a month.

At a glancer7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
On-demand$0.356/hr21% less$0.452/hr
Lowest rate$0.185/hr21% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.235/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.

Optionr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search vs r7g.xlarge.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.356$0.452▲ 27%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.24631% off$0.312▲ 27%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.18548% off$0.235▲ 27%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.284820% off$0.3616▲ 27%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r7g.xlarge.search leads
On-demand price$0.356 vs $0.452 per hour
21% cheaper
Where r7gd.xlarge.search leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
vCPUs44
Physical cores44
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.6 GHz2.6 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
Memory (GiB)3232
NetworkingAll 2 matchr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
Network baseline1.876 Gbps1.876 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
StorageEBS Only1 x 237 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 237 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 IOPS6,0006,000
EBS max IOPS40,00040,000
Cluster1 of 2 differr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated manager, CoordinatorData
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
Familyr7gr7gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.search
Hardware Basisr7g.xlarger7gd.xlarge

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r7g.xlarge.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionr7g.xlarge.searchr7gd.xlarge.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$0.249$0.2922▲ 17%
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.249$0.292▲ 17%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.356$0.452▲ 27%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.356$0.452▲ 27%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.356$0.452▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.3645$0.464▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$0.365$0.464▲ 27%
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$0.373$0.474▲ 27%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.378$0.477▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$0.3861$0.4914▲ 27%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.395$0.508▲ 29%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.398$0.502▲ 26%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.398$0.502▲ 26%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.417$0.5271▲ 26%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.4177$0.5304▲ 27%
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$0.4178$0.5271▲ 26%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.418$0.531▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.426$0.52▲ 22%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.4261$0.543▲ 27%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.4261$0.543▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.4289$0.546▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.4289$0.5458▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.429$0.543▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.429$0.546▲ 27%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.429$0.546▲ 27%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.429$0.543▲ 27%
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$0.4377$0.552▲ 26%
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$0.4473$0.546▲ 22%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.471$0.549▲ 17%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.4741$0.5961▲ 26%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.566$0.7153▲ 26%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

r7g.xlarge.searchMemory optimized, r7g family
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r7gd.xlarge.search prices and specsEvery size in the r7gd family

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