r8g.medium.searchvsr8gd.medium.search

r8g.medium.search is 20% cheaper than r8gd.medium.search on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $17.52 a month.

At a glancer8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
On-demand$0.098/hr20% less$0.122/hr
Lowest rate$0.051/hr19% less3-yr reserved, no upfront$0.063/hr3-yr reserved, no upfront
Size1 vCPUs, 8 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.

Optionr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search vs r8g.medium.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.098$0.122▲ 24%
1-yr reservedNo upfront31% off$0.06831% off$0.084▲ 24%
3-yr reservedNo upfront48% off$0.05148% off$0.063▲ 24%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment20% off$0.078420% off$0.0976▲ 24%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r8g.medium.search leads
On-demand price$0.098 vs $0.122 per hour
20% cheaper
Where r8gd.medium.search leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

Specs

5 of 25 specs differ. Those are in bold.

ComputeAll 8 matchr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturearm64arm64
CPU makerAWSAWS
Sustained clock2.8 GHz2.8 GHz
BurstableNoNo
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matchr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
Memory (GiB)88
NetworkingAll 2 matchr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
Network baseline0.52 Gbps0.52 Gbps
Network peak12.5 Gbps12.5 Gbps
Storage2 of 8 differr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
StorageEBS Only1 x 59 NVMe SSD
Local disks–1 × 59 GB SSD
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
Cluster1 of 2 differr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData
UltraWarmYesYes
Instance details1 of 3 differr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
Familyr8gr8gd
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.search
Hardware Basisr8g.mediumr8gd.medium

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r8g.medium.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regionr8g.medium.searchr8gd.medium.searchDifference
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.069$0.0789▲ 14%
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.098$0.122▲ 24%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.098$0.122▲ 24%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.098$0.122▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$0.101$0.126▲ 25%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$0.104$0.1288▲ 24%
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$0.1071$0.1338▲ 25%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.108$0.134▲ 24%
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.109$0.1372▲ 26%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.11$0.136▲ 24%
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$0.11$0.136▲ 24%
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$0.1146$0.1423▲ 24%
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.115$0.144▲ 25%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.115$0.1432▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.117$0.1466▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$0.118$0.1474▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$0.118$0.1474▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$0.118$0.1474▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.118$0.1466▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.118$0.1474▲ 25%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.118$0.141▲ 19%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.118$0.148▲ 25%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.118$0.1466▲ 24%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.118$0.147▲ 25%
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$0.1298$0.1612▲ 24%
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$0.13$0.1483▲ 14%
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$0.1304$0.161▲ 23%
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.156$0.194▲ 24%

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