t2.medium.searchvst3.medium.search

t2.medium.search and t3.medium.search cost the same on demand in US East (N. Virginia), $0.073 per hour.

At a glancet2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
On-demand$0.073/hr$0.073/hr
Size2 vCPUs, 4 GiB2 vCPUs, 4 GiB
CPUBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idleBurstableBest for workloads that are mostly idle

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

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

Optiont2.medium.searcht3.medium.searcht3.medium.search vs t2.medium.search
On-demandPay by the hour$0.073$0.073Same
1-yr reservedNo upfront—18% off$0.06—
3-yr reservedNo upfront—29% off$0.052—

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where t2.medium.search leads
Physical cores2 vs 1
2× higher
Where t3.medium.search leads
Network peak5 Gbps vs 1.024 Gbps
4.9× higher
Sustained clock2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
9% higher

Specs

12 of 23 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute3 of 7 differt2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
vCPUs22
Physical cores21
Threads per core12
CPU makerIntelIntel
Sustained clock2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
BurstableYesYes
ECUvariablevariable
MemoryAll 1 matcht2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
Memory (GiB)44
Networking1 of 2 differt2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
Network baseline0.256 Gbps0.256 Gbps
Network peak1.024 Gbps5 Gbps
Storage6 of 7 differt2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
StorageEBS OnlyEBS Only
EBS baseline bandwidth–347 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth–2,085 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput–43.375 MB/s
EBS max throughput–260.625 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS–2,000
EBS max IOPS–11,800
ClusterAll 2 matcht2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
Node rolesData, Dedicated managerData, Dedicated manager
UltraWarmNoNo
Instance details1 of 3 differt2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
Familyt2t3
CategoryGeneral purposeGeneral purpose
Current generationYesYes
Other1 of 1 differt2.medium.searcht3.medium.search
Hardware Basist2.mediumt3.medium

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for t2.medium.search first. standard option, USD per hour.

Regiont2.medium.searcht3.medium.searchDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$0.073$0.073Same
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$0.073$0.073Same
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$0.073$0.073Same
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$0.077$0.077Same
EU (London)eu-west-2$0.077$0.077Same
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$0.077$0.077Same
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$0.078$0.078Same
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$0.084$0.084Same
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$0.088$0.078▼ 11%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$0.088$0.088Same
US West (N. California)us-west-1$0.095$0.095Same
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$0.106$0.106Same
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$0.112$0.112Same
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$0.112$0.112Same
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$0.112$0.112Same
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$0.112$0.112Same
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$0.152$0.152Same

Keep exploring

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

t2.medium.searchGeneral purpose, t2 family, burstable
t2.medium.search prices and specsEvery size in the t2 family
t3.medium.searchGeneral purpose, t3 family, burstable
t3.medium.search prices and specsEvery size in the t3 family

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