r8g.medium.search
r8g.medium.search is an AWS OpenSearch size with 1 vCPU, 8 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.098 per hour on demand ($71.54 per month); a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.068 per hour, 31% less. It is sold in 33 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.069 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | 1-yr reserved | 3-yr reserved | 1-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.069 | $0.048 | $0.036 | $0.0552 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.069 | $0.048 | $0.036 | $0.0552 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.098 | $0.068 | $0.051 | $0.0784 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.098 | $0.068 | $0.051 | $0.0784 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.098 | $0.068 | $0.051 | $0.0784 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.1003 | $0.069 | $0.052 | $0.0802 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.101 | $0.07 | $0.053 | $0.0808 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.1027 | $0.071 | $0.053 | $0.0821 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.104 | $0.072 | $0.054 | $0.0832 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.1071 | $0.074 | $0.056 | $0.0857 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.108 | $0.075 | $0.056 | $0.0864 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.109 | $0.075 | $0.057 | $0.0872 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.11 | $0.076 | $0.057 | $0.088 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.11 | $0.076 | $0.057 | $0.088 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.1146 | $0.079 | $0.06 | $0.0917 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.115 | $0.079 | $0.06 | $0.092 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.115 | $0.079 | $0.06 | $0.092 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.117 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0936 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.118 | $0.081 | $0.061 | $0.0944 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.1204 | $0.083 | $0.063 | $0.0963 |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.1231 | $0.085 | $0.064 | $0.0984 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.1298 | $0.09 | $0.067 | $0.1038 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.13 | $0.09 | $0.068 | $0.104 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.1304 | $0.09 | $0.068 | $0.1043 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.156 | $0.108 | $0.081 | $0.1248 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Sustained clock | 2.8 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| ECU | variable |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network baseline | 0.52 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS Only |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 315 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 39.375 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 2,500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Cluster | Value |
|---|---|
| Node roles | Data, Dedicated manager |
| UltraWarm | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r8g.medium.search |
| Family | r8g |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Hardware Basis | r8g.medium |
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Other r8g sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r8g.medium.search | 1 | 8 | $0.098 |
| r8g.large.search | 2 | 16 | $0.196 |
| r8g.xlarge.search | 4 | 32 | $0.392 |
| r8g.2xlarge.search | 8 | 64 | $0.783 |
| r8g.4xlarge.search | 16 | 128 | $1.565 |
| r8g.8xlarge.search | 32 | 256 | $3.13 |
| r8g.12xlarge.search | 48 | 384 | $4.694 |
| r8g.16xlarge.search | 64 | 512 | $6.259 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS OpenSearch sizes.