r8gd.medium.search
r8gd.medium.search is an AWS OpenSearch size with 1 vCPU, 8 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.122 per hour on demand ($89.06 per month); a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.084 per hour, 31% less. It is sold in 29 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.0789 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 | $0.0789 | $0.054 | $0.041 | $0.0631 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.122 | $0.084 | $0.063 | $0.0976 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.122 | $0.084 | $0.063 | $0.0976 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.122 | $0.084 | $0.063 | $0.0976 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.126 | $0.087 | $0.066 | $0.1008 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.1288 | $0.089 | $0.067 | $0.103 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.1327 | $0.092 | $0.069 | $0.1061 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.1338 | $0.092 | $0.07 | $0.1071 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.134 | $0.092 | $0.07 | $0.1072 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.136 | $0.094 | $0.071 | $0.1088 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.136 | $0.094 | $0.071 | $0.1088 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.1372 | $0.095 | $0.071 | $0.1098 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.141 | $0.097 | $0.073 | $0.1128 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.1423 | $0.098 | $0.074 | $0.1139 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.1432 | $0.099 | $0.074 | $0.1146 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.144 | – | – | $0.1152 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.1466 | $0.101 | $0.076 | $0.1173 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.1466 | $0.101 | $0.076 | $0.1172 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.1466 | $0.101 | $0.076 | $0.1172 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.147 | $0.101 | $0.076 | $0.1176 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.1474 | $0.102 | $0.077 | $0.1179 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.1474 | $0.102 | $0.077 | $0.1179 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.1474 | $0.102 | $0.077 | $0.1179 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.1474 | $0.102 | $0.077 | $0.1179 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.148 | $0.102 | $0.077 | $0.1184 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.1483 | $0.102 | $0.077 | $0.1186 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.161 | $0.111 | $0.084 | $0.1288 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.1612 | $0.111 | $0.084 | $0.129 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.194 | $0.134 | $0.101 | $0.1552 |
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 | 1 x 59 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 1 × 59 GB SSD |
| 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 |
| UltraWarm | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r8gd.medium.search |
| Family | r8gd |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Hardware Basis | r8gd.medium |
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Other r8gd sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| r8gd.medium.search | 1 | 8 | $0.122 |
| r8gd.large.search | 2 | 16 | $0.244 |
| r8gd.xlarge.search | 4 | 32 | $0.488 |
| r8gd.2xlarge.search | 8 | 64 | $0.976 |
| r8gd.4xlarge.search | 16 | 128 | $1.952 |
| r8gd.8xlarge.search | 32 | 256 | $3.904 |
| r8gd.12xlarge.search | 48 | 384 | $5.855 |
| r8gd.16xlarge.search | 64 | 512 | $7.807 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS OpenSearch sizes.