r8gd.xlarge.search
r8gd.xlarge.search is an AWS OpenSearch size with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.488 per hour on demand ($356.24 per month); a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.337 per hour, 31% less. It is sold in 29 regions; the cheapest is Asia Pacific (Mumbai) at $0.3155 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 | $0.3155 | $0.218 | $0.164 | $0.2524 |
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.488 | $0.337 | $0.254 | $0.3904 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.488 | $0.337 | $0.254 | $0.3904 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.488 | $0.337 | $0.254 | $0.3904 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.502 | $0.346 | $0.261 | $0.4016 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.5151 | $0.355 | $0.268 | $0.4121 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.5306 | $0.366 | $0.276 | $0.4245 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.5353 | $0.369 | $0.278 | $0.4283 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.536 | $0.37 | $0.279 | $0.4288 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.543 | $0.375 | $0.282 | $0.4344 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.543 | $0.375 | $0.282 | $0.4344 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.5489 | $0.379 | $0.285 | $0.4391 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.562 | $0.388 | $0.292 | $0.4496 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.5693 | $0.393 | $0.296 | $0.4554 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.5728 | $0.395 | $0.298 | $0.4583 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.573 | – | – | $0.4584 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.5862 | $0.404 | $0.305 | $0.4689 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.5862 | $0.404 | $0.305 | $0.4689 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.5864 | $0.405 | $0.305 | $0.4691 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.587 | $0.405 | $0.305 | $0.4696 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.5896 | $0.407 | $0.307 | $0.4717 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.5896 | $0.407 | $0.307 | $0.4717 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.5896 | $0.407 | $0.307 | $0.4717 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.5896 | $0.407 | $0.307 | $0.4717 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.59 | $0.407 | $0.307 | $0.472 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.593 | $0.409 | $0.308 | $0.4744 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.6438 | $0.444 | $0.335 | $0.5151 |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.6448 | $0.445 | $0.335 | $0.5159 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.773 | $0.533 | $0.402 | $0.6184 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | arm64 |
| CPU maker | AWS |
| Sustained clock | 2.8 GHz |
| Burstable | No |
| ECU | variable |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 32 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network baseline | 1.875 Gbps |
| Network peak | 12.5 Gbps |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 1 x 237 NVMe SSD |
| Local disks | 1 × 237 GB SSD |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 1,250 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 10,000 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 156.25 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 1,250 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 6,000 |
| EBS max IOPS | 40,000 |
| Cluster | Value |
|---|---|
| Node roles | Data |
| UltraWarm | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | r8gd.xlarge.search |
| Family | r8gd |
| Category | Memory optimized |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Hardware Basis | r8gd.xlarge |
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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.