db.m2.xlarge

db.m2.xlarge is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 17.1 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Family). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.345 per hour on demand ($251.85 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. It is sold in 9 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1	$0.345
US West (Oregon) us-west-2	$0.345
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1	$0.365
US West (N. California) us-west-1	$0.375
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1	$0.379
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1	$0.395
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1	$0.4
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2	$0.4
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1	$0.425

Prices by engine and deployment in US East (N. Virginia)

Option	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ	$0.345	–	–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ	$0.69	–	–
MySQL · Single-AZ	$0.33	–	–
MySQL · Multi-AZ	$0.66	–	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	2
Physical cores	2
Threads per core	1
Architecture	x86_64
Processor	Intel Xeon Family
CPU maker	Intel
Burstable	No

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	17.1

Networking	Value
Network	Moderate
Network baseline	0.3 Gbps
Network peak	1.2 Gbps

Storage	Value
Storage	1 x 420
Local disks	1 × 420 GB HDD
EBS throughput	500 Mbps

Instance details	Value
Instance type	db.m2.xlarge
Family	m2
Category	Memory optimized
Current generation	No
Normalization factor	16

Other	Value
Hardware Basis	m2.xlarge

Compare db.m2.xlarge

Other generations

vs db.m3.xlarge

Other m2 sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
db.m2.xlarge	2	17.1	$0.345
db.m2.2xlarge	4	34.19921875	$0.69
db.m2.4xlarge	8	68.4	$1.39

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes.