db.m5d.large

db.m5d.large is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.21 per hour on demand ($153.30 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1613 per hour, 23% less. It is sold in 27 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demand1-yr reserved
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.21$0.1613
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.21$0.1613
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.21$0.1613
EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1$0.22$0.1694
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.231$0.1777
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.232$0.1786
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.241$0.1728
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.241$0.1728
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.241$0.1856
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.243$0.1872
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.243$0.1869
EU (Milan) eu-south-1$0.244$0.1879
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.251$0.193
Middle East (UAE) me-central-1$0.256$0.1968
Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1$0.256$0.1968
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.274$0.2111
Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1$0.276$0.2128
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.29$0.2235
Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3$0.29$0.2235
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.291$0.2239
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.291$0.224
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.292$0.2251
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.305$0.2348
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.306$0.2353
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1$0.319$0.2457
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2$1.006–
Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1––
Reserved and Savings Plans

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

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$0.21$0.1613–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.419$0.3227–
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys)$0.585––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.201$0.144–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.201$0.144–
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.21$0.1613–
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.21$0.1613–
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.341$0.2329–
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.403$0.288–
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.403$0.288–
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.419$0.3227–
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.419$0.3227–
MySQL · Multi-AZ (readable standbys)$0.585––
SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ$0.6144––
SQL Server Standard · Single-AZ$0.993$0.7822–
SQL Server Standard · Multi-AZ$1.987$1.564–

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores1
Threads per core2
CPU makerIntel
Sustained clock3.1 GHz
BurstableNo
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
Network baseline0.75 Gbps
Network peak10 Gbps
StorageValue
Local disks1 × 75 GB SSD
EBS baseline bandwidth650 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth4,750 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput81.25 MB/s
EBS max throughput593.75 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS3,600
EBS max IOPS18,750
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.m5d.large
Familym5d
Normalization factor4
OtherValue
Hardware Basism5d.large

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Other m5d sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.m5d.large28$0.21
db.m5d.xlarge416$0.419
db.m5d.2xlarge832$0.838
db.m5d.4xlarge1664$1.676
db.m5d.8xlarge32128$3.352
db.m5d.12xlarge48192$5.028
db.m5d.16xlarge64256$6.705
db.m5d.24xlarge96384$10.057

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