db.t2.medium

db.t2.medium is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Family). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.073 per hour on demand ($53.29 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. It is sold in 18 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demand
US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1$0.073
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.073
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.073
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.078
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.08
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.082
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.082
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.085
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.087
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.087
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.095
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.106
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.112
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.112
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.112
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.112
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.112
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.151

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

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$0.073––
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.146––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.068––
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.068––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.068––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.068––
Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ$0.082––
SQL Server Express · Single-AZ$0.088––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.136––
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.136––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.136––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.136––
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ$0.151––
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.288––
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ$0.301––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Physical cores2
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
CPU makerIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.3 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableYes
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)4
NetworkingValue
NetworkLow to Moderate
Network baseline0.256 Gbps
Network peak1.024 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.t2.medium
Familyt2
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
Normalization factor2
OtherValue
Hardware Basist2.medium

Compare db.t2.medium

Other generations

vs db.t3.medium

Other t2 sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db.t2.micro11$0.018
db.t2.small12$0.036
db.t2.medium24$0.073
db.t2.large28$0.145
db.t2.xlarge416$0.29
db.t2.2xlarge832$0.58

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