db.t2.small

db.t2.small is an AWS RDS size with 1 vCPU, 2 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Family). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.036 per hour on demand ($26.28 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$0.036
US East (Ohio) us-east-2$0.036
US West (Oregon) us-west-2$0.036
EU (Ireland) eu-west-1$0.039
Canada (Central) ca-central-1$0.04
EU (London) eu-west-2$0.041
EU (Paris) eu-west-3$0.041
AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1$0.043
AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1$0.043
EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1$0.045
US West (N. California) us-west-1$0.048
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1$0.053
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1$0.056
Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2$0.056
Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3$0.056
Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1$0.056
Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2$0.056
South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1$0.076

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

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
PostgreSQL · Single-AZ$0.036––
PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ$0.072––
MariaDB · Single-AZ$0.034––
MySQL · Single-AZ$0.034––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ$0.034––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ$0.034––
Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ$0.041––
SQL Server Express · Single-AZ$0.044––
MariaDB · Multi-AZ$0.068––
MySQL · Multi-AZ$0.068––
Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.068––
Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ$0.068––
Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ$0.075––
SQL Server Web · Single-AZ$0.144––
Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ$0.151––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Physical cores1
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Family
CPU makerIntel
Clock speedUp to 3.3 GHz
Sustained clock2.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel Turbo
BurstableYes
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)2
NetworkingValue
NetworkLow to Moderate
Network baseline0.128 Gbps
Network peak1.024 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageEBS Only
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb.t2.small
Familyt2
CategoryGeneral purpose
Current generationNo
OtherValue
Hardware Basist2.small

Compare db.t2.small

Other generations

vs db.t3.small

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.