Instances AWS RDS db.t3.medium db.t3.medium
db.t3.medium is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory. In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.072 per hour on demand ($52.56 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0517 per hour, 28% less. It is sold in 36 regions.
USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
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 $0.072 $0.0517 – PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ $0.145 $0.1034 – MariaDB · Single-AZ $0.068 $0.0478 – MySQL · Single-AZ $0.068 $0.0478 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Single-AZ $0.068 $0.0428 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $0.068 – – Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Single-AZ $0.068 $0.0428 – Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Single-AZ $0.068 – – Db2 Advanced · Single-AZ $0.072 $0.0554 – Db2 Advanced BYOL · Single-AZ $0.072 $0.0554 – Db2 Community BYOL · Single-AZ $0.072 – – Db2 Standard · Single-AZ $0.072 $0.0554 – Db2 Standard BYOL · Single-AZ $0.072 $0.0554 – Aurora MySQL · Single-AZ $0.082 $0.064 – Aurora PostgreSQL · Single-AZ $0.082 $0.064 – SQL Server Express · Single-AZ $0.088 $0.0552 – Aurora MySQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ $0.107 – – Aurora PostgreSQL I/O Optimized · Single-AZ $0.107 – – MariaDB · Multi-AZ $0.136 $0.0957 – MySQL · Multi-AZ $0.136 $0.0957 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL · Multi-AZ $0.136 $0.0857 – Oracle Enterprise BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $0.136 – – Oracle Standard Two BYOL · Multi-AZ $0.136 $0.0857 – Oracle Standard Two BYOL BYOM Custom · Multi-AZ $0.136 – – Db2 Advanced · Multi-AZ $0.145 $0.1116 – Db2 Advanced BYOL · Multi-AZ $0.145 $0.1116 – Db2 Community BYOL · Multi-AZ $0.145 – – Db2 Standard · Multi-AZ $0.145 $0.1116 – Db2 Standard BYOL · Multi-AZ $0.145 $0.1116 – Oracle Standard Two · Single-AZ $0.15 $0.0945 – SQL Server Web · Single-AZ $0.166 $0.1045 – SQL Server Web · Multi-AZ $0.2644 – – Oracle Standard Two · Multi-AZ $0.3 $0.189 –
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 CPU maker Intel Sustained clock 2.5 GHz Burstable Yes
Networking Value Network baseline 0.256 Gbps Network peak 5 Gbps
Storage Value Storage EBS Only EBS baseline bandwidth 347 Mbps EBS max bandwidth 2,085 Mbps EBS baseline throughput 43.375 MB/s EBS max throughput 260.625 MB/s EBS baseline IOPS 2,000 EBS max IOPS 11,800
Instance details Value Instance type db.t3.medium Family t3 Category General purpose Normalization factor 2
Other Value Hardware Basis t3.medium
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes .