db.t3.micro
db.t3.micro is an AWS RDS size with 2 vCPUs, 1 GiB memory (Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (2.5 GHz)). In US East (N. Virginia) it costs $0.018 per hour on demand ($13.14 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single-AZ; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0129 per hour, 28% less. It is sold in 36 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single-AZ. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | 1-yr reserved |
|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.018 | $0.0129 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.018 | $0.0129 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.018 | $0.0129 |
| EU (Stockholm) eu-north-1 | $0.019 | $0.0134 |
| Mexico (Central) mx-central-1 | $0.019 | $0.0146 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.02 | $0.0141 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.02 | $0.015 |
| Europe (Spain) eu-south-2 | $0.02 | $0.015 |
| EU (Ireland) eu-west-1 | $0.02 | $0.0133 |
| EU (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 | $0.021 | $0.0143 |
| EU (Milan) eu-south-1 | $0.021 | $0.0139 |
| EU (London) eu-west-2 | $0.021 | $0.0151 |
| EU (Paris) eu-west-3 | $0.021 | $0.0144 |
| Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1 | $0.021 | $0.0161 |
| Middle East (UAE) me-central-1 | $0.022 | $0.0155 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1 | $0.022 | $0.015 |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) us-gov-east-1 | $0.022 | – |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) us-gov-west-1 | $0.022 | – |
| Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2 | $0.023 | $0.0178 |
| Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1 | $0.024 | $0.0159 |
| US West (N. California) us-west-1 | $0.024 | $0.017 |
| Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2 | $0.025 | $0.0192 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.025 | $0.0192 |
| Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7 | $0.025 | $0.0192 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 | $0.026 | $0.0206 |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2 | $0.027 | $0.0204 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 | $0.028 | $0.0218 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2 | $0.028 | $0.0218 |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3 | $0.028 | $0.0218 |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 | $0.028 | $0.0221 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 | $0.028 | $0.0221 |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3 | $0.028 | $0.0221 |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4 | $0.028 | – |
| Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6 | $0.0294 | $0.0226 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 | $0.0308 | $0.0243 |
| South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1 | $0.038 | $0.0234 |
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 | $0.018 | $0.0129 | – |
| PostgreSQL · Multi-AZ | $0.036 | $0.0258 | – |
| MariaDB · Single-AZ | $0.017 | $0.012 | – |
| MySQL · Single-AZ | $0.017 | $0.012 | – |
| SQL Server Express · Single-AZ | $0.022 | – | – |
| MariaDB · Multi-AZ | $0.034 | $0.0239 | – |
| MySQL · Multi-AZ | $0.034 | $0.0239 | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 (2.5 GHz) |
| CPU maker | Intel |
| Sustained clock | 2.5 GHz |
| Burstable | Yes |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 1 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Low to Moderate |
| Network baseline | 0.064 Gbps |
| Network peak | 5 Gbps |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | EBS Only |
| EBS baseline bandwidth | 87 Mbps |
| EBS max bandwidth | 2,085 Mbps |
| EBS baseline throughput | 10.875 MB/s |
| EBS max throughput | 260.625 MB/s |
| EBS baseline IOPS | 500 |
| EBS max IOPS | 11,800 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | db.t3.micro |
| Family | t3 |
| Category | General purpose |
| Current generation | Yes |
| Normalization factor | 0.5 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Hardware Basis | t3.micro |
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Other generations
Other t3 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| db.t3.micro | 2 | 1 | $0.018 |
| db.t3.small | 2 | 2 | $0.036 |
| db.t3.medium | 2 | 4 | $0.072 |
| db.t3.large | 2 | 8 | $0.145 |
| db.t3.xlarge | 4 | 16 | $0.29 |
| db.t3.2xlarge | 8 | 32 | $0.579 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from AWS public price lists. Compare all AWS RDS sizes.