2 vCPU, 1 GiB instances: AWS vs Azure
7 current instance types have 2 vCPUs and 1 GiB of memory: 4 on AWS EC2 and 3 on Azure. The cheapest 2 vCPU, 1 GiB option is Standard_B2pts_v2 on Azure at $0.0084 per hour on demand (East US). AWS's cheapest (t4g.micro) and Azure's (Standard_B2pts_v2) cost the same.
Every 2 vCPU, 1 GiB option, cheapest first
| Cloud | Type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | Spot /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Standard_B2pts_v2 | 2 | 1 | $0.0084 | $0.0049 | $0.0076 |
| AWS | t4g.micro | 2 | 1 | $0.0084 | $0.0053 | $0.0034 |
| Azure | Standard_B2ats_v2 | 2 | 1 | $0.0094 | $0.0056 | $0.0085 |
| AWS | t3a.micro | 2 | 1 | $0.0094 | $0.0059 | $0.0027 |
| Azure | Standard_B2ts_v2 | 2 | 1 | $0.0104 | $0.0062 | $0.0094 |
| AWS | t3.micro | 2 | 1 | $0.0104 | $0.0065 | $0.0026 |
| AWS | t8i.micro | 2 | 1 | $0.0125 | – | $0.0025 |
Other sizes
On-demand Linux prices in USD per hour, in each cloud's home region: US East (N. Virginia) for AWS, East US for Azure. Previous-generation types are left out.