c4vsc4n

Size for size, c4 is on average 38% cheaper than c4n on demand in Iowa, across 38 shared sizes. The same size with or without local disk or extra networking.

At a glance	c4	c4n
Sizes here	57	38
From	$0.0851/hr	$0.1361/hr
vCPUs	2 to 288	2 to 192
Memory	4 to 2232 GiB	4 to 1488 GiB
Architecture	x86_64	x86_64
Category	General purpose	—

On-demand prices by size in Iowa

USD per hour for Linux. Pick a size to compare the two types.

Size	c4	c4n	c4n vs c4
highcpu-2	c4-highcpu-2 $0.0851	c4n-highcpu-2 $0.1361	▲ 60%
standard-2	c4-standard-2 $0.0969	c4n-standard-2 $0.155	▲ 60%
highmem-2	c4-highmem-2 $0.1284	c4n-highmem-2 $0.2054	▲ 60%
highcpu-4	c4-highcpu-4 $0.1701	c4n-highcpu-4 $0.2722	▲ 60%
standard-4	c4-standard-4 $0.1977	c4n-standard-4 $0.3163	▲ 60%
standard-4-lssd	c4-standard-4-lssd $0.2799	c4n-standard-4-lssd $0.4478	▲ 60%
highmem-4	c4-highmem-4 $0.2607	c4n-highmem-4 $0.4171	▲ 60%
highmem-4-lssd	c4-highmem-4-lssd $0.3429	c4n-highmem-4-lssd $0.5486	▲ 60%
highcpu-8	c4-highcpu-8 $0.3402	c4n-highcpu-8 $0.5443	▲ 60%
standard-8	c4-standard-8 $0.3953	c4n-standard-8 $0.6325	▲ 60%
standard-8-lssd	c4-standard-8-lssd $0.4775	c4n-standard-8-lssd $0.7641	▲ 60%
highmem-8	c4-highmem-8 $0.5214	c4n-highmem-8 $0.8342	▲ 60%
highmem-8-lssd	c4-highmem-8-lssd $0.6035	c4n-highmem-8-lssd $0.9657	▲ 60%
highcpu-16	c4-highcpu-16 $0.6804	c4n-highcpu-16 $1.089	▲ 60%
standard-16	c4-standard-16 $0.7907	c4n-standard-16 $1.265	▲ 60%
standard-16-lssd	c4-standard-16-lssd $0.9551	c4n-standard-16-lssd $1.528	▲ 60%
highmem-16	c4-highmem-16 $1.043	c4n-highmem-16 $1.668	▲ 60%
highmem-16-lssd	c4-highmem-16-lssd $1.207	c4n-highmem-16-lssd $1.931	▲ 60%
highcpu-24	c4-highcpu-24 $1.021	c4n-highcpu-24 $1.633	▲ 60%
standard-24	c4-standard-24 $1.186	c4n-standard-24 $1.898	▲ 60%
standard-24-lssd	c4-standard-24-lssd $1.515	c4n-standard-24-lssd $2.424	▲ 60%
highmem-24	c4-highmem-24 $1.564	c4n-highmem-24 $2.502	▲ 60%
highmem-24-lssd	c4-highmem-24-lssd $1.893	c4n-highmem-24-lssd $3.029	▲ 60%
highcpu-48	c4-highcpu-48 $2.041	c4n-highcpu-48 $3.266	▲ 60%
standard-48	c4-standard-48 $2.372	c4n-standard-48 $3.795	▲ 60%
standard-48-lssd	c4-standard-48-lssd $3.03	c4n-standard-48-lssd $4.847	▲ 60%
highmem-48	c4-highmem-48 $3.128	c4n-highmem-48 $5.005	▲ 60%
highmem-48-lssd	c4-highmem-48-lssd $3.786	c4n-highmem-48-lssd $6.057	▲ 60%
highcpu-96	c4-highcpu-96 $4.082	c4n-highcpu-96 $6.532	▲ 60%
standard-96	c4-standard-96 $4.744	c4n-standard-96 $7.591	▲ 60%
standard-96-lssd	c4-standard-96-lssd $6.059	c4n-standard-96-lssd $9.695	▲ 60%
highmem-96	c4-highmem-96 $6.256	c4n-highmem-96 $10.01	▲ 60%
highmem-96-lssd	c4-highmem-96-lssd $7.571	c4n-highmem-96-lssd $12.114	▲ 60%
highcpu-192	c4-highcpu-192 $8.165	c4n-highcpu-192 $13.064	▲ 60%
standard-192	c4-standard-192 $9.488	c4n-standard-192 $15.181	▲ 60%
standard-192-lssd	c4-standard-192-lssd $12.118	c4n-standard-192-lssd $19.389	▲ 60%
highmem-192	c4-highmem-192 $12.512	c4n-highmem-192 $20.02	▲ 60%
highmem-192-lssd	c4-highmem-192-lssd $15.143	c4n-highmem-192-lssd $24.229	▲ 60%

Key differences

The biggest lead each family has.

Where c4 leads

On-demand priceCheaper in 38 of 38 shared sizes

38% cheaper

Spot priceLower in 38 of 38 shared sizes

Cheaper spot

Sizes57 sizes here vs 38

19 more

Largest size288 vCPUs vs 192

Bigger

Where c4n leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

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