e2-medium
e2-medium is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 2 vCPUs, 4 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or AMD EPYC Milan). In Iowa it costs $0.0335 per hour on demand ($24.46 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0201 per hour. It is sold in 42 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa us-central1 | $0.0335 | $0.0201 |
| South Carolina us-east1 | $0.0335 | $0.0201 |
| Columbus us-east5 | $0.0335 | $0.0186 |
| Oregon us-west1 | $0.0335 | $0.0201 |
| Stockholm europe-north2 | $0.0352 | $0.0099 |
| Mexico northamerica-south1 | $0.0365 | $0.0113 |
| Johannesburg africa-south1 | $0.0369 | $0.0123 |
| Finland europe-north1 | $0.0369 | $0.0106 |
| Belgium europe-west1 | $0.0369 | $0.0179 |
| Netherlands europe-west4 | $0.0369 | $0.0221 |
| Tel Aviv me-west1 | $0.0369 | $0.0208 |
| Montréal northamerica-northeast1 | $0.0369 | $0.0125 |
| Toronto northamerica-northeast2 | $0.0369 | $0.0076 |
| Northern Virginia us-east4 | $0.0377 | $0.0225 |
| Las Vegas us-west4 | $0.0377 | $0.0052 |
| Taiwan asia-east1 | $0.0388 | $0.0207 |
| Milan europe-west8 | $0.0389 | $0.0201 |
| Paris europe-west9 | $0.0389 | $0.0219 |
| Madrid europe-southwest1 | $0.0395 | $0.021 |
| Dallas us-south1 | $0.0395 | $0.0119 |
| Mumbai asia-south1 | $0.0402 | $0.0241 |
| Delhi asia-south2 | $0.0402 | $0.0197 |
| Los Angeles us-west2 | $0.0402 | $0.0121 |
| Salt Lake City us-west3 | $0.0402 | $0.0133 |
| Melbourne australia-southeast2 | $0.0404 | $0.023 |
| Warsaw europe-central2 | $0.0405 | $0.0206 |
| Doha me-central1 | $0.0407 | $0.022 |
| Singapore asia-southeast1 | $0.0413 | $0.0248 |
| Tokyo asia-northeast1 | $0.043 | $0.0258 |
| Osaka asia-northeast2 | $0.043 | $0.0122 |
| Seoul asia-northeast3 | $0.043 | $0.0235 |
| Berlin europe-west10 | $0.0432 | $0.0082 |
| Turin europe-west12 | $0.0432 | $0.0116 |
| London europe-west2 | $0.0432 | $0.0171 |
| Frankfurt europe-west3 | $0.0432 | $0.0259 |
| Zurich europe-west6 | $0.0439 | $0.0195 |
| Jakarta asia-southeast2 | $0.0451 | $0.0102 |
| Hong Kong asia-east2 | $0.0469 | $0.0141 |
| Sydney australia-southeast1 | $0.0475 | $0.0265 |
| Santiago southamerica-west1 | $0.0479 | $0.0266 |
| São Paulo southamerica-east1 | $0.0532 | $0.011 |
| Dammam me-central2 | $0.0536 | $0.0322 |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or AMD EPYC Milan |
| Burstable | Yes (shared core) |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 2 Gbps |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | Network disks only |
| Max persistent disks | 128 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | e2-medium |
| Family | e2 |
| Category | General purpose |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | E2 |
| Specs source | Compute Engine API |
Other e2 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| e2-micro | 2 | 1 | $0.0084 |
| e2-highcpu-2 | 2 | 2 | $0.0495 |
| e2-small | 2 | 2 | $0.0168 |
| e2-medium | 2 | 4 | $0.0335 |
| e2-standard-2 | 2 | 8 | $0.067 |
| e2-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 | $0.0904 |
| e2-highcpu-4 | 4 | 4 | $0.0989 |
| e2-standard-4 | 4 | 16 | $0.134 |
| e2-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 | $0.1808 |
| e2-highcpu-8 | 8 | 8 | $0.1979 |
| e2-standard-8 | 8 | 32 | $0.268 |
| e2-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | $0.3616 |
| e2-highcpu-16 | 16 | 16 | $0.3958 |
| e2-standard-16 | 16 | 64 | $0.5361 |
| e2-highmem-16 | 16 | 128 | $0.7232 |
| e2-highcpu-32 | 32 | 32 | $0.7915 |
| e2-standard-32 | 32 | 128 | $1.072 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes.