e2-small
e2-small is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 2 vCPUs, 2 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or AMD EPYC Milan). In Iowa it costs $0.0168 per hour on demand ($12.26 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0101 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 | $0.0168 | $0.0101 |
| South Carolina us-east1 | $0.0168 | $0.0101 |
| Columbus us-east5 | $0.0168 | $0.0093 |
| Oregon us-west1 | $0.0168 | $0.0101 |
| Stockholm europe-north2 | $0.0176 | $0.0049 |
| Mexico northamerica-south1 | $0.0183 | $0.0056 |
| Johannesburg africa-south1 | $0.0184 | $0.0062 |
| Finland europe-north1 | $0.0184 | $0.0053 |
| Belgium europe-west1 | $0.0184 | $0.009 |
| Netherlands europe-west4 | $0.0184 | $0.011 |
| Tel Aviv me-west1 | $0.0184 | $0.0104 |
| Montréal northamerica-northeast1 | $0.0184 | $0.0063 |
| Toronto northamerica-northeast2 | $0.0184 | $0.0038 |
| Northern Virginia us-east4 | $0.0189 | $0.0113 |
| Las Vegas us-west4 | $0.0189 | $0.0026 |
| Taiwan asia-east1 | $0.0194 | $0.0104 |
| Milan europe-west8 | $0.0194 | $0.0101 |
| Paris europe-west9 | $0.0194 | $0.0109 |
| Madrid europe-southwest1 | $0.0198 | $0.0105 |
| Dallas us-south1 | $0.0198 | $0.0059 |
| Mumbai asia-south1 | $0.0201 | $0.0121 |
| Delhi asia-south2 | $0.0201 | $0.0098 |
| Los Angeles us-west2 | $0.0201 | $0.0061 |
| Salt Lake City us-west3 | $0.0201 | $0.0067 |
| Melbourne australia-southeast2 | $0.0202 | $0.0115 |
| Warsaw europe-central2 | $0.0203 | $0.0103 |
| Doha me-central1 | $0.0204 | $0.011 |
| Singapore asia-southeast1 | $0.0207 | $0.0124 |
| Tokyo asia-northeast1 | $0.0215 | $0.0129 |
| Osaka asia-northeast2 | $0.0215 | $0.0061 |
| Seoul asia-northeast3 | $0.0215 | $0.0118 |
| Berlin europe-west10 | $0.0216 | $0.0041 |
| Turin europe-west12 | $0.0216 | $0.0058 |
| London europe-west2 | $0.0216 | $0.0086 |
| Frankfurt europe-west3 | $0.0216 | $0.013 |
| Zurich europe-west6 | $0.0219 | $0.0098 |
| Jakarta asia-southeast2 | $0.0225 | $0.0051 |
| Hong Kong asia-east2 | $0.0234 | $0.007 |
| Sydney australia-southeast1 | $0.0238 | $0.0133 |
| Santiago southamerica-west1 | $0.024 | $0.0133 |
| São Paulo southamerica-east1 | $0.0266 | $0.0055 |
| Dammam me-central2 | $0.0268 | $0.0161 |
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) | 2 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Network | Up to 1 Gbps |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | Network disks only |
| Max persistent disks | 16 |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | e2-small |
| 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.