Instances GCP Compute Engine e2-standard-2 e2-standard-2
e2-standard-2 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or AMD EPYC Milan). In Iowa it costs $0.067 per hour on demand ($48.91 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0422 per hour, 37% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0402 per hour. It is sold in 42 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr committed use 3-yr committed use Iowa us-central1 $0.067 $0.0402 $0.0422 $0.0302 South Carolina us-east1 $0.067 $0.0402 $0.0422 $0.0302 Columbus us-east5 $0.067 $0.0373 $0.0422 $0.0302 Oregon us-west1 $0.067 $0.0402 $0.0422 $0.0302 Stockholm europe-north2 $0.0704 $0.0197 $0.0443 $0.0317 Mexico northamerica-south1 $0.073 $0.0226 $0.046 $0.0329 Johannesburg africa-south1 $0.0737 $0.0247 $0.0464 $0.0332 Belgium europe-west1 $0.0737 $0.0358 $0.0464 $0.0332 Tel Aviv me-west1 $0.0737 $0.0415 $0.0464 $0.0332 Finland europe-north1 $0.0738 $0.0212 $0.0465 $0.0332 Netherlands europe-west4 $0.0738 $0.0442 $0.0465 $0.0332 Montréal northamerica-northeast1 $0.0738 $0.0251 $0.0465 $0.0332 Toronto northamerica-northeast2 $0.0738 $0.0153 $0.0465 $0.0332 Northern Virginia us-east4 $0.0755 $0.045 $0.0475 $0.034 Las Vegas us-west4 $0.0755 $0.0104 $0.0475 $0.034 Taiwan asia-east1 $0.0776 $0.0415 $0.0489 $0.0349 Milan europe-west8 $0.0777 $0.0403 $0.049 $0.035 Paris europe-west9 $0.0777 $0.0438 $0.049 $0.035 Madrid europe-southwest1 $0.0791 $0.0421 $0.0498 $0.0356 Dallas us-south1 $0.0791 $0.0238 $0.0498 $0.0356 Mumbai asia-south1 $0.0805 $0.0483 $0.0507 $0.0362 Delhi asia-south2 $0.0805 $0.0394 $0.0507 $0.0362 Los Angeles us-west2 $0.0805 $0.0242 $0.0507 $0.0362 Salt Lake City us-west3 $0.0805 $0.0266 $0.0507 $0.0362 Melbourne australia-southeast2 $0.0808 $0.0461 $0.0509 $0.0364 Warsaw europe-central2 $0.0811 $0.0412 $0.0511 $0.0365 Doha me-central1 $0.0814 $0.0441 $0.0513 $0.0366 Singapore asia-southeast1 $0.0827 $0.0496 $0.0521 $0.0372 Tokyo asia-northeast1 $0.086 $0.0516 $0.0542 $0.0387 Osaka asia-northeast2 $0.086 $0.0244 $0.0542 $0.0387 Seoul asia-northeast3 $0.086 $0.047 $0.0542 $0.0387 Berlin europe-west10 $0.0863 $0.0165 $0.0544 $0.0389 London europe-west2 $0.0863 $0.0343 $0.0544 $0.0389 Frankfurt europe-west3 $0.0863 $0.0518 $0.0544 $0.0389 Turin europe-west12 $0.0864 $0.0232 $0.0545 $0.0389 Zurich europe-west6 $0.0878 $0.0391 $0.0553 $0.0395 Jakarta asia-southeast2 $0.0901 $0.0204 $0.0568 $0.0405 Hong Kong asia-east2 $0.0938 $0.0282 $0.0591 $0.0422 Sydney australia-southeast1 $0.0951 $0.0531 $0.0599 $0.0428 Santiago southamerica-west1 $0.0958 $0.0532 $0.0604 $0.0431 São Paulo southamerica-east1 $0.1064 $0.0221 $0.067 $0.0479 Dammam me-central2 $0.1072 $0.0643 $0.0675 $0.0482
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon (Skylake) or Intel Xeon E5 v4 (Broadwell E5) or AMD EPYC Milan
Networking Value Network Up to 4 Gbps
Storage Value Storage Network disks only Max persistent disks 128
Instance details Value Instance type e2-standard-2 Family e2 Category General purpose
Other Value Series E2 Specs source Compute Engine API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Compute Engine sizes .