db-c4a-highmem-2

db-c4a-highmem-2 is a GCP Cloud SQL machine type with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory. In Iowa it costs $0.252 per hour on demand ($183.96 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single zone; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.189 per hour, 25% less. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Taiwan at $0.252 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, PostgreSQL, Single zone. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demand1-yr committed use3-yr committed use
Taiwan asia-east1$0.252$0.189$0.121
Belgium europe-west1$0.252$0.189$0.121
Iowa us-central1$0.252$0.189$0.121
South Carolina us-east1$0.252$0.189$0.121
Columbus us-east5$0.252$0.189$0.121
Oregon us-west1$0.252$0.189$0.121
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.2696$0.2022$0.1294
Las Vegas us-west4$0.2696$0.2022$0.1294
Mexico northamerica-south1$0.2747$0.206$0.1318
Finland europe-north1$0.2772$0.2079$0.1331
Netherlands europe-west4$0.2772$0.2079$0.1331
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.2772$0.2079$0.1331
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.2772$0.2079$0.1331
Mumbai asia-south1$0.3024$0.2268$0.1452
London europe-west2$0.3024$0.2268$0.1452
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.3024$0.2268$0.1452
Dallas us-south1$0.3024$0.2268$0.1452
Los Angeles us-west2$0.3024$0.2268$0.1452
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.3276$0.2457$0.1572
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.3276$0.2457$0.1572
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.3402$0.2552$0.1633
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.3528$0.2646$0.1693
Santiago southamerica-west1$0.3528$0.2646$0.1693
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.378$0.2835$0.1814

Prices by engine and deployment in Iowa

OptionOn-demand /hr1-yr committed use /hr3-yr committed use /hr
PostgreSQL · Single zone$0.252$0.189$0.121
PostgreSQL · High availability$0.504$0.378$0.2419
MySQL · Single zone$0.252$0.189$0.121
MySQL · High availability$0.504$0.378$0.2419

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Architecturearm64
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
StorageValue
StorageUp to 64 TiB
Instance detailsValue
Instance typedb-c4a-highmem-2
Familyc4a-highmem
CategoryEnterprise Plus
OtherValue
Specs sourceCloud SQL Admin API

Other c4a-highmem sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
db-c4a-highmem-2216$0.252
db-c4a-highmem-4432$0.504
db-c4a-highmem-8864$1.008
db-c4a-highmem-1616128$2.016
db-c4a-highmem-3232256$4.032
db-c4a-highmem-4848384$6.048
db-c4a-highmem-6464512$8.064
db-c4a-highmem-7272576$9.072

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP Cloud SQL sizes.