Prices
Real AWS prices, one page per instance type.
Pulled straight from the AWS Price List API: on-demand rate, every term and payment option AWS actually sells, and what a day without the reservation costs. Not a quote; verify in the AWS console before you buy.
What makes up an RI price
Four numbers, one blended rate.
Upfront
Paid once at purchase. $0 on No Upfront, the whole commitment on All Upfront.
Hourly
The recurring rate for the rest of the term. $0/hr on All Upfront, since it's already paid.
Effective $/hr
Hourly plus the upfront amortized across the term: the number actually comparable to on-demand.
% off
1 − (effective ÷ on-demand). Every page below shows all three payment options for both terms.
Every shipped instance type
Biggest discounts, ranked.
Sorted by 3-year reserved discount, deepest first: default region and engine per type; each page has a switcher for the rest.
| Instance type | Service | On-demand | Best 1yr | Best 3yr | Pricing page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| db.r6g.large | Amazon RDS | $0.225/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r6g.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.450/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r5.large | Amazon RDS | $0.250/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r6i.large | Amazon RDS | $0.250/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r6i.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.500/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r6i.2xlarge | Amazon RDS | $1.000/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r5.2xlarge | Amazon RDS | $1.000/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r5.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.500/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r6g.4xlarge | Amazon RDS | $1.798/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| db.r6g.2xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.899/hr | 46% | 64% | → |
| c5.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.170/hr | 41% | 64% | → |
| c5.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.085/hr | 41% | 64% | → |
| t4g.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.1344/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| t3.medium | Amazon EC2 | $0.0416/hr | 42% | 62% | → |
| t3.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.0832/hr | 42% | 62% | → |
| t3.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.1664/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| m5.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.192/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| m5.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.384/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| t3a.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.0752/hr | 42% | 62% | → |
| r5.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.126/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| r5.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.252/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| t4g.medium | Amazon EC2 | $0.0336/hr | 42% | 62% | → |
| t4g.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.0672/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| r6g.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.1008/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| r6g.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.2016/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| r6g.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.4032/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| c6g.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.136/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| m5.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.096/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| m6g.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.154/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| m6g.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.308/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| m6g.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.077/hr | 41% | 62% | → |
| c7g.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.145/hr | 39% | 62% | → |
| c7g.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.0725/hr | 38% | 62% | → |
| c6i.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.085/hr | 38% | 62% | → |
| c6i.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.170/hr | 38% | 62% | → |
| c6i.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.340/hr | 38% | 62% | → |
| c7i.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.1785/hr | 38% | 62% | → |
| m6a.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.0864/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| r6i.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.126/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| r7g.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.1071/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| r7g.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.2142/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m7g.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.1632/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m7i.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.4032/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m6i.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.096/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m6i.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.192/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m6i.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.384/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m6i.4xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.768/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| r6i.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.504/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| r7g.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.4284/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m6a.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.1728/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m7g.2xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.3264/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m7i.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.1008/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m7i.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.2016/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| r6i.xlarge | Amazon EC2 | $0.252/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| m7g.large | Amazon EC2 | $0.0816/hr | 38% | 61% | → |
| db.m5.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.356/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| db.m5.2xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.712/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| db.m6g.large | Amazon RDS | $0.159/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| db.m6g.2xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.636/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| db.m5.large | Amazon RDS | $0.178/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| db.m6i.large | Amazon RDS | $0.178/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| db.m6i.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.356/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| db.m6g.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.318/hr | 40% | 60% | → |
| cache.m6g.large | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.149/hr | 37% | 55% | → |
| cache.r6g.large | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.206/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.m7g.large | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.158/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.m7g.2xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.629/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.r7g.large | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.219/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.r7g.2xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.873/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.m7g.xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.315/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.r7g.xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.437/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.m6g.xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.297/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.r6g.xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.411/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.t4g.small | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.032/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.t3.small | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.034/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.t3.medium | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.068/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.r6g.2xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.821/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.r6g.4xlarge | Amazon ElastiCache | $1.642/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.t4g.medium | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.065/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| cache.t4g.micro | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.016/hr | 37% | 55% | → |
| cache.t3.micro | Amazon ElastiCache | $0.017/hr | 36% | 55% | → |
| db.t4g.medium | Amazon RDS | $0.065/hr | 33% | 53% | → |
| db.t3.large | Amazon RDS | $0.145/hr | 33% | 53% | → |
| db.t4g.large | Amazon RDS | $0.129/hr | 33% | 53% | → |
| db.t3.medium | Amazon RDS | $0.072/hr | 33% | 53% | → |
| db.r7g.4xlarge | Amazon RDS | $1.913/hr | 27% | 47% | → |
| db.m7g.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.337/hr | 27% | 47% | → |
| db.m7g.2xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.674/hr | 27% | 47% | → |
| db.r7g.2xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.956/hr | 27% | 47% | → |
| db.r7g.large | Amazon RDS | $0.239/hr | 27% | 47% | → |
| db.r7g.xlarge | Amazon RDS | $0.478/hr | 27% | 47% | → |
| db.m7g.large | Amazon RDS | $0.168/hr | 27% | 47% | → |
Prices: AWS Price List API, us-east-1, standard RIs, default engine per service: Amazon RDS PostgreSQL · Single-AZ, as of Aug 20, 2026; Amazon ElastiCache Redis, as of Aug 21, 2026; Amazon EC2 Linux, as of Aug 27, 2026. Each instance type's own page switches region and engine. Verify in the AWS console before you buy.
See The RI Discount Index for the patterns behind these numbers: median discount by term and payment option, the sparse cells AWS doesn't sell, and what a lapse costs at any fleet size.
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