Amazon EC2 · Reserved Instance pricing
m5.xlarge pricing
62%off on-demand, best available term
On-demand $0.192/hr in us-east-1 · Standard
- vCPU
- 4
- Memory
- 16 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8175
- Network
- Up to 10 Gigabit
Full price matrix
Every term, every payment option.
| Term | Payment option | Upfront | $/hr | Effective $/hr | % off | $/yr saved | Break-even |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1yr | No Upfront | $0 | $0.121 | $0.121 | 37% | $622 | immediate |
| 1yr | Partial Upfront | $505 | $0.058 | $0.1156 | 40% | $669 | 5 mo |
| 1yr | All Upfront | $989 | $0.000 | $0.1129 | 41% | $693 | 7 mo |
| 3yr | No Upfront | $0 | $0.083 | $0.083 | 57% | $955 | immediate |
| 3yr | Partial Upfront | $1,009 | $0.038 | $0.0764 | 60% | $1,013 | 9 mo |
| 3yr | All Upfront | $1,897 | $0.000 | $0.0722 | 62% | $1,050 | 14 mo |
Prices: AWS Price List API, us-east-1, standard RIs, Linux, as of Jul 28, 2026. Verify in the AWS console before you buy.
What a lapse costs
Miss the renewal, pay the difference.
At the best available term and payment option shown above, here's what reverting to on-demand costs — for however long the lapse lasts.
$3per day
$20per week
$40at 14 days
m5.xlarge questions
- Does a m5.xlarge Reserved Instance renew automatically?
- No. AWS Reserved Instances never auto-renew — when the term ends, m5.xlarge reverts to the on-demand rate shown above until you buy again.
- Is a 3-year term worth it for m5.xlarge?
- At the us-east-1 rate shown here, the deepest 3-year offer breaks even in about 14 months. Worth it if this instance type has more runway than that left — Reserver's recommendations look at your actual run history before suggesting 1yr vs 3yr.
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