Amazon EC2 · Reserved Instance pricing
t3.medium pricing
62%off on-demand, best available term
On-demand $0.0416/hr in us-east-1 · Standard
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 4 GiB
- Processor
- Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5
- Network
- Up to 5 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 | $0.0261 | $0.0261 | 37% | $136 | immediate |
| 1yr | Partial Upfront | $109 | $0.0124 | $0.0248 | 40% | $147 | 5 mo |
| 1yr | All Upfront | $213 | $0.000 | $0.0243 | 42% | $151 | 7 mo |
| 3yr | No Upfront | $0 | $0.018 | $0.018 | 57% | $207 | immediate |
| 3yr | Partial Upfront | $219 | $0.0083 | $0.0166 | 60% | $219 | 9 mo |
| 3yr | All Upfront | $411 | $0.000 | $0.0156 | 62% | $227 | 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.
$1per day
$4per week
$9at 14 days
t3.medium questions
- Does a t3.medium Reserved Instance renew automatically?
- No. AWS Reserved Instances never auto-renew — when the term ends, t3.medium reverts to the on-demand rate shown above until you buy again.
- Is a 3-year term worth it for t3.medium?
- 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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