Amazon ElastiCache · Reserved Instance pricing
cache.t4g.micro pricing
55%off on-demand, best available term
On-demand $0.016/hr in us-east-1 · Redis
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 0.5 GiB
- 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 | $0.011 | $0.011 | 31% | $44 | immediate |
| 1yr | Partial Upfront | $46 | $0.005 | $0.0103 | 36% | $50 | 6 mo |
| 1yr | All Upfront | $89 | $0.000 | $0.0102 | 37% | $51 | 8 mo |
| 3yr | No Upfront | $0 | $0.008 | $0.008 | 50% | $70 | immediate |
| 3yr | Partial Upfront | $101 | $0.004 | $0.0078 | 51% | $71 | 12 mo |
| 3yr | All Upfront | $190 | $0.000 | $0.0072 | 55% | $77 | 16 mo |
Prices: AWS Price List API, us-east-1, standard RIs, Redis, as of Jul 15, 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.
$0per day
$1per week
$3at 14 days
cache.t4g.micro questions
- Does a cache.t4g.micro Reserved Instance renew automatically?
- No. AWS Reserved Instances never auto-renew — when the term ends, cache.t4g.micro reverts to the on-demand rate shown above until you buy again.
- Is a 3-year term worth it for cache.t4g.micro?
- At the us-east-1 rate shown here, the deepest 3-year offer breaks even in about 16 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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