Amazon RDS · Reserved Instance pricing
db.m5.large pricing
60%off on-demand, best available term
On-demand $0.178/hr in us-east-1 · PostgreSQL · Single-AZ
- vCPU
- 2
- Memory
- 8 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 | $0.114 | $0.114 | 36% | $561 | immediate |
| 1yr | Partial Upfront | $476 | $0.0543 | $0.1086 | 39% | $608 | 5 mo |
| 1yr | All Upfront | $932 | $0.000 | $0.1064 | 40% | $627 | 7 mo |
| 3yr | No Upfront | Not offered by AWS for this instance type | |||||
| 3yr | Partial Upfront | $959 | $0.0365 | $0.073 | 59% | $920 | 9 mo |
| 3yr | All Upfront | $1,880 | $0.000 | $0.0715 | 60% | $933 | 14 mo |
Prices: AWS Price List API, us-east-1, standard RIs, PostgreSQL, as of Jul 29, 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
$18per week
$36at 14 days
db.m5.large questions
- Does a db.m5.large Reserved Instance renew automatically?
- No. AWS Reserved Instances never auto-renew — when the term ends, db.m5.large reverts to the on-demand rate shown above until you buy again.
- Is a 3-year term worth it for db.m5.large?
- 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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