Why Amazon EC2 T2 Instances?

T2 instances are a low-cost, general purpose instance type that provides a baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst above the baseline when needed. With On-Demand Instance prices starting at $0.0058 per hour, T2 instances are one of the lowest-cost Amazon EC2 instance options and are ideal for a variety of general-purpose applications like micro-services, low-latency interactive applications, small and medium databases, virtual desktops, development, build and stage environments, code repositories, and product prototypes.

Why pay more? Try Amazon EC2 T3 Instances

  • Pricing starts at just $0.0052 per hour
  • Up to 30% better price performance over T2
  • T3 instances start in Unlimited mode by default to avoid application degradation if the instance exceeds its available CPU credits
  • Custom high frequency Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors featuring Intel® AVX-512 instructions

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Product Details

Name vCPUs RAM (GiB) CPU Credits/hr On-Demand Price/hr* 1-yr Reserved Instance Effective Hourly* 3-yr Reserved Instance Effective Hourly*
t2.nano 1 0.5 3 $0.0058 $0.003 $0.002
t2.micro 1 1.0 6 $0.0116 $0.007 $0.005
t2.small 1 2.0 12 $0.023 $0.014 $0.009
t2.medium 2 4.0 24 $0.0464 $0.031 $0.021
t2.large 2 8.0 36 $0.0928 $0.055 $0.037
t2.xlarge 4 16.0 54 $0.1856 $0.110 $0.074
t2.2xlarge 8 32.0 81 $0.3712 $0.219 $0.148

*Prices shown are for Linux/Unix in US East (Northern Virginia) AWS Region. Prices for 1-year and 3-year reserved instances are for "Partial Upfront" payment options or "No upfront" for instances without the Partial Upfront option. For full pricing details, see the Amazon EC2 pricing page.