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AWS EBS Pricing (2026)

Updated Apr 6, 2026AWSStorage

Block storage provides persistent, high-performance disk volumes for virtual machines. Choose from SSD-backed volumes for low-latency I/O or HDD-backed volumes for throughput-intensive workloads at lower cost. EBS offers gp3 volumes with baseline 3,000 IOPS and io2 Block Express for up to 256,000 IOPS. Starting from $0.0042/hr ($3.07/mo) for t4g.nano.

Key Features

  • SSD and HDD volume types for different performance needs
  • Snapshots for backup and disaster recovery
  • Encryption at rest and in transit
  • Dynamic resizing without downtime
  • Provisioned IOPS for consistent performance

Common Use Cases

Database Storage

Provide high-IOPS storage for relational and NoSQL databases requiring consistent low latency.

Boot Volumes

Fast SSD boot volumes for virtual machines to minimize startup time.

Log Processing

High-throughput HDD volumes for collecting and processing application logs cost-effectively.

On-Demand Pricing

Pay-as-you-go pricing with no upfront commitment. You are billed per hour of usage and can start or stop at any time. Hourly rates start at $0.0042/hr ($3.07/mo) for t4g.nano.

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo
g2.2xlarge815 GB$0.6500$0.6500$474.50
g2.8xlarge3260 GB$2.6000$2.8780$1,898.00
g3.16xlarge64488 GB$4.5600$7.5040$3,328.80
g3.4xlarge16122 GB$1.1400$1.8760$832.20
g3.8xlarge32244 GB$2.2800$2.2800$1,664.40
g3s.xlarge430.5 GB$0.7500$0.9340$547.50
g4ad.16xlarge64256 GB$3.4680$3.4680$2,531.64
g4ad.2xlarge832 GB$0.5412$0.9092$395.05
g4ad.4xlarge1664 GB$0.8670$1.6030$632.91
g4ad.8xlarge32128 GB$1.7340$1.7340$1,265.82
g4ad.xlarge416 GB$0.3785$0.5625$276.33
g4dn.12xlarge48192 GB$3.9120$6.1200$2,855.76
g4dn.16xlarge64256 GB$4.3520$4.3520$3,176.96
g4dn.2xlarge832 GB$0.7520$1.1200$548.96
g4dn.4xlarge1664 GB$1.2040$1.2040$878.92
g4dn.8xlarge32128 GB$2.1760$3.6480$1,588.48
g4dn.xlarge416 GB$0.5260$0.5260$383.98
g5.12xlarge48192 GB$5.6720$5.6720$4,140.56
g5.16xlarge64256 GB$4.0960$4.0960$2,990.08
g5.24xlarge96384 GB$8.1440$8.1440$5,945.12
g5.2xlarge832 GB$1.2120$1.5800$884.76
g5.48xlarge192768 GB$16.2880$16.2880$11,890.24
g5.4xlarge1664 GB$1.6240$1.6240$1,185.52
g5.8xlarge32128 GB$2.4480$2.4480$1,787.04
g5.xlarge416 GB$1.0060$1.1900$734.38
g5g.16xlarge64128 GB$2.7440-$2,003.12
g5g.2xlarge816 GB$0.5560-$405.88
g5g.4xlarge1632 GB$0.8280-$604.44
g5g.8xlarge3264 GB$1.3720-$1,001.56
g5g.xlarge48 GB$0.4200-$306.60
g6.12xlarge48192 GB$4.6016$6.8096$3,359.17
g6.16xlarge64256 GB$3.3968$3.3968$2,479.66
g6.24xlarge96384 GB$6.6752$6.6752$4,872.90
g6.2xlarge832 GB$0.9776$1.3456$713.65
g6.48xlarge192768 GB$13.3504$13.3504$9,745.79
g6.4xlarge1664 GB$1.3232$1.3232$965.94
g6.8xlarge32128 GB$2.0144$2.0144$1,470.51
g6.xlarge416 GB$0.8048$0.9888$587.50
g6e.12xlarge48384 GB$10.4926$10.4926$7,659.63
g6e.16xlarge64512 GB$7.5772$10.5212$5,531.35
g6e.24xlarge96768 GB$15.0656$19.4816$10,997.88
g6e.2xlarge864 GB$2.2421$2.2421$1,636.72
g6e.48xlarge1921536 GB$30.1312$30.1312$21,995.76
g6e.4xlarge16128 GB$3.0042$3.0042$2,193.10
g6e.8xlarge32256 GB$4.5286$4.5286$3,305.85
g6e.xlarge432 GB$1.8610$1.8610$1,358.53
g6f.2xlarge832 GB$0.4750$0.4750$346.75
g6f.4xlarge1664 GB$0.9500$0.9500$693.50
g6f.large28 GB$0.2020$0.2020$147.46
g6f.xlarge416 GB$0.2375$0.2375$173.38
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Pricing by Instance Family

Accelerated Computing

81 instance types available

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo
g2.2xlarge815 GB$0.6500$0.6500$474.50
g2.8xlarge3260 GB$2.6000$2.8780$1,898.00
g3.16xlarge64488 GB$4.5600$7.5040$3,328.80
g3.4xlarge16122 GB$1.1400$1.8760$832.20
g3.8xlarge32244 GB$2.2800$2.2800$1,664.40
g3s.xlarge430.5 GB$0.7500$0.9340$547.50
g4ad.16xlarge64256 GB$3.4680$3.4680$2,531.64
g4ad.2xlarge832 GB$0.5412$0.9092$395.05
g4ad.4xlarge1664 GB$0.8670$1.6030$632.91
g4ad.8xlarge32128 GB$1.7340$1.7340$1,265.82
g4ad.xlarge416 GB$0.3785$0.5625$276.33
g4dn.12xlarge48192 GB$3.9120$6.1200$2,855.76
g4dn.16xlarge64256 GB$4.3520$4.3520$3,176.96
g4dn.2xlarge832 GB$0.7520$1.1200$548.96
g4dn.4xlarge1664 GB$1.2040$1.2040$878.92
g4dn.8xlarge32128 GB$2.1760$3.6480$1,588.48
g4dn.xlarge416 GB$0.5260$0.5260$383.98
g5.12xlarge48192 GB$5.6720$5.6720$4,140.56
g5.16xlarge64256 GB$4.0960$4.0960$2,990.08
g5.24xlarge96384 GB$8.1440$8.1440$5,945.12
g5.2xlarge832 GB$1.2120$1.5800$884.76
g5.48xlarge192768 GB$16.2880$16.2880$11,890.24
g5.4xlarge1664 GB$1.6240$1.6240$1,185.52
g5.8xlarge32128 GB$2.4480$2.4480$1,787.04
g5.xlarge416 GB$1.0060$1.1900$734.38
g5g.16xlarge64128 GB$2.7440-$2,003.12
g5g.2xlarge816 GB$0.5560-$405.88
g5g.4xlarge1632 GB$0.8280-$604.44
g5g.8xlarge3264 GB$1.3720-$1,001.56
g5g.xlarge48 GB$0.4200-$306.60
g6.12xlarge48192 GB$4.6016$6.8096$3,359.17
g6.16xlarge64256 GB$3.3968$3.3968$2,479.66
g6.24xlarge96384 GB$6.6752$6.6752$4,872.90
g6.2xlarge832 GB$0.9776$1.3456$713.65
g6.48xlarge192768 GB$13.3504$13.3504$9,745.79
g6.4xlarge1664 GB$1.3232$1.3232$965.94
g6.8xlarge32128 GB$2.0144$2.0144$1,470.51
g6.xlarge416 GB$0.8048$0.9888$587.50
g6e.12xlarge48384 GB$10.4926$10.4926$7,659.63
g6e.16xlarge64512 GB$7.5772$10.5212$5,531.35
g6e.24xlarge96768 GB$15.0656$19.4816$10,997.88
g6e.2xlarge864 GB$2.2421$2.2421$1,636.72
g6e.48xlarge1921536 GB$30.1312$30.1312$21,995.76
g6e.4xlarge16128 GB$3.0042$3.0042$2,193.10
g6e.8xlarge32256 GB$4.5286$4.5286$3,305.85
g6e.xlarge432 GB$1.8610$1.8610$1,358.53
g6f.2xlarge832 GB$0.4750$0.4750$346.75
g6f.4xlarge1664 GB$0.9500$0.9500$693.50
g6f.large28 GB$0.2020$0.2020$147.46
g6f.xlarge416 GB$0.2375$0.2375$173.38
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Compute Optimized

241 instance types available

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo
c1.medium21.7 GB$0.1300$0.1300$94.90
c1.xlarge87 GB$0.5200$0.8400$379.60
c3.2xlarge815 GB$0.4200$0.4200$306.60
c3.4xlarge1630 GB$0.8400$1.5040$613.20
c3.8xlarge3260 GB$1.6800$1.6800$1,226.40
c3.large23.75 GB$0.1050$0.1050$76.65
c3.xlarge47.5 GB$0.2100$0.2100$153.30
c4.2xlarge815 GB$0.3980$0.7660$290.54
c4.4xlarge1630 GB$0.7960$0.7960$581.08
c4.8xlarge3660 GB$1.5910$3.0910$1,161.43
c4.large23.75 GB$0.1000$0.1000$73.00
c4.xlarge47.5 GB$0.1990$0.3830$145.27
c5.12xlarge4896 GB$2.0400$2.0400$1,489.20
c5.18xlarge72144 GB$3.0600$6.3720$2,233.80
c5.24xlarge96192 GB$4.0800$8.4960$2,978.40
c5.2xlarge816 GB$0.3400$0.3400$248.20
c5.4xlarge1632 GB$0.6800$0.6800$496.40
c5.9xlarge3672 GB$1.5300$1.5300$1,116.90
c5.large24 GB$0.0850$0.1770$62.05
c5.xlarge48 GB$0.1700$0.3540$124.10
c5a.12xlarge4896 GB$1.8480$1.8480$1,349.04
c5a.16xlarge64128 GB$2.4640$5.4080$1,798.72
c5a.24xlarge96192 GB$3.6960$3.6960$2,698.08
c5a.2xlarge816 GB$0.3080$0.6760$224.84
c5a.4xlarge1632 GB$0.6160$1.3520$449.68
c5a.8xlarge3264 GB$1.2320$1.2320$899.36
c5a.large24 GB$0.0770$0.1690$56.21
c5a.xlarge48 GB$0.1540$0.1540$112.42
c5ad.12xlarge4896 GB$2.0640$4.2720$1,506.72
c5ad.16xlarge64128 GB$2.7520$5.6960$2,008.96
c5ad.24xlarge96192 GB$4.1280$4.1280$3,013.44
c5ad.2xlarge816 GB$0.3440$0.7120$251.12
c5ad.4xlarge1632 GB$0.6880$1.4240$502.24
c5ad.8xlarge3264 GB$1.3760$2.8480$1,004.48
c5ad.large24 GB$0.0860$0.0860$62.78
c5ad.xlarge48 GB$0.1720$0.1720$125.56
c5d.12xlarge4896 GB$2.3040$4.5120$1,681.92
c5d.18xlarge72144 GB$3.4560$3.4560$2,522.88
c5d.24xlarge96192 GB$4.6080$4.6080$3,363.84
c5d.2xlarge816 GB$0.3840$0.3840$280.32
c5d.4xlarge1632 GB$0.7680$1.5040$560.64
c5d.9xlarge3672 GB$1.7280$1.7280$1,261.44
c5d.large24 GB$0.0960$0.1880$70.08
c5d.xlarge48 GB$0.1920$0.1920$140.16
c5n.18xlarge72192 GB$3.8880$3.8880$2,838.24
c5n.2xlarge821 GB$0.4320$0.4320$315.36
c5n.4xlarge1642 GB$0.8640$1.6000$630.72
c5n.9xlarge3696 GB$1.9440$1.9440$1,419.12
c5n.large25.25 GB$0.1080$0.2000$78.84
c5n.xlarge410.5 GB$0.2160$0.4000$157.68
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General Purpose

344 instance types available

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo
a1.2xlarge816 GB$0.2040-$148.92
a1.4xlarge1632 GB$0.4080-$297.84
a1.large24 GB$0.0510-$37.23
a1.medium12 GB$0.0255-$18.61
a1.xlarge48 GB$0.1020-$74.46
cc2.8xlarge3260.5 GB-$2.0000-
cr1.8xlarge32244 GB$3.5000$3.5000$2,555.00
dl1.24xlarge96768 GB$13.1090-$9,569.60
dl2q.24xlarge96768 GB---
f1.16xlarge64976 GB$13.2000$13.2000$9,636.00
f1.2xlarge8122 GB$1.6500$1.6500$1,204.50
f1.4xlarge16244 GB$3.3000-$2,409.00
f2.12xlarge48512 GB$3.9600-$2,890.80
f2.48xlarge1922048 GB$15.8400-$11,563.20
f2.6xlarge24256 GB$1.9800-$1,445.40
gr6.4xlarge16128 GB$1.5392$1.5392$1,123.62
gr6.8xlarge32256 GB$2.4464$2.4464$1,785.87
gr6f.4xlarge16128 GB$1.0660$1.0660$778.18
hs1.8xlarge16117 GB-$4.6000-
im4gn.16xlarge64256 GB$5.8207-$4,249.09
im4gn.2xlarge832 GB$0.7276-$531.13
im4gn.4xlarge1664 GB$1.4552-$1,062.27
im4gn.8xlarge32128 GB$2.9103-$2,124.55
im4gn.large28 GB$0.1819-$132.79
im4gn.xlarge416 GB$0.3638-$265.57
is4gen.2xlarge848 GB$1.1526-$841.40
is4gen.4xlarge1696 GB$2.3052-$1,682.80
is4gen.8xlarge32192 GB$4.6104-$3,365.59
is4gen.large212 GB$0.2882-$210.35
is4gen.medium16 GB$0.1441-$105.18
is4gen.xlarge424 GB$0.5763-$420.70
m1.large27.5 GB$0.1750$0.2990$127.75
m1.medium13.75 GB$0.0870$0.1490$63.51
m1.small11.7 GB$0.0440$0.0440$32.12
m1.xlarge415 GB$0.3500$0.3500$255.50
m2.2xlarge434.2 GB$0.4900$0.4900$357.70
m2.4xlarge868.4 GB$0.9800$1.3800$715.40
m2.xlarge217.1 GB$0.2450$0.2450$178.85
m3.2xlarge830 GB$0.5320$0.5320$388.36
m3.large27.5 GB$0.1330$0.2590$97.09
m3.medium13.75 GB$0.0670$0.0670$48.91
m3.xlarge415 GB$0.2660$0.2660$194.18
m4.10xlarge40160 GB$2.0000$2.0000$1,460.00
m4.16xlarge64256 GB$3.2000$3.2000$2,336.00
m4.2xlarge832 GB$0.4000$0.4000$292.00
m4.4xlarge1664 GB$0.8000$1.5360$584.00
m4.large28 GB$0.1000$0.1000$73.00
m4.xlarge416 GB$0.2000$0.3840$146.00
m5.12xlarge48192 GB$2.3040$2.3040$1,681.92
m5.16xlarge64256 GB$3.0720$3.0720$2,242.56
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HPC

9 instance types available

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo
hpc6a.48xlarge96384 GB---
hpc7a.12xlarge24768 GB---
hpc7a.24xlarge48768 GB---
hpc7a.48xlarge96768 GB---
hpc7a.96xlarge192768 GB---
hpc7g.16xlarge64128 GB$1.6832-$1,228.74
hpc7g.4xlarge16128 GB$1.6832-$1,228.74
hpc7g.8xlarge32128 GB$1.6832-$1,228.74
hpc8a.96xlarge192768 GB---

Memory Optimized

311 instance types available

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo
r3.2xlarge861 GB$0.6650$0.6650$485.45
r3.4xlarge16122 GB$1.3300$1.3300$970.90
r3.8xlarge32244 GB$2.6600$2.6600$1,941.80
r3.large215.25 GB$0.1660$0.1660$121.18
r3.xlarge430.5 GB$0.3330$0.3330$243.09
r4.16xlarge64488 GB$4.2560$4.2560$3,106.88
r4.2xlarge861 GB$0.5320$0.5320$388.36
r4.4xlarge16122 GB$1.0640$1.0640$776.72
r4.8xlarge32244 GB$2.1280$2.1280$1,553.44
r4.large215.25 GB$0.1330$0.1330$97.09
r4.xlarge430.5 GB$0.2660$0.2660$194.18
r5.12xlarge48384 GB$3.0240$5.2320$2,207.52
r5.16xlarge64512 GB$4.0320$6.9760$2,943.36
r5.24xlarge96768 GB$6.0480$6.0480$4,415.04
r5.2xlarge864 GB$0.5040$0.5040$367.92
r5.4xlarge16128 GB$1.0080$1.0080$735.84
r5.8xlarge32256 GB$2.0160$2.0160$1,471.68
r5.large216 GB$0.1260$0.1260$91.98
r5.xlarge432 GB$0.2520$0.2520$183.96
r5a.12xlarge48384 GB$2.7120$2.7120$1,979.76
r5a.16xlarge64512 GB$3.6160$6.5600$2,639.68
r5a.24xlarge96768 GB$5.4240$9.8400$3,959.52
r5a.2xlarge864 GB$0.4520$0.4520$329.96
r5a.4xlarge16128 GB$0.9040$1.6400$659.92
r5a.8xlarge32256 GB$1.8080$3.2800$1,319.84
r5a.large216 GB$0.1130$0.1130$82.49
r5a.xlarge432 GB$0.2260$0.4100$164.98
r5ad.12xlarge48384 GB$3.1440$3.1440$2,295.12
r5ad.16xlarge64512 GB$4.1920$4.1920$3,060.16
r5ad.24xlarge96768 GB$6.2880$6.2880$4,590.24
r5ad.2xlarge864 GB$0.5240$0.5240$382.52
r5ad.4xlarge16128 GB$1.0480$1.0480$765.04
r5ad.8xlarge32256 GB$2.0960$3.5680$1,530.08
r5ad.large216 GB$0.1310$0.2230$95.63
r5ad.xlarge432 GB$0.2620$0.4460$191.26
r5b.12xlarge48384 GB$3.5760$3.5760$2,610.48
r5b.16xlarge64512 GB$4.7680$4.7680$3,480.64
r5b.24xlarge96768 GB$7.1520$7.1520$5,220.96
r5b.2xlarge864 GB$0.5960$0.5960$435.08
r5b.4xlarge16128 GB$1.1920$1.1920$870.16
r5b.8xlarge32256 GB$2.3840$2.3840$1,740.32
r5b.large216 GB$0.1490$0.2410$108.77
r5b.xlarge432 GB$0.2980$0.2980$217.54
r5d.12xlarge48384 GB$3.4560$3.4560$2,522.88
r5d.16xlarge64512 GB$4.6080$7.5520$3,363.84
r5d.24xlarge96768 GB$6.9120$6.9120$5,045.76
r5d.2xlarge864 GB$0.5760$0.5760$420.48
r5d.4xlarge16128 GB$1.1520$1.8880$840.96
r5d.8xlarge32256 GB$2.3040$2.3040$1,681.92
r5d.large216 GB$0.1440$0.1440$105.12
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Storage Optimized

86 instance types available

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo
d2.2xlarge861 GB$1.3800$1.3800$1,007.40
d2.4xlarge16122 GB$2.7600$2.7600$2,014.80
d2.8xlarge36244 GB$5.5200$6.1980$4,029.60
d2.xlarge430.5 GB$0.6900$0.8210$503.70
d3.2xlarge864 GB$0.9990$1.3670$729.27
d3.4xlarge16128 GB$1.9980$2.7340$1,458.54
d3.8xlarge32256 GB$3.9955$5.4675$2,916.73
d3.xlarge432 GB$0.4990$0.6830$364.27
d3en.12xlarge48192 GB$6.3086$8.5166$4,605.31
d3en.2xlarge832 GB$1.0510$1.4190$767.23
d3en.4xlarge1664 GB$2.1030$2.8390$1,535.19
d3en.6xlarge2496 GB$3.1540$4.2580$2,302.42
d3en.8xlarge32128 GB$4.2058$4.2058$3,070.20
d3en.xlarge416 GB$0.5260$0.5260$383.98
h1.16xlarge64256 GB$3.7440$3.7440$2,733.12
h1.2xlarge832 GB$0.4680$0.8360$341.64
h1.4xlarge1664 GB$0.9360$0.9360$683.28
h1.8xlarge32128 GB$1.8720$1.8720$1,366.56
i2.2xlarge861 GB$1.7050$1.7050$1,244.65
i2.4xlarge16122 GB$3.4100$3.4100$2,489.30
i2.8xlarge32244 GB$6.8200$6.8200$4,978.60
i2.xlarge430.5 GB$0.8530$0.8530$622.69
i3.16xlarge64488 GB$4.9920$4.9920$3,644.16
i3.2xlarge861 GB$0.6240$0.9920$455.52
i3.4xlarge16122 GB$1.2480$1.2480$911.04
i3.8xlarge32244 GB$2.4960$2.4960$1,822.08
i3.large215.25 GB$0.1560$0.1560$113.88
i3.xlarge430.5 GB$0.3120$0.4960$227.76
i3en.12xlarge48384 GB$5.4240$5.4240$3,959.52
i3en.24xlarge96768 GB$10.8480$10.8480$7,919.04
i3en.2xlarge864 GB$0.9040$1.2720$659.92
i3en.3xlarge1296 GB$1.3560$1.9080$989.88
i3en.6xlarge24192 GB$2.7120$3.8160$1,979.76
i3en.large216 GB$0.2260$0.2260$164.98
i3en.xlarge432 GB$0.4520$0.4520$329.96
i4g.16xlarge64512 GB$4.9421-$3,607.72
i4g.2xlarge864 GB$0.6178-$450.96
i4g.4xlarge16128 GB$1.2355-$901.93
i4g.8xlarge32256 GB$2.4710-$1,803.86
i4g.large216 GB$0.1544-$112.74
i4g.xlarge432 GB$0.3089-$225.48
i4i.12xlarge48384 GB$4.1180$4.1180$3,006.14
i4i.16xlarge64512 GB$5.4910$5.4910$4,008.43
i4i.24xlarge96768 GB$8.2368$8.2368$6,012.86
i4i.2xlarge864 GB$0.6860$1.0540$500.78
i4i.32xlarge1281024 GB$10.9824$16.8704$8,017.15
i4i.4xlarge16128 GB$1.3730$1.3730$1,002.29
i4i.8xlarge32256 GB$2.7460$2.7460$2,004.58
i4i.large216 GB$0.1720$0.1720$125.56
i4i.xlarge432 GB$0.3430$0.3430$250.39
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Reserved Instance & Savings Plans Pricing

Commit to 1 or 3 years for lower hourly rates.

InstancevCPUMemoryLinux/hrWindows/hrLinux/mo1yr RI/hr3yr RI/hr
g2.2xlarge815 GB$0.6500$0.6500$474.50--
g2.8xlarge3260 GB$2.6000$2.8780$1,898.00--
g3.16xlarge64488 GB$4.5600$7.5040$3,328.80--
g3.4xlarge16122 GB$1.1400$1.8760$832.20--
g3.8xlarge32244 GB$2.2800$2.2800$1,664.40--
g3s.xlarge430.5 GB$0.7500$0.9340$547.50--
g4ad.16xlarge64256 GB$3.4680$3.4680$2,531.64$2.6210$1.7486
g4ad.2xlarge832 GB$0.5412$0.9092$395.05$0.4090$0.2729
g4ad.4xlarge1664 GB$0.8670$1.6030$632.91$0.5462$0.5246
g4ad.8xlarge32128 GB$1.7340$1.7340$1,265.82$1.3105$0.8743
g4ad.xlarge416 GB$0.3785$0.5625$276.33$0.2385$0.2290
g4dn.12xlarge48192 GB$3.9120$6.1200$2,855.76$2.8340$1.6900
g4dn.16xlarge64256 GB$4.3520$4.3520$3,176.96$3.1530$1.8800
g4dn.2xlarge832 GB$0.7520$1.1200$548.96$0.4740$0.3250
g4dn.4xlarge1664 GB$1.2040$1.2040$878.92$0.7590$0.6240
g4dn.8xlarge32128 GB$2.1760$3.6480$1,588.48$1.3710$1.1280
g4dn.xlarge416 GB$0.5260$0.5260$383.98$0.3810$0.2270
g5.12xlarge48192 GB$5.6720$5.6720$4,140.56$3.5734$3.0629
g5.16xlarge64256 GB$4.0960$4.0960$2,990.08$2.5805$1.7695
g5.24xlarge96384 GB$8.1440$8.1440$5,945.12$5.1307$3.5182
g5.2xlarge832 GB$1.2120$1.5800$884.76$0.9545$0.5236
g5.48xlarge192768 GB$16.2880$16.2880$11,890.24$12.8268$7.0364
g5.4xlarge1664 GB$1.6240$1.6240$1,185.52$1.2789$0.8770
g5.8xlarge32128 GB$2.4480$2.4480$1,787.04$1.9278$1.0575
g5.xlarge416 GB$1.0060$1.1900$734.38$0.6338$0.5432
g5g.16xlarge64128 GB$2.7440-$2,003.12$1.7287$1.1854
g5g.2xlarge816 GB$0.5560-$405.88$0.4379$0.2402
g5g.4xlarge1632 GB$0.8280-$604.44$0.5216$0.4471
g5g.8xlarge3264 GB$1.3720-$1,001.56$1.0805$0.5927
g5g.xlarge48 GB$0.4200-$306.60$0.2646$0.1814
g6.12xlarge48192 GB$4.6016$6.8096$3,359.17$2.9956$2.6402
g6.16xlarge64256 GB$3.3968$3.3968$2,479.66$2.2113$1.5591
g6.24xlarge96384 GB$6.6752$6.6752$4,872.90$5.4319$3.0639
g6.2xlarge832 GB$0.9776$1.3456$713.65$0.6364$0.5609
g6.48xlarge192768 GB$13.3504$13.3504$9,745.79$10.8639$6.1278
g6.4xlarge1664 GB$1.3232$1.3232$965.94$1.0768$0.6073
g6.8xlarge32128 GB$2.0144$2.0144$1,470.51$1.3114$1.1558
g6.xlarge416 GB$0.8048$0.9888$587.50$0.6549$0.4617
g6e.12xlarge48384 GB$10.4926$10.4926$7,659.63$6.6104$5.4394
g6e.16xlarge64512 GB$7.5772$10.5212$5,531.35$5.7284$3.2734
g6e.24xlarge96768 GB$15.0656$19.4816$10,997.88$9.4913$7.8100
g6e.2xlarge864 GB$2.2421$2.2421$1,636.72$1.6950$0.9686
g6e.48xlarge1921536 GB$30.1312$30.1312$21,995.76$18.9826$13.0167
g6e.4xlarge16128 GB$3.0042$3.0042$2,193.10$2.2712$1.5574
g6e.8xlarge32256 GB$4.5286$4.5286$3,305.85$2.8530$1.9563
g6e.xlarge432 GB$1.8610$1.8610$1,358.53$1.1724$0.9647
g6f.2xlarge832 GB$0.4750$0.4750$346.75--
g6f.4xlarge1664 GB$0.9500$0.9500$693.50--
g6f.large28 GB$0.2020$0.2020$147.46--
g6f.xlarge416 GB$0.2375$0.2375$173.38--
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How EBS Pricing Works

On-Demand

Pay per hour with no long-term commitment. Ideal for variable workloads and development environments.

Reserved / Committed Use

Commit to 1 or 3 years for significant discounts.

Spot / Preemptible

Use spare capacity at steep discounts. Best for fault-tolerant, batch, and stateless workloads.

Pricing Insights

Amazon EBS offers 1058 pricing tiers from $0.004200/hr to $360.99/hr in the US East region.

The u7i-12tb.224xlarge (896 vCPU, 12288 GB RAM) at $125.58/hr offers the best specs-per-dollar ratio.

By Instance Family

  • General Purpose: 343 tiers, $0.004200/hr – $360.99/hr
  • Memory Optimized: 305 tiers, $0.0504/hr – $48.74/hr
  • Compute Optimized: 241 tiers, $0.0340/hr – $21.29/hr
  • Storage Optimized: 86 tiers, $0.1544/hr – $24.95/hr
  • Accelerated Computing: 80 tiers, $0.2020/hr – $113.93/hr
  • HPC: 3 tiers, $1.68/hr – $1.68/hr

Cost Optimization Tips

  • 1-year reserved pricing saves up to 24% vs on-demand.
  • 3-year reserved pricing saves up to 50% vs on-demand.
  • With 1058 available tiers, right-sizing your instance to match actual usage is key to cost optimization.

Monthly Cost Examples

Small Workload
t4g.nano
2 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM
$3.07/mo
Medium Workload
m8a.large
2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
$88.86/mo
Large Workload
u7in-32tb.224xlarge
896 vCPU, 32768 GB RAM
$263,520.47/mo

AWS EBS Free Tier

AWSgp2/gp3 storage12 Months Free

Free limit: 30 GB. Available for the first 12 months after account creation, then standard on-demand pricing applies.

Free Tier Comparison

ProviderServiceFree OfferingDurationLimit
AWSEBSgp2/gp3 storage12 months30 GB
AzureManaged DisksP6 SSD12 months2x 64 GB disks
GCPPersistent DiskStandard pdAlways30 GB in US regions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is AWS EBS?

AWS EBS is a cloud service offered by Amazon Web Services. It provides various configurations (1072 pricing tiers available) with pay-as-you-go and committed-use pricing options.

How much does AWS EBS cost per month?

Prices range from $3.07/month for t4g.nano to $263,520.47/month for u7in-32tb.224xlarge on On-Demand pricing in us-east-1.

How can I reduce AWS EBS costs?

You can save up to 68% by using Reserved Instances or Committed Use Discounts (1-3 year commitment). Spot/Preemptible instances can save even more for fault-tolerant workloads.

Does AWS EBS have a free tier?

AWS offers various free tier options. Check the official AWS pricing page for the most current free tier details for EBS.

How many AWS EBS pricing tiers are available?

There are 1072 pricing tiers available for AWS EBS. These range from entry-level configurations to high-performance options for enterprise workloads.

What pricing models does AWS EBS offer?

AWS EBS offers On-Demand (pay-per-hour, no commitment), Reserved/Committed Use (1-3 year commitments for significant discounts), and in some cases Spot/Preemptible pricing for interruptible workloads at the lowest cost.

How is cloud storage pricing calculated?

Cloud storage costs include three components: storage capacity (per GB/month), API requests (PUT, GET, LIST operations), and data transfer out (egress). Infrequent-access and archive tiers offer lower storage costs but charge higher retrieval fees, making them ideal for data accessed less than once a month.

Are there data transfer costs for cloud storage?

Yes. Ingress (uploading data) is typically free, but egress (downloading or transferring data out) is charged per GB. Costs vary by provider and destination — transfers within the same region are cheapest, while cross-region and internet-bound transfers cost more.

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