AWS · Azure · GCP · 60 regions · prices with dates and sources
Which cloud region is cheapest for this workload?
Pick an instance shape. Every region is ranked by that instance's on-demand list price, with the exact SKU named beside each number.
The default instance families, Intel or AMD.
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60 regions · sorted by price
Prices: AWS live 10 Oct 2026 · Azure live 10 Oct 2026 · GCP verified 10 Oct 2026 AWS compute: live, as of 2026-10-10, AWS Price List Bulk API, AmazonEC2 regional offer files · Azure compute: live, as of 2026-10-10, Azure Retail Prices API · GCP compute: verified, as of 2026-10-10, Google Cloud Compute Engine general-purpose and compute-optimized pricing pages · GCP storage gb month: verified, as of 2026-06-01 (carried over, not refreshed) · GCP egress internet: verified, as of 2026-10-10 (field-specific provenance) · Inter-region transfer: AWS live 2026-10-08, Azure live 2026-10-10, GCP live 2026-10-10 · Carbon: estimate, as of 2026-10-08, Google region-carbon-info (GCP) and Cloud Carbon Footprint emissions factors (AWS, Azure) · Latency: estimate, as of 2026-06-01 · Unknown values are shown as unknown and never priced as zero. On-demand Linux list price; no reserved, spot or savings-plan discount unless you set the discount slider.
Cheapest regionfor general purpose onm5.large
AWS
US East (N. Virginia)
Ashburn, United States·us-east-1·6 availability zones
$0.0960
per hour, on-demand Linux list price
$70
per month at 730 h
- $46/mo less(40%) than Brazil South, the dearest
- 95 region heuristic
Based in North America, 6 AZs, SOC2 and PCI-DSS coverage.
Cheapest on each provider
- AWSUS East (N. Virginia)$0.0960$70/mo
- AzureEast US$0.0960$70/mo
- GCPUS Central (Iowa)$0.0971$71/mo
Every region on one price scale
The dearest region costs 66% more than the cheapest. Select a dot to find it in the table.
Instances: AWS m5.large, Azure D2s_v3, GCP n2-standard-2. On-demand Linux list price per hour.
60 regions ranked
| Region | Pin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWSUS East (N. Virginia) us-east-1|m5.large | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 2 | AWSUS East (Ohio) us-east-2|m5.large | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 3 | AWSUS West (Oregon) us-west-2|m5.large | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 4 | AzureEast US eastus|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 5 | AzureEast US 2 eastus2|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 6 | AzureWest US 2 westus2|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 7 | AzureWest US 3 westus3|D2s_v3 | $0.0960 | $70 | |
| 8 | GCPUS Central (Iowa) us-central1|n2-standard-2 | $0.0971 | $71 | |
| 9 | GCPUS East (South Carolina) us-east1|n2-standard-2 | $0.0971 | $71 | |
| 10 | GCPUS West (Oregon) us-west1|n2-standard-2 | $0.0971 | $71 | |
| 11 | AWSAsia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1|m5.large | $0.1010 | $74 | |
| 12 | AWSEurope (Stockholm) eu-north-1|m5.large | $0.1020 | $74 | |
| 13 | AzureSweden Central swedencentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1020 | $74 | |
| 14 | AzureCentral India centralindia|D2s_v3 | $0.1050 | $77 | |
| 15 | GCPTel Aviv me-west1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1068 | $78 | |
| 16 | GCPBelgium europe-west1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1068 | $78 | |
| 17 | GCPMontréal northamerica-northeast1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1069 | $78 | |
| 18 | GCPToronto northamerica-northeast2|n2-standard-2 | $0.1069 | $78 | |
| 19 | GCPNetherlands europe-west4|n2-standard-2 | $0.1069 | $78 | |
| 20 | GCPFinland europe-north1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1069 | $78 | |
| 21 | AWSCanada (Central) ca-central-1|m5.large | $0.1070 | $78 | |
| 22 | AWSEurope (Ireland) eu-west-1|m5.large | $0.1070 | $78 | |
| 23 | AzureNorth Europe northeurope|D2s_v3 | $0.1070 | $78 | |
| 24 | GCPUS East (N. Virginia) us-east4|n2-standard-2 | $0.1094 | $80 | |
| 25 | AWSEurope (London) eu-west-2|m5.large | $0.1110 | $81 | |
| 26 | AzureCanada Central canadacentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1110 | $81 | |
| 27 | AWSUS West (N. California) us-west-1|m5.large | $0.1120 | $82 | |
| 28 | AWSEurope (Paris) eu-west-3|m5.large | $0.1120 | $82 | |
| 29 | AzureFrance Central francecentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1120 | $82 | |
| 30 | GCPTaiwan asia-east1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1125 | $82 | |
| 31 | AWSEurope (Frankfurt) eu-central-1|m5.large | $0.1150 | $84 | |
| 32 | AzureGermany West Central germanywestcentral|D2s_v3 | $0.1150 | $84 | |
| 33 | AzureUK South uksouth|D2s_v3 | $0.1160 | $85 | |
| 34 | GCPMumbai asia-south1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1166 | $85 | |
| 35 | GCPUS West (Los Angeles) us-west2|n2-standard-2 | $0.1167 | $85 | |
| 36 | AWSAsia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2|m5.large | $0.1180 | $86 | |
| 37 | AWSMiddle East (Bahrain) me-south-1|m5.large | $0.1180 | $86 | |
| 38 | GCPSingapore asia-southeast1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1198 | $87 | |
| 39 | AWSAsia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1|m5.large | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 40 | AWSAsia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2|m5.large | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 41 | AzureWest Europe westeurope|D2s_v3 | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 42 | AzureUAE North uaenorth|D2s_v3 | $0.1200 | $88 | |
| 43 | AWSAsia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1|m5.large | $0.1240 | $91 | |
| 44 | GCPTokyo asia-northeast1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1246 | $91 | |
| 45 | AzureSoutheast Asia southeastasia|D2s_v3 | $0.1250 | $91 | |
| 46 | AzureAustralia East australiaeast|D2s_v3 | $0.1250 | $91 | |
| 47 | GCPLondon europe-west2|n2-standard-2 | $0.1251 | $91 | |
| 48 | GCPFrankfurt europe-west3|n2-standard-2 | $0.1251 | $91 | |
| 49 | AWSAfrica (Cape Town) af-south-1|m5.large | $0.1270 | $93 | |
| 50 | AzureSouth Africa North southafricanorth|D2s_v3 | $0.1270 | $93 | |
| 51 | GCPZürich europe-west6|n2-standard-2 | $0.1272 | $93 | |
| 52 | AzureJapan East japaneast|D2s_v3 | $0.1290 | $94 | |
| 53 | GCPJakarta asia-southeast2|n2-standard-2 | $0.1306 | $95 | |
| 54 | AWSAsia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1|m5.large | $0.1320 | $96 | |
| 55 | AzureEast Asia eastasia|D2s_v3 | $0.1320 | $96 | |
| 56 | GCPHong Kong asia-east2|n2-standard-2 | $0.1359 | $99 | |
| 57 | GCPSydney australia-southeast1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1378 | $101 | |
| 58 | AWSSouth America (São Paulo) sa-east-1|m5.large | $0.1530 | $112 | |
| 59 | GCPSão Paulo southamerica-east1|n2-standard-2 | $0.1542 | $113 | |
| 60 | AzureBrazil South brazilsouth|D2s_v3 | $0.1590 | $116 |
What is being compared
One instance per provider, matched by shape
Each workload maps to one named instance on each provider, chosen for the same vCPU and RAM. The ranking is that instance's on-demand Linux list price in every region, so a row in the table is always the SKU shown beside it.
The shapes match except for compute optimised on GCP: the C2 family has no 8 GB size, so c2-standard-4 carries 16 GB and is not like for like.
| Workload | AWS | Azure | GCP |
|---|---|---|---|
| General purpose 2 vCPU · 8 GB | m5.large2 vCPU · 8 GB | D2s_v32 vCPU · 8 GB | n2-standard-22 vCPU · 8 GB |
| Compute optimised 4 vCPU · 8 GB (GCP 16 GB) | c5.xlarge4 vCPU · 8 GB | F4s_v24 vCPU · 8 GB | c2-standard-44 vCPU · 16 GB (no 8 GB size) |
| Memory optimised 2 vCPU · 16 GB | r5.large2 vCPU · 16 GB | E2s_v32 vCPU · 16 GB | n2-highmem-22 vCPU · 16 GB |
| General purpose · Arm Arm-based instances (AWS Graviton, Azure Cobalt, Google Axion). Usually cheaper per vCPU; not every region offers them. | m7g.large2 vCPU · 8 GB | D2ps_v62 vCPU · 8 GB | c4a-standard-22 vCPU · 8 GB |
| General purpose · Burstable Cheaper instances that earn CPU credits while idle and spend them under load (AWS t3, Azure B-series). Sustained full CPU costs more than the list price. Google has no burstable type at this size. | t3.large2 vCPU · 8 GB | B2s_v22 vCPU · 8 GB | no reference instance |
| Storage general + 100 GB SSD | m5.large+ 100 GB gp3 | D2s_v3+ 100 GB Standard SSD | n2-standard-2+ 100 GB pd-balanced |
| Custom your vCPU and RAM | Priced from each region's per-vCPU and per-GB rates, fitted by least squares to the provider's general, compute and memory families. An estimate rather than a list price, and labelled as fitted wherever it appears. | ||
What the monthly number includes
In the number
- The instance's on-demand Linux list price, for 730 hours a month.
- Internet egress at the region's first paid tier, once you enter a monthly volume.
- 100 GB of general-purpose SSD for the Storage workload.
- Your assumed service discount when you set the slider; internet egress stays at list price.
Not in the number
- Reserved, savings-plan or spot rates. Everything is on-demand until you apply a discount.
- Load balancers, NAT gateways, managed databases, support plans and taxes.
- Windows or other OS licences, and inter-region transfer (see the placement tool for that).
- Negotiated enterprise pricing. Confirm with the provider before you commit.
Questions people ask
Are these prices accurate?
AWS and Azure compute prices are fetched from the providers' price APIs by a script in the repository and carry the date they were fetched; GCP prices are read from Google's pricing pages and carry that date. Every number on the site shows its provenance. Prices are on-demand, Linux list rates with no commitment. Your invoice will differ with discounts, support plans and traffic, so confirm with the provider before you commit.
What is included in the cost comparison?
Compute (vCPU and RAM) for a reference instance per workload type, plus 100 GB of general-purpose SSD for the Storage type, plus internet egress at the first paid tier when you enter a monthly volume. Managed services, load balancers, NAT, support and licences are not included. Instances are matched by capacity across providers, not by identical SKUs.
Does this include reserved or spot pricing?
No. Every price is on-demand. Commitment discounts depend on the service, term, utilisation and billing agreement. Spot capacity has variable prices and interruption risk. Compare on-demand regions here, then model your eligible service discount with the slider or your own provider quote.
What is the difference between compute and memory optimised?
Compute-optimised workloads such as batch jobs, HPC and game servers need more vCPU per GB of RAM; memory-optimised workloads such as in-memory databases and caches need more RAM per vCPU. Each type maps to a different reference instance, and a region that is cheapest for one is not always cheapest for the other.
How often is pricing updated?
A scheduled job refreshes the data daily and opens a change list for review; publication waits for review and CI, and the deployment gate refuses price observations older than 45 days. The date and source of each provider's prices are shown next to the results and on the methodology page.
What does "unknown" mean in the results?
That a region does not price that instance, or a rate was not published by the source. Unknown values are never treated as zero: the region is left out of that comparison and the note under the results says why.
Where to look next
- AWS vs Azure vs GCP, side by sideThe three providers in one table, matched region by region, with ties marked as ties.
- Placement optimiserSeveral workloads at once: it picks the regions with the lowest total bill under residency, latency and compliance limits.
- GPU instances by regionOne T4, one L4 or an eight-card H100 node, priced whole, with the instance named.
- Managed Postgres and MySQL by regionA 2 vCPU, 8 GB managed instance plus 100 GB of storage, ranked across all three providers.
- Object storage by regionS3 Standard, Blob Hot LRS and Cloud Storage Standard, priced for the volume you actually keep.
- How these numbers are builtWhich SKUs stand in for each other, what the monthly figure includes, and what it deliberately leaves out.