Cloud Cost Data
Compare · US
Cheapest 1 vCPU, 8 GB VM
AWS, Azure and GCP list prices for a Linux VM with at least 1 vCPUs and 8 GB, in us-east-1, eastus and us-central1. The smallest fit from each family, 730 hours a month, no discounts applied except the commitment columns.
Other regions: Europe · Asia Pacific. Nearby sizes: 2 vCPU / 16 GB.
Cheapest per cloud
| Cloud | On-demand /mo | 1-year /mo | 3-year /mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS us-east-1 | $36.79 r6g.medium | $26.64 r6g.medium | $19.27 r6g.medium |
| Azure eastus | $51.25 Standard_D2ps_v6 | $30.25 Standard_D2ps_v6 | $19.47 Standard_D2ps_v6 |
| GCP us-central1 | $43.03 c4a-highmem-1 | $28.36 c4a-highmem-1 | $19.37 c4a-highmem-1 |
Commitments: AWS Compute Savings Plan, Azure reservation, GCP committed use discount — no upfront where there is a choice.
AWS · us-east-1 · on-demand, Linux
| Type | vCPU | GB | Arch | /hr | /mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r6g.medium | 1.0 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0504 | $36.79 |
| r7g.medium | 1.0 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0536 | $39.13 |
| r6gd.medium | 1.0 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0576 | $42.05 |
| r8g.medium | 1.0 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0589 | $43.00 |
| r9g.medium | 1.0 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0642 | $46.87 |
Azure · eastus · on-demand, Linux
| Type | vCPU | GB | Arch | /hr | /mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_D2ps_v6 | 2 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0702 | $51.25 |
| Standard_D2ps_v5 | 2 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0770 | $56.21 |
| Standard_F1ams_v7 | 1 | 8 | x86_64 | $0.0895 | $65.33 |
| Standard_D2pds_v5 | 2 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0904 | $65.99 |
| Standard_D2as_v6 | 2 | 8 | x86_64 | $0.0908 | $66.28 |
GCP · us-central1 · on-demand, Linux
| Type | vCPU | GB | Arch | /hr | /mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c4a-highmem-1 | 1 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0589 | $43.03 |
| e2-standard-2 | 2 | 8 | x86_64 | $0.0670 | $48.92 |
| e2-custom-2-8192 | 2 | 8 | x86_64 | $0.0704 | $51.36 |
| t2a-standard-2 | 2 | 8 | arm64 | $0.0770 | $56.21 |
| n2d-standard-2 | 2 | 8 | x86_64 | $0.0845 | $61.68 |
Run it with the API
This page is one /api/v1/compare call. Change the requirements, regions or category and run your own:
curl -s https://api.cloudcostdata.com/api/v1/compare \
-H "X-API-Key: $CCD_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"category": "vm", "regions": {"aws": "us-east-1", "azure": "eastus", "gcp": "us-central1"},
"requirements": {"vcpus": 1, "memory_gib": 8}, "limit": 5}'