AWS
a1.large
ARM · a1AWS 2 vCPU / 4 GiB · ARM · in 9 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $40/mo
Compute /mo $37/mo
40G disk $3.2/mo
per vCPU/mo $19 per GiB/mo $9.3 Reserved saves up to 62.4%
vCPU2
Memory4 GiB
ArchARM
Bandwidth10 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$3.2/mo
Regions9
Familya1
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $40 | $44 | $52 | 9 |
| Reserved | $17 | $19 | $21 | 9 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $8.2/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $9.2/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.t6-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $20/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t6-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Vultr vc2-2c-4gb 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $24/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $28/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c2m4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo 
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Azure Standard_B2pls_v2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $27/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Azure Standard_B2pls_v2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $27/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇮🇳 Mumbai ap-south-1 | $40 | — | — | $17 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia us-east-1 | $40 | — | — | $17 |
| 🇺🇸 Ohio us-east-2 | $40 | — | — | $17 |
| 🇺🇸 Oregon us-west-2 | $40 | — | — | $17 |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin eu-west-1 | $45 | — | — | $19 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $46 | — | — | $19 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $46 | — | — | $19 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $50 | — | — | $21 |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $52 | — | — | $21 |
All are the total monthly price = machine (effective hourly ×730) + a 40G system disk (~$3.2/mo, representative SSD estimate): the lowest total per billing type per region. Normalized to USD — verify on each cloud's official page.
FAQ
How much does a1.large cost on AWS?
a1.large runs from about $40/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 9 regions.
Is a1.large cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 at ~$8.2/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.