Amazon EC2 VPS Plans Review
Amazon EC2 was founded in 2006.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS, Database, Storage and Networking hosting products.
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Japan
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sweden
- UK
- USA
This provider is related to Amazon Lightsail
Lightsail is the low price, simple VPS offering from Amazon
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on August 23 2019.
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Amazon EC2 Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Amazon EC2 also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Teams | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each Amazon EC2 VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28s | 10s | 45s | 9 |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage Prices page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.100 | General purpose SSD |
AWS also offer cold HDD for $0.025/GB/month.
https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/ |
| Object | $0.023 | Standard, for the first 50TB. |
AWS S3 also offers infrequent access and Glacier object storage for lower prices.
https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/ |
Compare all Amazon EC2 plans in the Screener
The Screener shows all Amazon EC2 plans side by side with their grades in 5 categories.
Amazon EC2 Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$7.49
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $5.26 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 10 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Xen |
| Data Transfer GB | 100 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 10%
|
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 13
Performance Test Results
We conducted 2 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - t2-micro. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the t2-micro plan
This plan was tested 8 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the t2-micro plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| May 06 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz | D |
| Aug 20 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz | F |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$7.49
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $4.75 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Nitro |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 10%
|
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 45
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - t3.micro. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the t3.micro plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the t3.micro plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 03 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$14.98
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $9.49 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 8 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 20%
|
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 54
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - t3.small. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the t3.small plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the t3.small plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$16.56
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $10.51 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 8 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Xen |
| Data Transfer GB | 250 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 20%
|
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 54
Performance Test Results
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - t2-small. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the t2-small plan
This plan was tested 5 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the t2-small plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 24 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/a1/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$18.36
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $11.75 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Nitro |
| Data Transfer GB | 100 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Performance Test Results
We conducted 2 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - a1.medium. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Trials
This plan went through "light" testing 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all light trials run on the a1.medium plan.
Light trials are sysbench and transfer tests only.
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$27.07
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $17.28 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 0 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Nitro |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 20%
|
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 31
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - t3a.medium. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the t3a.medium plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the t3a.medium plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 04 2019 | AMD EPYC 7571 | E |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$29.95
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $19.05 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 8 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 200 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 20%
|
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 56
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - t3-medium. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the t3-medium plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the t3-medium plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 04 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz | C |
| Aug 22 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$33.41
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $20.95 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 8 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 250 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 20%
|
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 53
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - t2-medium. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the t2-medium plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the t2-medium plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz | C |
| Jan 14 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/#Compute_Optimized |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$61.20
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $36.72 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 0 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Nitro |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 67
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - c5.large. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the c5.large plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the c5.large plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$62.00
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $40.15 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 100 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 50
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - m5a.large. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the m5a.large plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the m5a.large plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 31 2019 | AMD EPYC 7571 | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$69.12
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $44.53 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 200 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 72
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Amazon EC2 - m5.large. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the m5.large plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the m5.large plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 21 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz | B |
| Nov 14 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz | C |
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