AWS EC2 prices in Houston (Local Zone) (us-east-1-iah-1)
The cheapest 4 GB Linux AWS EC2 server in Houston (Local Zone) (us-east-1-iah-1) is t3.medium (2 vCPU) at $37.96 a month ($0.0520 an hour at 730 hours); the cheapest 4 GB VPS we track with a data centre in the United States is AlphaVPS Cheap C4G at $4.44 in New York. 43 sizes priced from $37.96 a month, read 30 Oct 2026 from Amazon Web Services's own price list.
Every size on one price line
43 sizes from $38.0 to $7,358 a month; half of them sit between $230 and $2,482, the median is $741.
Cheapest Linux server per memory size
The cheapest size with at least this much memory and under twice it, beside the cheapest VPS we track with a data centre in the United States (disk, IPv4 and traffic included).
| Memory | Cheapest size | vCPU | Per hour | Per month | Cheapest VPS in the United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 GB | c6gn.medium2 GB · Arm | 1 | $0.0540 | $39.42730 h × hourly | $1.49DediRock Yearly Promo Economy · Los Angeles |
| 4 GB | t3.medium4 GB · burstable CPU | 2 | $0.0520 | $37.96730 h × hourly | $4.44AlphaVPS Cheap C4G · New York |
| 8 GB | m6i.large8 GB | 2 | $0.1200 | $87.60730 h × hourly | $7.22AlphaVPS Cheap C8G · New York |
| 16 GB | r6i.large16 GB | 2 | $0.1575 | $114.98730 h × hourly | $12.99Hostinger KVM 4 · Phoenix |
| 32 GB | r6i.xlarge32 GB | 4 | $0.3150 | $229.95730 h × hourly | $25.59AlphaVPS Cheap C32G · New York |
| 64 GB | r6i.2xlarge64 GB | 8 | $0.6300 | $459.90730 h × hourly | $55.10Contabo Cloud VPS 16 · US Central |
All 43 sizes by family
4 families, cheapest first; open a family for every size. Per month = 730 hours × the hourly price.
General purpose 11 sizes from $37.96 a month
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Processor | Per hour | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t3.mediumUp to 5 Gigabit | 2 | 4 GB | x86 · Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | $0.0520 | $37.96 |
| m6i.largeUp to 12500 Megabit | 2 | 8 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.1200 | $87.60 |
| t3.xlargeUp to 5 Gigabit | 4 | 16 GB | x86 · Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 | $0.2080 | $151.84 |
| m6i.xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 4 | 16 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.2400 | $175.20 |
| m6i.2xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 8 | 32 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.4800 | $350.40 |
| m6i.4xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 16 | 64 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.9600 | $700.80 |
| m6i.8xlarge12500 Megabit | 32 | 128 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $1.9200 | $1,401.60 |
| m6i.12xlarge18750 Megabit | 48 | 192 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $2.8800 | $2,102.40 |
| m6i.16xlarge25000 Megabit | 64 | 256 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $3.8400 | $2,803.20 |
| m6i.24xlarge37500 Megabit | 96 | 384 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $5.7600 | $4,204.80 |
| m6i.32xlarge50000 Megabit | 128 | 512 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $7.6800 | $5,606.40 |
Compute optimized 20 sizes from $39.42 a month
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Processor | Per hour | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c6gn.mediumUp to 25 Gigabit | 1 | 2 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $0.0540 | $39.42 |
| c6i.largeUp to 12500 Megabit | 2 | 4 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.1062 | $77.56 |
| c6gn.largeUp to 25 Gigabit | 2 | 4 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $0.1080 | $78.84 |
| c6i.xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 4 | 8 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.2125 | $155.13 |
| c6gn.xlargeUp to 25 Gigabit | 4 | 8 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $0.2160 | $157.68 |
| c6i.2xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 8 | 16 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.4250 | $310.25 |
| c6gn.2xlargeUp to 25 Gigabit | 8 | 16 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $0.4320 | $315.36 |
| c5d.2xlargeUp to 10 Gigabit | 8 | 16 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M | $0.4800 | $350.40 |
| c6i.4xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 16 | 32 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.8500 | $620.50 |
| c6gn.4xlarge25 Gigabit | 16 | 32 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $0.8640 | $630.72 |
| c5d.4xlargeUp to 10 Gigabit | 16 | 32 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M | $0.9600 | $700.80 |
| c6i.8xlarge12500 Megabit | 32 | 64 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $1.7000 | $1,241 |
| c6gn.8xlarge50 Gigabit | 32 | 64 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $1.7280 | $1,261.44 |
| c6i.12xlarge18750 Megabit | 48 | 96 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $2.5500 | $1,861.50 |
| c6gn.12xlarge75 Gigabit | 48 | 96 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $2.5920 | $1,892.16 |
| c5d.12xlarge12 Gigabit | 48 | 96 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon Platinum 8275L | $2.8800 | $2,102.40 |
| c6i.16xlarge25000 Megabit | 64 | 128 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $3.4000 | $2,482 |
| c6gn.16xlarge100 Gigabit | 64 | 128 GB | Arm · AWS Graviton2 Processor | $3.4560 | $2,522.88 |
| c6i.24xlarge37500 Megabit | 96 | 192 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $5.1000 | $3,723 |
| c6i.32xlarge50000 Megabit | 128 | 256 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $6.8000 | $4,964 |
Memory optimized 10 sizes from $114.98 a month
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Processor | Per hour | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r6i.largeUp to 12500 Megabit | 2 | 16 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.1575 | $114.98 |
| r6i.xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 4 | 32 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.3150 | $229.95 |
| r6i.2xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 8 | 64 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $0.6300 | $459.90 |
| r5d.2xlargeUp to 10 Gigabit | 8 | 64 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon Platinum 8175 | $0.7200 | $525.60 |
| r6i.4xlargeUp to 12500 Megabit | 16 | 128 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $1.2600 | $919.80 |
| r6i.8xlarge12500 Megabit | 32 | 256 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $2.5200 | $1,839.60 |
| r6i.12xlarge18750 Megabit | 48 | 384 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $3.7800 | $2,759.40 |
| r6i.16xlarge25000 Megabit | 64 | 512 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $5.0400 | $3,679.20 |
| r6i.24xlarge37500 Megabit | 96 | 768 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $7.5600 | $5,518.80 |
| r6i.32xlarge50000 Megabit | 128 | 1024 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake) | $10.0800 | $7,358.40 |
GPU instance 2 sizes from $740.95 a month
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Processor | Per hour | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g4dn.2xlargeUp to 25 Gigabit | 8 | 32 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon Family | $1.0150 | $740.95 |
| g4dn.4xlargeUp to 25 Gigabit | 16 | 64 GB | x86 · Intel Xeon Family | $1.6250 | $1,186.25 |
Other AWS EC2 regions, cheapest 4 GB first
AWS EC2 in Houston (Local Zone), frequently asked
- What is the cheapest 4 GB AWS EC2 server in Houston (Local Zone) (us-east-1-iah-1)?
- t3.medium: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, $37.96 a month ($0.0520 an hour, 730 hours), read 30 Oct 2026. Disk, a public IPv4 address and outbound traffic are billed on top. The cheapest 4 GB VPS we track in the United States is AlphaVPS Cheap C4G at $4.44, disk, IPv4 and traffic included.
- What is the cheapest AWS EC2 server of any size in Houston (Local Zone) (us-east-1-iah-1)?
- t3.medium (2 vCPU, 4 GB) at $37.96 a month, $0.0520 an hour; 43 sizes are priced here, read 30 Oct 2026.
- Is an Arm server cheaper than x86 in Houston (Local Zone) (us-east-1-iah-1)?
- At 4 GB, yes by -52%: c6gn.large (Arm) is $78.84 a month against t3.medium (x86) at $37.96. Arm runs most Linux software; check your container images and binaries support arm64.
- Is Houston (Local Zone) a cheap AWS EC2 region?
- For a 4 GB server Houston (Local Zone) ranks 42 of 106 regions at $37.96 a month; the cheapest is Mumbai at $16.35.
Where these prices come from
Each figure is the cloud's own published on-demand list price for a Linux server on shared hardware, read by our scripts from the cloud's price list, never typed in: Amazon Web Services EC2 price list for Houston (Local Zone) (read 30 Oct 2026). A month is 730 hours, the convention the clouds' own calculators use, unless the provider lists a monthly price. Prices in other currencies are shown as listed and converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 29 Oct 2026. The hourly price covers the server alone: disk, a public IPv4 address and outbound traffic are billed on top at every cloud here, while the VPS prices we compare against include a disk, an IPv4 address and a traffic allowance. Specs are the cloud's published vCPU count and memory; a size whose specs the cloud does not publish in a readable form shows "not stated".