t2.nano
General purpose · t2 series · Intel Xeon Family
- vCPU
- 1
- Memory
- 0.5 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $0.00580
- Per month
- $4.23
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.00580
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0116
Analysis
The t2.nano is a general purpose instance in the t2 series with 1 vCPU and 0.5 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Family (up to Up to 3.3 GHz), which makes it very compute-heavy at 0.5 GiB of memory per vCPU.
At $0.00580/hour on demand in US East (N. Virginia), about $4.23 a month, the t2.nano is one of the cheaper ways to buy general purpose capacity: only 2% of the 354 current general purpose types cost less per vCPU-hour than its $0.00580.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of São Paulo saves $2.55 a month per instance: $0.00580/hour against $0.00930/hour, a 60% spread.
It is the smallest of the 7 t2 sizes. Stepping up to the t2.micro gives 1 vCPU and 1 GiB for $4.23 more a month. Unit price is not flat across the series ($0.00580 to $0.0464 per vCPU-hour), so the size changes the rate you pay.
The newer t3.nano on Intel Skylake E5 2686 v5 is 10% cheaper at $0.00520/hour, which makes the t2.nano hard to justify for new deployments.
Reserving it for a year with no upfront payment cuts the Linux rate to $0.00360/hour, which beats on demand once it runs more than 62% of the time; three years brings it to $0.00250/hour, 57% below on demand. Windows Server roughly adds 40% to the bill at $0.00810/hour, because the licence is charged per vCPU.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $0.00580 | $0.00810 | $0.00360 | $0.00250 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $0.00580 | $0.00810 | $0.00360 | $0.00250 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $0.00580 | $0.00810 | $0.00360 | $0.00250 | |
| Canada Central ca-central-1 | $0.00640 | $0.00870 | $0.00400 | $0.00280 | |
| São Paulo sa-east-1 | $0.00930 | $0.0116 | $0.00530 | $0.00400 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $0.00630 | $0.00860 | $0.00440 | $0.00320 | |
| London eu-west-2 | $0.00660 | $0.00890 | $0.00450 | $0.00340 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $0.00670 | $0.00900 | $0.00480 | $0.00350 | |
| Mumbai ap-south-1 | $0.00620 | $0.00850 | $0.00390 | $0.00260 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $0.00730 | $0.00960 | $0.00450 | $0.00310 | |
| Sydney ap-southeast-2 | $0.00730 | $0.00960 | $0.00490 | $0.00350 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $0.00760 | $0.00990 | $0.00510 | $0.00380 |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.