# db.m2.xlarge pricing (Amazon RDS)

> Monthly on-demand and reserved price for the Amazon RDS db.m2.xlarge instance across regions and engines.

Source: https://www.bytebase.com/dbcost/rds/instance/db.m2.xlarge/

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## Specs

- vCPU: 2
- Memory: 17.1 GiB
- Category: General purpose
- Architecture: x86
- Processor: Intel Xeon Family
- Generation: Previous

Cheapest on-demand: $241/month (MySQL, US East (N. Virginia)).

## PostgreSQL — monthly price by region

| Region | On-Demand | 1-yr Reserved | 3-yr Reserved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1) | $292 | — | — |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2) | $292 | — | — |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1) | $266 | — | — |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1) | $288 | — | — |
| Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | $277 | — | — |
| South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1) | $310 | — | — |
| US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) | $252 | — | — |
| US West (N. California) (us-west-1) | $274 | — | — |
| US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | $252 | — | — |

## MySQL — monthly price by region

| Region | On-Demand | 1-yr Reserved | 3-yr Reserved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1) | $277 | — | — |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2) | $277 | — | — |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1) | $266 | — | — |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1) | $274 | — | — |
| Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | $263 | — | — |
| South America (Sao Paulo) (sa-east-1) | $296 | — | — |
| US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) | $241 | — | — |
| US West (N. California) (us-west-1) | $263 | — | — |
| US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) | $241 | — | — |

Prices are for the database instance (compute) only, per month. Storage, IOPS, backups, and data transfer are billed separately by the provider. Reserved = effective monthly of the cheapest all-upfront term.

Compare: [all General-purpose (M-family) xlarge instances](/dbcost/rds/compare/m-xlarge.md)