EC2 pricing · General purpose
m7g.large price in af-south-1 (Cape Town): per hour & per month
Updated 2026-10-19
$25,000 in credits runs one m7g.large in Africa (Cape Town) for about 317 months (credits usually expire in 12 to 24).
m7g.large (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, AWS Graviton3) costs $0.108 per hour on demand in Africa (Cape Town), or $78.84 for a 730-hour month on Linux.
Steady-state production web/API servers, small containerized services and app servers needing a balanced 1:4 vCPU:RAM ratio. Graviton3 gives better price-performance than x86 for ARM-ready stacks.
- On demand
- $0.108/h
- Monthly (730h)
- $78.84
- Specs
- 2 vCPU, 8 GiB, AWS Graviton3
Is m7g.large right for you?
What 8 GiB of RAM runs
- ✓ MVP backend with a few hundred users
- ✓ Single Docker service or small Kubernetes node
- ✓ CI runner, internal tools
- ✕ Large in-memory caches
- ✕ Production database with growing data
- ✕ Video or ML processing
Full-time CPU
No burst limits: all 2 vCPUs are yours 100% of the time, so it suits steady traffic, builds and background jobs.
Arm (Graviton) checklist
AWS Graviton3 is usually 20% cheaper than the x86 equivalent for similar speed.
Build Docker images for linux/arm64 (or multi-arch). Node, Python, Go, Java and Ruby run fine; check native modules and closed-source agents.
About Africa (Cape Town)
For African users; an opt-in region you must enable in your account first.
Moving data between availability zones costs about $0.01/GB each way.
The real bill for a small production setup
The server is rarely the biggest line. A typical setup behind a load balancer in a private network:
About per month$150
Load balancer: $0.03/h plus about $0.48/month in usage for 1 million requests. NAT gateway: $0.057/h plus $0.057/GB processed. Moving data between availability zones adds $0.01/GB each way. Skip the NAT gateway with public subnets or VPC endpoints to save $42/month. Prices for Africa (Cape Town) from the AWS Price List API (2026-10-19). Both are covered by AWS credits.
Credits expire before you can use them all
$25,000 would run one m7g.large for about 26.4 years, but credits usually expire in 12 to 24 months. Spend the surplus on a managed database, staging environments or load testing instead of leaving it unused.
Credits pay on-demand and Spot usage, not upfront Savings Plan or Reserved Instance commitments. Buy commitments only once credits run low.
Database, disk and traffic
Managed database vs running it yourself
A managed PostgreSQL database (RDS db.t4g.medium, single zone, 20 GB) costs about $62.88/month in Africa (Cape Town).
Running Postgres yourself on a second m7g.large costs about $80.93/month, but you handle backups, upgrades and failover.
Both are paid by AWS credits. Upfront fees for reserved databases are not.
Disk speed limits
Steady disk speed: 630 Mbps and 3,600 IOPS.
Short bursts up to 10,000 Mbps and 40,000 IOPS, for about 30 minutes a day, then it drops back.
A busy database or heavy file processing may hit this limit before CPU or memory.
Sending 1 TB a month to users
Straight from the server: about $139/month ($0.154/GB after the first 100 GB).
Through CloudFront: $0. Server-to-CloudFront traffic is free and the first 1 TB out each month is free (then $0.11/GB for South Africa edges).
m7g.large vs a simple VPS
Same CPU and memory, monthly price with one public IP and similar disk. AWS shown for Africa (Cape Town).
| Provider | Plan | Per month | Disk | Traffic included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | m7g.large | $90.87 | 80 GB | 100 GB |
| Hetzner | CCX13 | $51.09 | 80 GB | 20 TB |
| DigitalOcean | General Purpose 8 GiB / 2 vCPU (Regular, dedicated vCPU) | $63.00 | 25 GB | 4 TB |
Why credits change the math
Without credits a VPS is often cheaper and includes far more traffic. With credits, AWS costs you nothing for the first 12 to 24 months and gives you managed databases, load balancers and scaling a VPS doesn't.
RDS, CloudFront and transfer prices from the AWS Price List API; VPS prices from Hetzner and DigitalOcean, excluding VAT (2026-10-19).
Full monthly bill calculator
Instances rarely run alone. Add disk, a public IP and traffic to see the real bill and how long credits last.
Compute ($0.1080/h)$79
gp3 storage ($0.1047/GB)$3
Public IPv4 ($0.0050/h)$4
Data out (after 100 GB free)$0
Monthly total$86
Credits last
$1,00012 mo
$5,00058 mo
$25,00099+ mo
$100,00099+ mo
Credits usually expire in 12 to 24 months, so long runways are capped by expiry.
On demand vs Savings Plans, Reserved, Spot and Windows
| Pricing | Per hour | Per month | Saving | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On demand | $0.1080 | $79 | 0% | Credits apply |
| Savings Plan, 1 year | $0.0872 | $64 | 19% | No upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Savings Plan, 3-yr | $0.0617 | $45 | 43% | Compute Savings Plan, no upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Reserved Instance, 3-yr | $0.0466 | $34 | 57% | Standard RI, no upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Spot (average) | $0.0184 | $13 | 83% | Can be interrupted; credits apply |
| Windows on demand | n/a | n/a | n/a | AWS doesn't offer Windows on Arm (Graviton) servers |
m7g.large in other regions
| Region | Per hour | Per month | vs here | $25k lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1 | $0.0583 | $43 | -46% | 587 mo |
| US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1 | $0.0816 | $60 | -24% | 420 mo |
| US East (Ohio)us-east-2 | $0.0816 | $60 | -24% | 420 mo |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2 | $0.0816 | $60 | -24% | 420 mo |
| EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1 | $0.0867 | $63 | -20% | 395 mo |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1 | $0.0910 | $66 | -16% | 376 mo |
| Canada (Central)ca-central-1 | $0.0910 | $66 | -16% | 376 mo |
| EU (London)eu-west-2 | $0.0944 | $69 | -13% | 363 mo |
| EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1 | $0.0978 | $71 | -9% | 350 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1 | $0.1020 | $74 | -6% | 336 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2 | $0.1020 | $74 | -6% | 336 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1 | $0.1054 | $77 | -2% | 325 mo |
| Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1 | $0.1080 | $79 | — | 317 mo |
| South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1 | $0.1301 | $95 | +20% | 263 mo |
Right-size it
Linux, shared tenancy, from the AWS Price List API (2026-10-19). Network: Up to 12.5 Gbps. Taxes not included. AWS EC2 pricing
m7g.large in other regions
Alternatives in af-south-1
- t4g.large · $0.0867/h
- m7g.xlarge · $0.2159/h
- t4g.large · 2 vCPU, 8 GiB · $0.0867/h
- t3.large · 2 vCPU, 8 GiB · $0.1085/h
- m8g.large · 2 vCPU, 8 GiB · $0.1188/h
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Questions
How much does m7g.large cost per month in af-south-1?
$78.84 on demand for Linux running all 730 hours, before storage, public IPv4 and data transfer.
Can AWS credits pay for m7g.large?
Yes. Activate credits cover on-demand EC2 usage. They don't cover upfront Reserved Instances or Savings Plan commitments.
Is a Savings Plan worth it for m7g.large?
A 1-year Savings Plan brings it to $0.0872/h and 3 years to $0.0617/h. While credits last, on demand is usually better because credits can't buy the commitment.
Prices and credit amounts are estimates and may change. Check AWS for current terms.
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