EC2 pricing · GPU / AI
p5.4xlarge price in sa-east-1 (Sao Paulo): per hour & per month
Updated 2026-10-19
$25,000 in credits runs one p5.4xlarge in South America (Sao Paulo) for about 3 months (credits usually expire in 12 to 24).
p5.4xlarge (16 vCPU, 256 GiB, AMD EPYC 7R13) costs $11.56 per hour on demand in South America (Sao Paulo), or $8,438 for a 730-hour month on Linux.
GPU instance instance with 16 vCPU and 256 GiB: general workloads. 1× NVIDIA H100 (80 GB).
- On demand
- $11.56/h
- Monthly (730h)
- $8,438
- Specs
- 16 vCPU, 256 GiB, AMD EPYC 7R13
Is p5.4xlarge right for you?
What 256 GiB of RAM runs
- ✓ Large databases and caches
- ✓ Analytics and batch jobs
- ✓ High-traffic production services
- ✕ Early MVPs: right-size down first
Full-time CPU
No burst limits: all 16 vCPUs are yours 100% of the time, so it suits steady traffic, builds and background jobs.
x86 compatibility
AMD EPYC 7R13 runs any x86 software unchanged. If your stack supports Arm, the Graviton version is usually around 20% cheaper.
About South America (Sao Paulo)
Best latency for Brazil but one of the most expensive regions. Many teams serve Brazil from us-east-1 instead.
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$8,539
Load balancer: $0.034/h plus about $0.55/month in usage for 1 million requests. NAT gateway: $0.093/h plus $0.093/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 $68/month. Prices for South America (Sao Paulo) 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 runs one p5.4xlarge for about 3 months, inside the usual 12 to 24 month expiry. Stop it outside working hours (dev/test) to stretch credits further.
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 $104/month in South America (Sao Paulo).
Running Postgres yourself on a second p5.4xlarge costs about $8,441/month, but you handle backups, upgrades and failover.
Both are paid by AWS credits. Upfront fees for reserved databases are not.
Sending 1 TB a month to users
Straight from the server: about $135/month ($0.15/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 America edges).
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 ($11.558/h)$8,438
gp3 storage ($0.1520/GB)$5
Public IPv4 ($0.0050/h)$4
Data out (after 100 GB free)$0
Monthly total$8,446
Credits last
$1,0000.1 mo
$5,0000.6 mo
$25,0003.0 mo
$100,00012 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 | $11.558 | $8,438 | 0% | Credits apply |
| Savings Plan, 1 year | $9.102 | $6,645 | 21% | No upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Savings Plan, 3-yr | $8.488 | $6,197 | 27% | Compute Savings Plan, no upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Reserved Instance, 3-yr | $4.993 | $3,645 | 57% | Standard RI, no upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Spot (average) | $9.707 | $7,086 | 16% | Can be interrupted; credits apply |
| Windows on demand | $12.294 | $8,975 | +6% vs Linux | Includes the Windows licence; credits apply |
p5.4xlarge in other regions
| Region | Per hour | Per month | vs here | $25k lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1 | $6.880 | $5,022 | -40% | 5 mo |
| US East (Ohio)us-east-2 | $6.880 | $5,022 | -40% | 5 mo |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2 | $6.880 | $5,022 | -40% | 5 mo |
| EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1 | $7.362 | $5,374 | -36% | 5 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1 | $8.256 | $6,027 | -29% | 4 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1 | $8.600 | $6,278 | -26% | 4 mo |
| EU (London)eu-west-2 | $8.944 | $6,529 | -23% | 4 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2 | $8.944 | $6,529 | -23% | 4 mo |
| South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1 | $11.558 | $8,438 | — | 3 mo |
Right-size it
Linux, shared tenancy, from the AWS Price List API (2026-10-19). Network: 100 Gbps. Taxes not included. AWS EC2 pricing
p5.4xlarge in other regions
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- p5.48xlarge · $92.47/h
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Questions
How much does p5.4xlarge cost per month in sa-east-1?
$8,438 on demand for Linux running all 730 hours, before storage, public IPv4 and data transfer.
Can AWS credits pay for p5.4xlarge?
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 p5.4xlarge?
A 1-year Savings Plan brings it to $9.10/h and 3 years to $8.49/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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