EC2 pricing · Burstable
t4g.large price in ca-central-1 (Central): per hour & per month
Updated 2026-10-19
$25,000 in credits runs one t4g.large in Canada (Central) for about 465 months (credits usually expire in 12 to 24).
t4g.large (2 vCPU, 8 GiB, AWS Graviton2) costs $0.0736 per hour on demand in Canada (Central), or $53.73 for a 730-hour month on Linux.
Small-to-medium web backends, dev databases and caches, and admin dashboards that need 8 GiB of RAM. Burstable, so sustained high CPU should move to m7g/c7g.
- On demand
- $0.0736/h
- Monthly (730h)
- $53.73
- Specs
- 2 vCPU, 8 GiB, AWS Graviton2
Is t4g.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
Burstable CPU: read this first
t4g.large can use about 30% of each vCPU all the time. Above that it spends CPU credits it earns while idle.
T4g runs in Unlimited mode by default: if you stay above baseline you pay about $0.04 per vCPU-hour extra. Steady busy servers are cheaper on m7g or c7g.
Arm (Graviton) checklist
AWS Graviton2 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 Canada (Central)
For Canadian data residency, priced slightly above US regions.
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$115
Load balancer: $0.02475/h plus about $0.44/month in usage for 1 million requests. NAT gateway: $0.05/h plus $0.05/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 $37/month. Prices for Canada (Central) 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 t4g.large for about 38.8 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.large, single zone, 20 GB) costs about $105/month in Canada (Central).
Running Postgres yourself on a second t4g.large costs about $55.49/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: 695 Mbps and 4,000 IOPS.
Short bursts up to 2,780 Mbps and 15,700 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 $81.00/month ($0.09/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 $0.085/GB for Canada 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 ($0.0736/h)$54
gp3 storage ($0.0880/GB)$3
Public IPv4 ($0.0050/h)$4
Data out (after 100 GB free)$0
Monthly total$60
Credits last
$1,00017 mo
$5,00083 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 | $0.0736 | $54 | 0% | Credits apply |
| Savings Plan, 1 year | $0.0533 | $39 | 28% | No upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Savings Plan, 3-yr | $0.0367 | $27 | 50% | Compute Savings Plan, no upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Reserved Instance, 3-yr | $0.0318 | $23 | 57% | Standard RI, no upfront; credits can't buy the commitment |
| Spot (average) | $0.0296 | $22 | 60% | Can be interrupted; credits apply |
| Windows on demand | n/a | n/a | n/a | AWS doesn't offer Windows on Arm (Graviton) servers |
t4g.large in other regions
| Region | Per hour | Per month | vs here | $25k lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1 | $0.0448 | $33 | -39% | 764 mo |
| US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1 | $0.0672 | $49 | -9% | 510 mo |
| US East (Ohio)us-east-2 | $0.0672 | $49 | -9% | 510 mo |
| US West (Oregon)us-west-2 | $0.0672 | $49 | -9% | 510 mo |
| EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1 | $0.0688 | $50 | -7% | 498 mo |
| EU (Ireland)eu-west-1 | $0.0736 | $54 | 0% | 465 mo |
| Canada (Central)ca-central-1 | $0.0736 | $54 | — | 465 mo |
| EU (London)eu-west-2 | $0.0752 | $55 | +2% | 455 mo |
| EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1 | $0.0768 | $56 | +4% | 446 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1 | $0.0848 | $62 | +15% | 404 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2 | $0.0848 | $62 | +15% | 404 mo |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1 | $0.0864 | $63 | +17% | 396 mo |
| Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1 | $0.0867 | $63 | +18% | 395 mo |
| South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1 | $0.1072 | $78 | +46% | 319 mo |
Right-size it
Linux, shared tenancy, from the AWS Price List API (2026-10-19). Network: Up to 5 Gbps. Taxes not included. AWS EC2 pricing
t4g.large in other regions
Alternatives in ca-central-1
- t4g.medium · $0.0368/h
- t4g.xlarge · $0.1472/h
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Questions
How much does t4g.large cost per month in ca-central-1?
$53.73 on demand for Linux running all 730 hours, before storage, public IPv4 and data transfer.
Can AWS credits pay for t4g.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 t4g.large?
A 1-year Savings Plan brings it to $0.0533/h and 3 years to $0.0367/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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