On demand: m1.medium mostly for Rails and Node apps and db.m3.medium for RDS (Postgres).
Now on GCE, we use Kubernetes, which means the type of instances is rather insignificant as they can be instantly scaled up when more resources are needed for containers.
m1.medium? That's two generations ago. Just by switching to m3.mediums, you'd get 23% savings. If you could see fit to switch to t2.medium, you'd be saving 40%.
Now on GCE, we use Kubernetes, which means the type of instances is rather insignificant as they can be instantly scaled up when more resources are needed for containers.