The previous generation had a small instance (m1.small). There is no comparable offering in the current generation (at least, not yet). The smallest m3 instance is the m3.medium. You can still provision an m1.small, though, right? You just miss out on the hardware upgrade.
GCE, Digital Ocean, etc may be a better fit than AWS for these kinds of instances.
GCE, Digital Ocean, etc may be a better fit than AWS for these kinds of instances.