Business Critical Azure SQL Database sizes
Azure SQL Database has 33 business Critical sizes in East US, across 3 families. The cheapest is BC_Gen5_2 at $1.359 per hour on demand (2 vCPUs, 10.2 GiB).
Prices in East US, cheapest first
| Type | Family | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC_Gen5_2 | BC_Gen5 | 2 | 10.2 | $1.359 | $1.146 |
| BC_Gen5_4 | BC_Gen5 | 4 | 20.4 | $2.718 | $2.291 |
| BC_Gen5_6 | BC_Gen5 | 6 | 30.6 | $4.077 | $3.437 |
| BC_Gen5_8 | BC_Gen5 | 8 | 40.8 | $5.436 | $4.583 |
| BC_Gen5_10 | BC_Gen5 | 10 | 51 | $6.794 | $5.728 |
| BC_Gen5_12 | BC_Gen5 | 12 | 61.2 | $8.153 | $6.874 |
| BC_Gen5_14 | BC_Gen5 | 14 | 71.4 | $9.512 | $8.02 |
| BC_DC_10 | BC_DC | 10 | 45 | $9.84 | $7.708 |
| BC_Gen5_16 | BC_Gen5 | 16 | 81.6 | $10.871 | $9.165 |
| BC_DC_12 | BC_DC | 12 | 54 | $11.808 | $9.249 |
| BC_Gen5_18 | BC_Gen5 | 18 | 91.8 | $12.23 | $10.311 |
| BC_Gen5_20 | BC_Gen5 | 20 | 102 | $13.589 | $11.457 |
| BC_DC_14 | BC_DC | 14 | 63 | $13.776 | $10.791 |
| BC_DC_16 | BC_DC | 16 | 72 | $15.744 | $12.332 |
| BC_Gen5_24 | BC_Gen5 | 24 | 122.4 | $16.306 | $13.748 |
| BC_M_8 | BC_M | 8 | 232 | $16.43 | $11.73 |
| BC_DC_18 | BC_DC | 18 | 81 | $17.712 | $13.874 |
| BC_DC_20 | BC_DC | 20 | 90 | $19.68 | $15.415 |
| BC_M_10 | BC_M | 10 | 290 | $20.538 | $14.662 |
| BC_Gen5_32 | BC_Gen5 | 32 | 163.2 | $21.742 | $18.331 |
| BC_M_12 | BC_M | 12 | 348 | $24.645 | $17.595 |
| BC_Gen5_40 | BC_Gen5 | 40 | 204 | $27.177 | $22.913 |
| BC_M_14 | BC_M | 14 | 406 | $28.753 | $20.527 |
| BC_DC_32 | BC_DC | 32 | 144 | $31.488 | $24.665 |
| BC_M_16 | BC_M | 16 | 464 | $32.861 | $23.459 |
| BC_M_18 | BC_M | 18 | 522 | $36.968 | $26.392 |
| BC_DC_40 | BC_DC | 40 | 180 | $39.36 | $30.831 |
| BC_M_20 | BC_M | 20 | 580 | $41.076 | $29.324 |
| BC_M_24 | BC_M | 24 | 696 | $49.291 | $35.189 |
| BC_Gen5_80 | BC_Gen5 | 80 | 408 | $54.355 | $45.827 |
| BC_M_32 | BC_M | 32 | 928 | $65.721 | $46.919 |
| BC_M_64 | BC_M | 64 | 1856 | $131.44 | $93.837 |
| BC_M_128 | BC_M | 128 | 3712 | $262.88 | $187.67 |
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Prices in USD per hour for License included, Single zone; reserved prices are 1 year, no upfront. Updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure SQL Database sizes.