Business Critical Azure SQL Managed Instance sizes
Azure SQL Managed Instance has 24 business Critical sizes in East US, across 3 families. The cheapest is BC_Gen5_4 at $2.718 per hour on demand (4 vCPUs, 20.4 GiB).
Prices in East US, cheapest first
| Type | Family | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC_Gen5_4 | BC_Gen5 | 4 | 20.4 | $2.718 | $2.291 |
| BC_G8IM_4 | BC_G8IM | 4 | 28 | $2.908 | $2.415 |
| BC_G8IH_4 | BC_G8IH | 4 | 54.4 | $3.471 | $2.782 |
| BC_Gen5_8 | BC_Gen5 | 8 | 40.8 | $5.436 | $4.583 |
| BC_G8IM_8 | BC_G8IM | 8 | 56 | $5.815 | $4.83 |
| BC_G8IH_8 | BC_G8IH | 8 | 108.8 | $6.941 | $5.564 |
| BC_Gen5_16 | BC_Gen5 | 16 | 81.6 | $10.871 | $9.165 |
| BC_G8IM_16 | BC_G8IM | 16 | 112 | $11.63 | $9.66 |
| BC_G8IH_16 | BC_G8IH | 16 | 217.6 | $13.883 | $11.127 |
| BC_Gen5_24 | BC_Gen5 | 24 | 122.4 | $16.306 | $13.748 |
| BC_G8IM_24 | BC_G8IM | 24 | 168 | $17.446 | $14.49 |
| BC_G8IH_24 | BC_G8IH | 24 | 326.4 | $20.824 | $16.69 |
| BC_Gen5_32 | BC_Gen5 | 32 | 163.2 | $21.742 | $18.331 |
| BC_G8IM_32 | BC_G8IM | 32 | 224 | $23.261 | $19.32 |
| BC_Gen5_40 | BC_Gen5 | 40 | 204 | $27.177 | $22.913 |
| BC_G8IH_32 | BC_G8IH | 32 | 435.2 | $27.765 | $22.254 |
| BC_G8IM_40 | BC_G8IM | 40 | 280 | $29.076 | $24.151 |
| BC_G8IH_40 | BC_G8IH | 40 | 544 | $34.706 | $27.817 |
| BC_Gen5_64 | BC_Gen5 | 64 | 326.4 | $43.484 | $36.661 |
| BC_G8IM_64 | BC_G8IM | 64 | 448 | $46.522 | $38.641 |
| BC_Gen5_80 | BC_Gen5 | 80 | 408 | $54.355 | $45.827 |
| BC_G8IH_64 | BC_G8IH | 64 | 870.4 | $55.53 | $44.508 |
| BC_G8IM_80 | BC_G8IM | 80 | 560 | $58.152 | $48.301 |
| BC_G8IH_80 | BC_G8IH | 80 | 1088 | $69.413 | $55.635 |
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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 Managed Instance sizes.