Basic_A0 spot prices

Spot Basic_A0 costs about $0.0162 per hour in East US, 10% less than on demand ($0.018). The lowest spot price is in Korea South, at $0.0144 per hour. Spot capacity can be reclaimed at short notice, so it suits work that can stop and resume.

Spot prices by region, cheapest first

Linux, USD per hour. Spot prices change through the day; these are from the last update.

Region	Spot	On-demand	Saving
Korea South	$0.0144	$0.016	10%
South India	$0.0144	$0.016	10%
Central US	$0.0148	$0.018	18%
US Gov Arizona	$0.0153	$0.017	10%
US Gov Texas	$0.0153	$0.017	10%
US Gov Virginia	$0.0153	$0.017	10%
Japan West	$0.0154	$0.0171	10%
Central India	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
East Asia	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
East US	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
East US 2	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
Korea Central	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
North Central US	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
North Europe	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
South Central US	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
Southeast Asia	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
UK South	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
West Central US	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
West Europe	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
West India	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
West US	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
West US 2	$0.0162	$0.018	10%
Qatar Central	$0.0178	$0.0198	10%
Canada Central	$0.018	$0.02	10%
Canada East	$0.018	$0.02	10%
France Central	$0.018	$0.02	10%
UK West	$0.018	$0.02	10%
Poland Central	$0.019	$0.0211	10%
Brazil South	$0.0198	$0.022	10%
Japan East	$0.0198	$0.022	10%
Australia Central	$0.0216	$0.024	10%
Australia Central 2	$0.0216	$0.024	10%
Australia East	$0.0216	$0.024	10%
Australia Southeast	$0.0216	$0.024	10%
France South	$0.0234	$0.026	10%
Brazil Southeast	$0.0257	$0.0286	10%

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Prices in USD, updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM options.