Basic_A2
Basic_A2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 3.5 GiB memory. In East US it costs $0.079 per hour on demand ($57.67 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0711 per hour. It is sold in 36 regions; the cheapest is US Gov Arizona at $0.0618 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot |
|---|---|---|
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.0618 | $0.0556 |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.0618 | $0.0556 |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.0618 | $0.0556 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.068 | $0.0612 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.068 | $0.0612 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.075 | $0.0675 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.078 | $0.0702 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.078 | $0.0702 |
| East US eastus | $0.079 | $0.0711 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.079 | $0.0711 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.079 | $0.0711 |
| West US westus | $0.081 | $0.0729 |
| Central US centralus | $0.085 | $0.0699 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.085 | $0.0765 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.0858 | $0.0772 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.087 | $0.0783 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.087 | $0.0783 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.0923 | $0.0831 |
| South India southindia | $0.094 | $0.0846 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.095 | $0.0855 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.096 | $0.0864 |
| West India westindia | $0.096 | $0.0864 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.097 | $0.0873 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.098 | $0.0882 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.098 | $0.0882 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.098 | $0.0882 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.099 | $0.0891 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.101 | $0.0909 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.101 | $0.0909 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.104 | $0.0936 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.104 | $0.0936 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.108 | $0.0972 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.109 | $0.0981 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.112 | $0.1008 |
| France South francesouth | $0.1313 | $0.1182 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.146 | $0.1314 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.079 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.133 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 3.5 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 60 GiB temp SSD |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Basic_A2 |
| Family | A |
| Category | General purpose |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | av1-series |
| Specs source | Microsoft docs |
Compare Basic_A2
Other generations
Other A sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic_A0 | 1 | 0.75 | $0.018 |
| Standard_A0 | 1 | 0.75 | $0.02 |
| Basic_A1 | 1 | 1.75 | $0.023 |
| Standard_A1 | 1 | 1.75 | $0.06 |
| Basic_A2 | 2 | 3.5 | $0.079 |
| Standard_A2 | 2 | 3.5 | $0.12 |
| Standard_A5 | 2 | 14 | $0.25 |
| Basic_A3 | 4 | 7 | $0.176 |
| Standard_A3 | 4 | 7 | $0.24 |
| Standard_A6 | 4 | 28 | $0.5 |
| Basic_A4 | 8 | 14 | $0.352 |
| Standard_A4 | 8 | 14 | $0.48 |
| Standard_A7 | 8 | 56 | $1.00 |
| Standard_A8 | 8 | 56 | $0.975 |
| Standard_A10 | 8 | 56 | $0.78 |
| Standard_A9 | 16 | 112 | $1.95 |
| Standard_A11 | 16 | 112 | $1.56 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.