Instances Azure VM Standard_B16als_v2 Standard_B16als_v2
Standard_B16als_v2 is an Azure VM size with 16 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.533 per hour on demand ($389.09 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3143 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.4797 per hour. It is sold in 60 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.349 per hour.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan Central India centralindia $0.349 $0.3141 $0.2056 $0.129 $0.2373 $0.1536 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.349 – – – $0.349 $0.349 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.349 – – – $0.349 $0.349 East US eastus $0.533 $0.4797 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.3571 $0.2399 East US 2 eastus2 $0.533 $0.4797 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.3571 $0.2399 North Central US northcentralus $0.533 $0.4797 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.3571 $0.2399 West US 2 westus2 $0.533 $0.4797 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.3571 $0.2399 West US 3 westus3 $0.533 $0.4797 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.3678 $0.2505 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.551 $0.4959 $0.325 $0.2093 $0.4188 $0.3031 North Europe northeurope $0.578 $0.5202 $0.3411 $0.2197 $0.4393 $0.3063 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.586 $0.1716 $0.3458 $0.2227 $0.5075 $0.4005 Canada Central canadacentral $0.592 $0.5328 $0.3494 $0.225 $0.3966 $0.2664 Canada East canadaeast $0.592 $0.5328 $0.3494 $0.225 $0.3966 $0.2664 Central US centralus $0.602 $0.4771 $0.3143 $0.2024 $0.3552 $0.2384 France Central francecentral $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3553 $0.2288 $0.4575 $0.3191 UK South uksouth $0.602 $0.5418 $0.3553 $0.2288 $0.4575 $0.3191 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.606 $0.4603 $0.3573 $0.2302 $0.406 $0.2727 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.606 $0.4603 $0.3573 $0.2302 $0.406 $0.2727 Israel Central israelcentral $0.608 $0.5472 $0.3586 $0.231 $0.4621 $0.3222 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.608 $0.5472 $0.3586 $0.231 $0.4621 $0.3222 Italy North italynorth $0.611 $0.5499 $0.3603 $0.232 $0.4644 $0.3238 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.612 $0.5508 $0.3611 $0.2326 $0.4651 $0.3366 Poland Central polandcentral $0.612 $0.5508 $0.3611 $0.2326 $0.4651 $0.3244 West Europe westeurope $0.612 $0.5508 $0.3611 $0.2326 $0.4651 $0.3366 Korea South koreasouth $0.613 $0.5517 $0.3614 $0.2328 $0.4659 $0.3372 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.622 $0.5598 $0.367 $0.2363 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.622 $0.5598 $0.367 $0.2363 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.625 $0.1375 $0.3686 $0.2374 $0.425 $0.275 West US westus $0.632 $0.5688 $0.3728 $0.2401 $0.4361 $0.297 South Central US southcentralus $0.639 $0.5751 $0.3772 $0.2429 $0.4409 $0.3003 UAE North uaenorth $0.639 $0.5751 $0.3773 $0.243 $0.4856 $0.3515 West Central US westcentralus $0.639 $0.5751 $0.3772 $0.2429 $0.4409 $0.3003 UK West ukwest $0.645 $0.5805 $0.3803 $0.2449 $0.4902 $0.3548 Korea Central koreacentral $0.663 $0.5967 $0.3713 $0.252 $0.431 $0.305 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.666 $0.5994 $0.3929 $0.253 – – Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.669 $0.6021 $0.3945 $0.2474 $0.4549 $0.2944 Australia Central australiacentral $0.673 $0.6057 $0.397 $0.2557 $0.4913 $0.3432 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.673 $0.6057 $0.397 $0.2557 $0.4913 $0.3432 Australia East australiaeast $0.673 $0.6057 $0.397 $0.2557 $0.4913 $0.3432 Norway East norwayeast $0.673 $0.6057 $0.3973 $0.2558 $0.5115 $0.3702 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.673 $0.6057 $0.3973 $0.2558 $0.5115 $0.3702 West India westindia $0.682 $0.6138 $0.4023 $0.2591 $0.5183 $0.3751 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.692 $0.6228 $0.4081 $0.2629 $0.5259 $0.3806 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.693 $0.6237 $0.4086 $0.2632 $0.5267 $0.3812 Spain Central spaincentral $0.693 $0.6237 $0.4086 $0.2632 $0.6002 $0.4737 Japan East japaneast $0.694 $0.6246 $0.4096 $0.2638 $0.5066 $0.3609 Japan West japanwest $0.694 $0.6246 $0.4096 $0.2638 $0.5274 $0.3817 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.707 $0.6363 $0.417 $0.2685 $0.5161 $0.3606 Sweden South swedensouth $0.716 $0.6444 $0.4225 $0.2721 $0.5442 $0.3938 East Asia eastasia $0.745 $0.6705 $0.4394 $0.283 $0.5662 $0.4098 South India southindia $0.751 $0.6759 $0.4432 $0.2854 $0.5708 $0.4131 France South francesouth $0.783 $0.7047 $0.4619 $0.2975 $0.5951 $0.4307 Germany North germanynorth $0.796 $0.7164 $0.4694 $0.3024 $0.605 $0.4378 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.812 $0.1786 $0.4792 $0.3086 $0.5522 $0.3573 UAE Central uaecentral $0.831 $0.7479 $0.4905 $0.3159 $0.6316 $0.4571 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.857 $0.7713 $0.4629 $0.3257 $0.5313 $0.3857 Norway West norwaywest $0.875 $0.7875 $0.5164 $0.3326 $0.665 $0.4813 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.875 $0.7875 $0.5164 $0.3326 $0.665 $0.4813 South Africa West southafricawest $0.899 $0.8091 $0.5306 $0.3417 $0.6832 $0.4945 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.114 $1.003 $0.6574 $0.4234 $0.8466 $0.6127
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.533 $0.3143 $0.2024 Windows $0.606 $0.3873 $0.2754
Compute Value vCPUs 16 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
Networking Value Network 6.25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 25,600 Max disk throughput (uncached) 600 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B16als_v2 Family Balsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series basv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .