Standard_B1ls
Standard_B1ls is an Azure VM size with 1 vCPU, 0.5 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)). In East US it costs $0.0052 per hour on demand ($3.80 per month) for Linux. It is sold in 58 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| East US eastus | $0.0052 | $0.0035 | $0.0023 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.0052 | $0.0036 | $0.0024 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.0052 | $0.0035 | $0.0023 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.0052 | $0.0035 | $0.0023 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.0052 | $0.0036 | $0.0024 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.0054 | $0.0041 | $0.003 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.0056 | $0.0038 | $0.0025 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.0056 | $0.0056 | $0.0056 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.0056 | $0.0056 | $0.0056 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.0057 | $0.0039 | $0.0026 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.0057 | $0.0043 | $0.0031 |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.0057 | $0.0043 | $0.0031 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.0058 | $0.0039 | $0.0026 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.0058 | $0.0039 | $0.0026 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.0059 | $0.0045 | $0.0031 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.0059 | $0.004 | $0.0026 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.0059 | $0.004 | $0.0026 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.0059 | $0.0045 | $0.0031 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.0059 | $0.0045 | $0.0032 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.006 | $0.0046 | $0.0033 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.006 | $0.0041 | $0.0028 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.006 | $0.0049 | $0.0035 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.006 | $0.0046 | $0.0033 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.006 | $0.0046 | $0.0033 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.0061 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.0061 | – | – |
| Central US centralus | $0.0062 | $0.0043 | $0.0029 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.0062 | $0.0043 | $0.0029 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.0062 | $0.0047 | $0.0034 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.0062 | $0.0043 | $0.0029 |
| West US westus | $0.0062 | $0.0043 | $0.0029 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.0063 | $0.0048 | $0.0035 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.0065 | $0.0042 | $0.003 |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.0065 | – | – |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.0066 | $0.0048 | $0.0033 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.0066 | $0.0048 | $0.0033 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.0066 | $0.0048 | $0.0033 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.0066 | $0.005 | $0.0036 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.0066 | $0.005 | $0.0036 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.0066 | $0.0045 | $0.0029 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.0066 | $0.005 | $0.0036 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.0068 | $0.005 | $0.0035 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.0068 | $0.0052 | $0.0037 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.0069 | $0.005 | $0.0035 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.007 | $0.0053 | $0.0039 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.007 | $0.0053 | $0.0039 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.0073 | $0.0049 | $0.0032 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.0075 | $0.0057 | $0.0041 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.0078 | $0.0059 | $0.0043 |
| South India southindia | $0.0078 | $0.0059 | $0.0043 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.0078 | $0.0059 | $0.0043 |
| West India westindia | $0.0078 | $0.0059 | $0.0043 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.0084 | $0.0052 | $0.0038 |
| France South francesouth | $0.0084 | $0.0064 | $0.0046 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.0085 | $0.0065 | $0.0047 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.0086 | $0.0065 | $0.0047 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.0086 | $0.0065 | $0.0047 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.0109 | $0.0083 | $0.006 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0052 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.0092 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 0.5 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Temp disk | 4 GiB |
| Max data disks | 2 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 320 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 23 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_B1ls |
| Family | Bls |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1, V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Retirement date | 2028-11-15 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | bv1-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.