Instances Azure VM Standard_B2as_v2 Standard_B2as_v2
Standard_B2as_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.0752 per hour on demand ($54.90 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0444 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0677 per hour. It is sold in 60 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0492 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 $0.0492 $0.0443 $0.029 $0.0182 $0.0335 $0.0216 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0492 – – – $0.0492 $0.0492 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0492 – – – $0.0492 $0.0492 East US eastus $0.0752 $0.0677 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0504 $0.0338 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0752 $0.0677 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0504 $0.0338 North Central US northcentralus $0.0752 $0.0677 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0504 $0.0338 West US 2 westus2 $0.0752 $0.0677 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0504 $0.0338 West US 3 westus3 $0.0752 $0.0677 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0519 $0.0353 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.0778 $0.07 $0.0459 $0.0296 $0.0591 $0.0428 North Europe northeurope $0.0816 $0.0734 $0.0482 $0.031 $0.062 $0.0432 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.0827 $0.0242 $0.0489 $0.0314 $0.0716 $0.0565 Canada Central canadacentral $0.0836 $0.0752 $0.0493 $0.0318 $0.056 $0.0376 Canada East canadaeast $0.0836 $0.0752 $0.0493 $0.0318 $0.056 $0.0376 Central US centralus $0.085 $0.0674 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0502 $0.0337 France Central francecentral $0.085 $0.0765 $0.0501 $0.0323 $0.0646 $0.0451 UK South uksouth $0.085 $0.0765 $0.0501 $0.0323 $0.0646 $0.0451 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.0855 $0.0649 $0.0505 $0.0325 $0.0573 $0.0385 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.0855 $0.0649 $0.0505 $0.0325 $0.0573 $0.0385 Israel Central israelcentral $0.0858 $0.0772 $0.0506 $0.0326 $0.0652 $0.0455 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.0858 $0.0772 $0.0506 $0.0326 $0.0652 $0.0455 Italy North italynorth $0.0862 $0.0776 $0.0509 $0.0328 $0.0655 $0.0457 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.0864 $0.0778 $0.051 $0.0328 $0.0657 $0.0475 Poland Central polandcentral $0.0864 $0.0778 $0.051 $0.0328 $0.0657 $0.0458 West Europe westeurope $0.0864 $0.0778 $0.051 $0.0328 $0.0657 $0.0475 Korea South koreasouth $0.0865 $0.0779 $0.051 $0.0329 $0.0657 $0.0476 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.0878 $0.079 $0.0518 $0.0334 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.0878 $0.079 $0.0518 $0.0334 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.0882 $0.0194 $0.0521 $0.0335 $0.06 $0.0388 West US westus $0.0892 $0.0803 $0.0526 $0.0339 $0.0615 $0.0419 South Central US southcentralus $0.0902 $0.0812 $0.0532 $0.0343 $0.0622 $0.0424 West Central US westcentralus $0.0902 $0.0812 $0.0532 $0.0343 $0.0622 $0.0424 UAE North uaenorth $0.0903 $0.0813 $0.0533 $0.0343 $0.0686 $0.0497 UK West ukwest $0.091 $0.0819 $0.0537 $0.0346 $0.0692 $0.0501 Korea Central koreacentral $0.0936 $0.0842 $0.0524 $0.0356 $0.0608 $0.0431 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.094 $0.0846 $0.0555 $0.0357 – – Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.0944 $0.085 $0.0557 $0.0349 $0.0642 $0.0415 Australia Central australiacentral $0.095 $0.0855 $0.0561 $0.0361 $0.0694 $0.0485 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.095 $0.0855 $0.0561 $0.0361 $0.0694 $0.0485 Australia East australiaeast $0.095 $0.0855 $0.0561 $0.0361 $0.0694 $0.0485 Norway East norwayeast $0.095 $0.0855 $0.0561 $0.0361 $0.0722 $0.0523 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.095 $0.0855 $0.0561 $0.0361 $0.0722 $0.0523 West India westindia $0.0963 $0.0867 $0.0567 $0.0366 $0.0732 $0.053 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.0977 $0.0879 $0.0576 $0.0371 $0.0743 $0.0537 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.0978 $0.088 $0.0576 $0.0371 $0.0743 $0.0538 Spain Central spaincentral $0.0978 $0.088 $0.0576 $0.0371 $0.0847 $0.0668 Japan East japaneast $0.098 $0.0882 $0.0579 $0.0373 $0.0715 $0.051 Japan West japanwest $0.098 $0.0882 $0.0579 $0.0373 $0.0745 $0.0539 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.0998 $0.0898 $0.0589 $0.0379 $0.0729 $0.0509 Sweden South swedensouth $0.101 $0.0909 $0.0596 $0.0384 $0.0768 $0.0556 East Asia eastasia $0.105 $0.0945 $0.062 $0.04 $0.0798 $0.0578 South India southindia $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0626 $0.0403 $0.0806 $0.0583 France South francesouth $0.111 $0.0999 $0.0652 $0.042 $0.0844 $0.0611 Germany North germanynorth $0.112 $0.1008 $0.0663 $0.0427 $0.0851 $0.0616 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.115 $0.0253 $0.0677 $0.0436 $0.0782 $0.0506 UAE Central uaecentral $0.117 $0.1053 $0.0693 $0.0446 $0.0889 $0.0644 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.121 $0.1089 $0.0653 $0.046 $0.075 $0.0545 Norway West norwaywest $0.124 $0.1116 $0.0729 $0.047 $0.0942 $0.0682 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.124 $0.1116 $0.0729 $0.047 $0.0942 $0.0682 South Africa West southafricawest $0.127 $0.1143 $0.0749 $0.0482 $0.0965 $0.0699 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.157 $0.1413 $0.0928 $0.0598 $0.1193 $0.0864
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.0752 $0.0444 $0.0286 Windows $0.0844 $0.0536 $0.0378
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Networking Value Network 6.25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 85 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B2as_v2 Family Basv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series basv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .