Instances Azure VM Standard_B2ps_v2 Standard_B2ps_v2
Standard_B2ps_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.0672 per hour on demand ($49.06 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0396 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0605 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0448 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 $0.0448 $0.0403 $0.0265 $0.0166 $0.0305 $0.0197 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0448 – – – $0.0448 $0.0448 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0448 – – – $0.0448 $0.0448 West US 3 westus3 $0.06 $0.054 $0.0354 $0.0228 $0.0414 $0.0282 East US eastus $0.0672 $0.0605 $0.0396 $0.0255 $0.045 $0.0302 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0672 $0.0605 $0.0396 $0.0255 $0.0464 $0.0316 North Central US northcentralus $0.0672 $0.0605 $0.0396 $0.0255 $0.045 $0.0302 West US 2 westus2 $0.0672 $0.0605 $0.0396 $0.0255 $0.045 $0.0302 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.0688 $0.0619 $0.0406 $0.0255 $0.0523 $0.0365 Canada Central canadacentral $0.0736 $0.0662 $0.0434 $0.028 $0.05 $0.0331 North Europe northeurope $0.0736 $0.0662 $0.0434 $0.028 $0.0559 $0.039 France Central francecentral $0.0752 $0.0677 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0572 $0.0399 UK South uksouth $0.0752 $0.0677 $0.0444 $0.0286 $0.0572 $0.0399 Central US centralus $0.0759 $0.0602 $0.0396 $0.0255 $0.0448 $0.0301 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.0768 $0.0691 $0.0453 $0.0292 $0.0584 $0.0422 West Europe westeurope $0.0768 $0.0691 $0.0453 $0.0292 $0.0584 $0.0422 West US westus $0.08 $0.072 $0.0471 $0.0304 $0.0552 $0.0376 South Central US southcentralus $0.0806 $0.0725 $0.0476 $0.0306 $0.0556 $0.0379 West Central US westcentralus $0.0806 $0.0725 $0.0476 $0.0306 $0.0556 $0.0379 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.0845 $0.0761 – – $0.0732 $0.0578 Australia East australiaeast $0.0848 $0.0763 $0.05 $0.0322 $0.0619 $0.0432 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.0848 $0.0763 $0.05 $0.0314 $0.0568 $0.0373 Japan East japaneast $0.0864 $0.0778 $0.051 $0.0328 $0.0631 $0.0441 East Asia eastasia $0.0928 $0.0835 $0.0548 $0.0343 $0.0622 $0.0408
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.0672 $0.0396 $0.0255 Windows $0.0764 $0.0488 $0.0347
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 2 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
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_B2ps_v2 Family Bpsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bpsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .