Standard_B2s
Standard_B2s is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 4 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 $0.0416 per hour on demand ($30.37 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 | $0.0416 | $0.028 | $0.0187 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.0416 | $0.0287 | $0.0196 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.0416 | $0.028 | $0.0187 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.0416 | $0.028 | $0.0187 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.0416 | $0.0287 | $0.0196 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.0432 | $0.0328 | $0.0238 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.0448 | $0.0303 | $0.0197 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.0448 | $0.0448 | $0.0448 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.0448 | $0.0448 | $0.0448 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.045 | $0.0342 | $0.0248 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.0458 | $0.0308 | $0.0206 |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.0458 | $0.0348 | $0.0252 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.0464 | $0.0313 | $0.021 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.0464 | $0.0313 | $0.021 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.047 | $0.0357 | $0.0259 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.0472 | $0.0358 | $0.025 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.0472 | $0.0358 | $0.025 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.0475 | $0.0321 | $0.021 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.0475 | $0.0321 | $0.021 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.048 | $0.0365 | $0.0264 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.048 | $0.0326 | $0.0221 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.048 | $0.0394 | $0.0278 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.048 | $0.0365 | $0.0264 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.048 | $0.0365 | $0.0264 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.0488 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.0488 | – | – |
| West US westus | $0.0496 | $0.0342 | $0.0233 |
| Central US centralus | $0.0499 | $0.0344 | $0.0235 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.0499 | $0.0344 | $0.0235 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.0499 | $0.0379 | $0.0274 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.0499 | $0.0344 | $0.0235 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.0502 | $0.0382 | $0.0276 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.052 | $0.0337 | $0.0239 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.052 | $0.0395 | $0.0286 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.0528 | $0.0385 | $0.0267 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.0528 | $0.0385 | $0.0267 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.0528 | $0.0385 | $0.0267 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.0528 | $0.0401 | $0.029 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.0528 | $0.0401 | $0.029 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.0528 | $0.0356 | $0.0234 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.0528 | $0.0401 | $0.029 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.0542 | $0.0412 | $0.0298 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.0544 | $0.0399 | $0.028 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.0554 | $0.0404 | $0.028 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.0562 | $0.0427 | $0.0309 |
| South India southindia | $0.058 | $0.0441 | $0.0319 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.0584 | $0.0394 | $0.0258 |
| West India westindia | $0.059 | $0.0448 | $0.0325 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.0599 | $0.0455 | $0.0329 |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.06 | – | – |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.0624 | $0.0474 | $0.0343 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.0624 | $0.0474 | $0.0343 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.0672 | $0.0414 | $0.0305 |
| France South francesouth | $0.0676 | $0.0514 | $0.0372 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.0678 | $0.0515 | $0.0373 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.0686 | $0.0521 | $0.0377 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.0687 | $0.0522 | $0.0378 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.0874 | $0.0664 | $0.0481 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0416 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.0496 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| 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) | 4 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 8 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 8 GiB |
| Max data disks | 4 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 1,280 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 23 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_B2s |
| Family | Bs |
| 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 |
Compare Standard_B2s
Other generations
Other Bs sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_B1s | 1 | 1 | $0.0104 |
| Standard_B2s | 2 | 4 | $0.0416 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.