Instances Azure VM Standard_B2s_v2 Standard_B2s_v2
Standard_B2s_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.0832 per hour on demand ($60.74 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0491 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0749 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.
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 East US eastus $0.0832 $0.0749 $0.0491 $0.0316 $0.0557 $0.0374 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0832 $0.0749 $0.0491 $0.0316 $0.0557 $0.0374 North Central US northcentralus $0.0832 $0.0749 $0.0491 $0.0316 $0.0557 $0.0374 West US 2 westus2 $0.0832 $0.0749 $0.0491 $0.0316 $0.0557 $0.0374 West US 3 westus3 $0.0832 $0.0749 $0.0491 $0.0316 $0.0574 $0.0391 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.0864 $0.0778 $0.051 $0.0328 $0.0657 $0.0458 Central India centralindia $0.0896 $0.0806 $0.0529 $0.0331 $0.0609 $0.0394 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0896 – – – $0.0896 $0.0896 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0896 – – – $0.0896 $0.0896 North Europe northeurope $0.0912 $0.0821 $0.0538 $0.0347 $0.0693 $0.0483 Spain Central spaincentral $0.0912 $0.0821 $0.0538 $0.0347 $0.0693 $0.0483 Canada Central canadacentral $0.0928 $0.0835 $0.0548 $0.0353 $0.0622 $0.0418 Canada East canadaeast $0.0928 $0.0835 $0.0548 $0.0353 $0.0622 $0.0418 Central US centralus $0.094 $0.0745 $0.0491 $0.0316 $0.0554 $0.0372 France Central francecentral $0.0944 $0.085 $0.0557 $0.0359 $0.0717 $0.05 UK South uksouth $0.0944 $0.085 $0.0557 $0.0359 $0.0717 $0.05 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.095 $0.0855 $0.0561 $0.0352 $0.0637 $0.0418 Korea South koreasouth $0.0957 $0.0861 $0.0565 $0.0363 $0.0727 $0.0526 Israel Central israelcentral $0.0958 $0.0862 $0.0565 $0.0364 $0.0728 $0.0508 Italy North italynorth $0.0958 $0.0862 $0.0565 $0.0364 $0.0728 $0.0508 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.0958 $0.0862 $0.0565 $0.0364 $0.0728 $0.0508 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.096 $0.0864 $0.0566 $0.0365 $0.073 $0.0528 Poland Central polandcentral $0.096 $0.0864 $0.0566 $0.0365 $0.073 $0.0509 West Europe westeurope $0.096 $0.0864 $0.0566 $0.0365 $0.073 $0.0528 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.0976 $0.0878 $0.0575 $0.0371 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.0976 $0.0878 $0.0575 $0.0371 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.098 $0.0216 $0.0579 $0.0373 $0.0657 $0.0431 West US westus $0.0992 $0.0893 $0.0586 $0.0377 $0.0684 $0.0466 South Central US southcentralus $0.0998 $0.0898 $0.0589 $0.0379 $0.0689 $0.0469 West Central US westcentralus $0.0998 $0.0898 $0.0589 $0.0379 $0.0689 $0.0469 UAE North uaenorth $0.1 $0.09 $0.0591 $0.0381 $0.076 $0.053 UK West ukwest $0.101 $0.0909 $0.0594 $0.0382 $0.0768 $0.0556 Korea Central koreacentral $0.104 $0.0936 $0.0582 $0.0395 $0.0676 $0.0478 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.104 $0.0936 $0.0614 $0.0395 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0623 $0.0401 $0.0774 $0.0541 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0623 $0.0401 $0.0774 $0.0541 Australia East australiaeast $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0623 $0.0401 $0.0774 $0.0541 Norway East norwayeast $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0623 $0.0401 $0.0806 $0.0583 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0623 $0.0391 $0.071 $0.0466 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0623 $0.0401 $0.0806 $0.0583 West India westindia $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0628 $0.0405 $0.0806 $0.0583 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.108 $0.0972 $0.0638 $0.0411 $0.0821 $0.0594 Japan East japaneast $0.109 $0.0981 $0.0642 $0.0414 $0.0796 $0.0556 Japan West japanwest $0.109 $0.0981 $0.0642 $0.0414 $0.0796 $0.0556 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.109 $0.0981 $0.064 $0.0412 $0.0828 $0.0567 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.111 $0.0999 $0.0654 $0.0421 $0.081 $0.0566 Sweden South swedensouth $0.112 $0.1008 $0.0663 $0.0427 $0.0851 $0.0616 East Asia eastasia $0.117 $0.1053 $0.0689 $0.0432 $0.0784 $0.0515 South India southindia $0.117 $0.1053 $0.0692 $0.0446 $0.0889 $0.0644 France South francesouth $0.123 $0.1107 $0.0724 $0.0467 $0.0935 $0.0677 Germany North germanynorth $0.125 $0.1125 $0.0736 $0.0474 $0.095 $0.0688 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.127 $0.0279 $0.0751 $0.0484 $0.0851 $0.0559 UAE Central uaecentral $0.13 $0.117 $0.0769 $0.0495 $0.0988 $0.0715 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.134 $0.1206 $0.0726 $0.0511 $0.0831 $0.0603 Norway West norwaywest $0.137 $0.1233 $0.0811 $0.0522 $0.1041 $0.0754 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.137 $0.1233 $0.0811 $0.0522 $0.1041 $0.0754 South Africa West southafricawest $0.141 $0.1269 $0.0832 $0.0536 $0.1072 $0.0775 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.175 $0.1575 $0.1031 $0.0664 $0.133 $0.0963
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.0832 $0.0491 $0.0316 Windows $0.0924 $0.0583 $0.0408
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
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_B2s_v2 Family Bsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bsv2-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 .