Instances Azure VM Standard_B2ts_v2 Standard_B2ts_v2
Standard_B2ts_v2 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 1 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 $0.0104 per hour on demand ($7.59 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0062 per hour, 40% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0094 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 $0.0104 $0.0094 $0.0062 $0.004 $0.007 $0.0047 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0104 $0.0094 $0.0062 $0.004 $0.007 $0.0047 North Central US northcentralus $0.0104 $0.0094 $0.0062 $0.004 $0.007 $0.0047 West US 2 westus2 $0.0104 $0.0094 $0.0062 $0.004 $0.007 $0.0047 West US 3 westus3 $0.0104 $0.0094 $0.0062 $0.004 $0.0072 $0.0049 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.0108 $0.0097 $0.0064 $0.0041 $0.0082 $0.0057 Central India centralindia $0.0112 $0.0101 $0.0066 $0.0041 $0.0076 $0.0049 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0112 – – – $0.0112 $0.0112 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0112 – – – $0.0112 $0.0112 North Europe northeurope $0.0114 $0.0103 $0.0067 $0.0043 $0.0087 $0.006 Spain Central spaincentral $0.0114 $0.0103 $0.0067 $0.0043 $0.0087 $0.006 Canada Central canadacentral $0.0116 $0.0104 $0.0068 $0.0044 $0.0078 $0.0052 Canada East canadaeast $0.0116 $0.0104 $0.0068 $0.0044 $0.0078 $0.0052 Central US centralus $0.0118 $0.0094 $0.0062 $0.004 $0.007 $0.0047 France Central francecentral $0.0118 $0.0106 $0.007 $0.0045 $0.009 $0.0063 UK South uksouth $0.0118 $0.0106 $0.007 $0.0045 $0.009 $0.0063 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.0119 $0.0107 $0.007 $0.0044 $0.008 $0.0052 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.012 $0.0108 $0.0071 $0.0046 $0.0091 $0.0066 Israel Central israelcentral $0.012 $0.0108 $0.0071 $0.0046 $0.0091 $0.0064 Italy North italynorth $0.012 $0.0108 $0.0071 $0.0046 $0.0091 $0.0064 Korea South koreasouth $0.012 $0.0108 $0.0071 $0.0045 $0.0091 $0.0066 Poland Central polandcentral $0.012 $0.0108 $0.0071 $0.0046 $0.0091 $0.0064 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.012 $0.0108 $0.0071 $0.0046 $0.0091 $0.0064 West Europe westeurope $0.012 $0.0108 $0.0071 $0.0046 $0.0091 $0.0066 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.0122 $0.011 $0.0072 $0.0046 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.0122 $0.011 $0.0072 $0.0046 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.0123 $0.0027 $0.0072 $0.0046 $0.0082 $0.0054 West US westus $0.0124 $0.0112 $0.0073 $0.0047 $0.0086 $0.0058 South Central US southcentralus $0.0125 $0.0113 $0.0074 $0.0048 $0.0086 $0.0059 UAE North uaenorth $0.0125 $0.0113 $0.0074 $0.0048 $0.0095 $0.0066 West Central US westcentralus $0.0125 $0.0113 $0.0074 $0.0048 $0.0086 $0.0059 UK West ukwest $0.0126 $0.0113 $0.0074 $0.0048 $0.0096 $0.0069 Korea Central koreacentral $0.013 $0.0117 $0.0073 $0.0049 $0.0084 $0.006 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.013 $0.0117 $0.0076 $0.0049 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.0132 $0.0119 $0.0078 $0.005 $0.0096 $0.0067 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.0132 $0.0119 $0.0078 $0.005 $0.0096 $0.0067 Australia East australiaeast $0.0132 $0.0119 $0.0078 $0.005 $0.0096 $0.0067 Norway East norwayeast $0.0132 $0.0119 $0.0078 $0.005 $0.01 $0.0073 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.0132 $0.0119 $0.0078 $0.0049 $0.0088 $0.0058 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.0132 $0.0119 $0.0078 $0.005 $0.01 $0.0073 West India westindia $0.0133 $0.012 $0.0079 $0.0051 $0.0101 $0.0073 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.0135 $0.0122 $0.008 $0.0051 $0.0103 $0.0074 Japan East japaneast $0.0136 $0.0122 $0.008 $0.0052 $0.0099 $0.0069 Japan West japanwest $0.0136 $0.0122 $0.008 $0.0052 $0.0099 $0.0069 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.0136 $0.0122 $0.008 $0.0051 $0.0103 $0.0071 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.0139 $0.0125 $0.0082 $0.0053 $0.0101 $0.0071 Sweden South swedensouth $0.014 $0.0126 $0.0083 $0.0053 $0.0106 $0.0077 East Asia eastasia $0.0146 $0.0131 $0.0086 $0.0054 $0.0098 $0.0064 South India southindia $0.0147 $0.0132 $0.0087 $0.0056 $0.0112 $0.0081 France South francesouth $0.0153 $0.0138 $0.009 $0.0058 $0.0116 $0.0084 Germany North germanynorth $0.0156 $0.014 $0.0092 $0.0059 $0.0119 $0.0086 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.0159 $0.0035 $0.0094 $0.0061 $0.0107 $0.007 UAE Central uaecentral $0.0163 $0.0147 $0.0096 $0.0062 $0.0124 $0.009 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.0168 $0.0151 $0.009 $0.0064 $0.0104 $0.0076 Norway West norwaywest $0.0172 $0.0155 $0.0102 $0.0065 $0.0131 $0.0095 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.0172 $0.0155 $0.0102 $0.0065 $0.0131 $0.0095 South Africa West southafricawest $0.0176 $0.0158 $0.0104 $0.0067 $0.0134 $0.0097 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.0218 $0.0196 $0.0129 $0.0083 $0.0166 $0.012
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.0104 $0.0062 $0.004 Windows $0.0196 $0.0154 $0.0132
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_B2ts_v2 Family Btsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .