Instances Azure VM Standard_B4ls_v2 Standard_B4ls_v2
Standard_B4ls_v2 is an Azure VM size with 4 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 $0.147 per hour on demand ($107.31 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.087 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1323 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 $0.147 $0.1323 $0.087 $0.056 $0.0985 $0.0662 East US 2 eastus2 $0.147 $0.1323 $0.087 $0.056 $0.0985 $0.0662 North Central US northcentralus $0.147 $0.1323 $0.087 $0.056 $0.0985 $0.0662 West US 2 westus2 $0.147 $0.1323 $0.087 $0.056 $0.0985 $0.0662 West US 3 westus3 $0.147 $0.1323 $0.087 $0.056 $0.1014 $0.0691 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.153 $0.1377 $0.0903 $0.0582 $0.1163 $0.0811 Central India centralindia $0.159 $0.1431 $0.0937 $0.0588 $0.1081 $0.07 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.159 – – – $0.159 $0.159 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.159 – – – $0.159 $0.159 North Europe northeurope $0.162 $0.1458 $0.0953 $0.0614 $0.1231 $0.0859 Spain Central spaincentral $0.162 $0.1458 $0.0953 $0.0614 $0.1231 $0.0859 Canada Central canadacentral $0.164 $0.1476 $0.097 $0.0625 $0.1099 $0.0738 Canada East canadaeast $0.164 $0.1476 $0.097 $0.0625 $0.1099 $0.0738 Central US centralus $0.167 $0.1323 $0.087 $0.056 $0.0984 $0.0661 France Central francecentral $0.167 $0.1503 $0.0986 $0.0635 $0.1269 $0.0885 UK South uksouth $0.167 $0.1503 $0.0986 $0.0635 $0.1269 $0.0885 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.168 $0.1512 $0.0993 $0.0623 $0.1126 $0.0739 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.17 $0.153 $0.1003 $0.0646 $0.1292 $0.0935 Israel Central israelcentral $0.17 $0.153 $0.1001 $0.0645 $0.1292 $0.0901 Italy North italynorth $0.17 $0.153 $0.1001 $0.0645 $0.1292 $0.0901 Korea South koreasouth $0.17 $0.153 $0.1 $0.0644 $0.1292 $0.0935 Poland Central polandcentral $0.17 $0.153 $0.1003 $0.0646 $0.1292 $0.0901 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.17 $0.153 $0.1001 $0.0645 $0.1292 $0.0901 West Europe westeurope $0.17 $0.153 $0.1003 $0.0646 $0.1292 $0.0935 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.173 $0.1557 $0.1021 $0.0657 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.173 $0.1557 $0.1021 $0.0657 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.174 $0.0383 $0.1024 $0.066 $0.1166 $0.0766 West US westus $0.176 $0.1584 $0.1037 $0.0668 $0.1214 $0.0827 South Central US southcentralus $0.177 $0.1593 $0.1043 $0.0672 $0.1221 $0.0832 West Central US westcentralus $0.177 $0.1593 $0.1043 $0.0672 $0.1221 $0.0832 UAE North uaenorth $0.178 $0.1602 $0.1048 $0.0675 $0.1353 $0.0943 UK West ukwest $0.178 $0.1602 $0.1053 $0.0678 $0.1353 $0.0979 Korea Central koreacentral $0.184 $0.1656 $0.1032 $0.07 $0.1196 $0.0846 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.184 $0.1656 $0.1087 $0.07 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.187 $0.1683 $0.1104 $0.0711 $0.1365 $0.0954 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.187 $0.1683 $0.1104 $0.0711 $0.1365 $0.0954 Australia East australiaeast $0.187 $0.1683 $0.1104 $0.0711 $0.1365 $0.0954 Norway East norwayeast $0.187 $0.1683 $0.1104 $0.0711 $0.1421 $0.1029 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.187 $0.1683 $0.1104 $0.0692 $0.1253 $0.0823 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.187 $0.1683 $0.1104 $0.0711 $0.1421 $0.1029 West India westindia $0.189 $0.1701 $0.1113 $0.0717 $0.1436 $0.104 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.192 $0.1728 $0.113 $0.0728 $0.1459 $0.1056 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.192 $0.1728 $0.1135 $0.0731 $0.1459 $0.0998 Japan East japaneast $0.193 $0.1737 $0.1137 $0.0732 $0.1409 $0.0984 Japan West japanwest $0.193 $0.1737 $0.1137 $0.0732 $0.1409 $0.0984 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.196 $0.1764 $0.1159 $0.0747 $0.1431 $0.1 Sweden South swedensouth $0.199 $0.1791 $0.1175 $0.0756 $0.1512 $0.1095 East Asia eastasia $0.207 $0.1863 $0.1221 $0.0766 $0.1387 $0.0911 South India southindia $0.208 $0.1872 $0.1226 $0.079 $0.1581 $0.1144 France South francesouth $0.217 $0.1953 $0.1283 $0.0826 $0.1649 $0.1194 Germany North germanynorth $0.221 $0.1989 $0.1305 $0.084 $0.168 $0.1216 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.226 $0.0497 $0.1332 $0.0858 $0.1514 $0.0994 UAE Central uaecentral $0.231 $0.2079 $0.1363 $0.0878 $0.1756 $0.1271 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.238 $0.2142 $0.1285 $0.0905 $0.1476 $0.1071 Norway West norwaywest $0.243 $0.2187 $0.1435 $0.0924 $0.1847 $0.1337 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.243 $0.2187 $0.1435 $0.0924 $0.1847 $0.1337 South Africa West southafricawest $0.25 $0.225 $0.1475 $0.095 $0.19 $0.1375 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.31 $0.279 $0.1826 $0.1176 $0.2356 $0.1705
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.147 $0.087 $0.056 Windows $0.166 $0.106 $0.075
Compute Value vCPUs 4 Physical cores 2 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 3
Storage Value Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 6,400 Max disk throughput (uncached) 145 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B4ls_v2 Family Blsv2 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 .