Instances Azure VM Standard_B4pls_v2 Standard_B4pls_v2
Standard_B4pls_v2 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.119 per hour on demand ($86.87 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0702 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1071 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0793 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 $0.0793 $0.0714 $0.0468 $0.0293 $0.0539 $0.0349 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0793 – – – $0.0793 $0.0793 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0793 – – – $0.0793 $0.0793 West US 3 westus3 $0.106 $0.0954 $0.0627 $0.0404 $0.0731 $0.0498 East US eastus $0.119 $0.1071 $0.0702 $0.0452 $0.0797 $0.0536 East US 2 eastus2 $0.119 $0.1071 $0.0702 $0.0452 $0.0821 $0.0559 North Central US northcentralus $0.119 $0.1071 $0.0702 $0.0452 $0.0797 $0.0536 West US 2 westus2 $0.119 $0.1071 $0.0702 $0.0452 $0.0797 $0.0536 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.122 $0.1098 $0.0719 $0.0451 $0.0927 $0.0647 Canada Central canadacentral $0.13 $0.117 $0.0769 $0.0495 $0.0884 $0.0585 North Europe northeurope $0.13 $0.117 $0.0769 $0.0495 $0.0988 $0.0689 France Central francecentral $0.133 $0.1197 $0.0785 $0.0506 $0.1011 $0.0705 UK South uksouth $0.133 $0.1197 $0.0785 $0.0506 $0.1011 $0.0705 Central US centralus $0.134 $0.1063 $0.0702 $0.0452 $0.0791 $0.0531 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.136 $0.1224 $0.0803 $0.0517 $0.1034 $0.0748 West Europe westeurope $0.136 $0.1224 $0.0803 $0.0517 $0.1034 $0.0748 West US westus $0.142 $0.1278 $0.0836 $0.0538 $0.098 $0.0667 South Central US southcentralus $0.143 $0.1287 $0.0842 $0.0543 $0.0987 $0.0672 West Central US westcentralus $0.143 $0.1287 $0.0842 $0.0543 $0.0987 $0.0672 Australia East australiaeast $0.15 $0.135 $0.0886 $0.0571 $0.1095 $0.0765 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.15 $0.135 $0.0886 $0.0556 $0.1005 $0.066 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.15 $0.135 – – $0.1299 $0.1025 Japan East japaneast $0.153 $0.1377 $0.0903 $0.0581 $0.1117 $0.078 East Asia eastasia $0.164 $0.1476 $0.0969 $0.0608 $0.1099 $0.0722
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.119 $0.0702 $0.0452 Windows $0.137 $0.0882 $0.0632
Compute Value vCPUs 4 Physical cores 4 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 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_B4pls_v2 Family Bplsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bpsv2-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 .