Instances Azure VM Standard_B4ps_v2 Standard_B4ps_v2
Standard_B4ps_v2 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.134 per hour on demand ($97.82 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0793 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1206 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0896 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 $0.0896 $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 West US 3 westus3 $0.12 $0.108 $0.0708 $0.0456 $0.0828 $0.0564 East US eastus $0.134 $0.1206 $0.0793 $0.0511 $0.0898 $0.0603 East US 2 eastus2 $0.134 $0.1206 $0.0793 $0.0511 $0.0925 $0.063 North Central US northcentralus $0.134 $0.1206 $0.0793 $0.0511 $0.0898 $0.0603 West US 2 westus2 $0.134 $0.1206 $0.0793 $0.0511 $0.0898 $0.0603 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.138 $0.1242 $0.0812 $0.0509 $0.1049 $0.0731 Canada Central canadacentral $0.147 $0.1323 $0.0869 $0.0559 $0.1 $0.0662 North Europe northeurope $0.147 $0.1323 $0.0869 $0.0559 $0.1117 $0.0779 France Central francecentral $0.15 $0.135 $0.0887 $0.0572 $0.114 $0.0795 UK South uksouth $0.15 $0.135 $0.0887 $0.0572 $0.114 $0.0795 Central US centralus $0.152 $0.1206 $0.0793 $0.0511 $0.0897 $0.0602 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.154 $0.1386 $0.0906 $0.0584 $0.117 $0.0847 West Europe westeurope $0.154 $0.1386 $0.0906 $0.0584 $0.117 $0.0847 West US westus $0.16 $0.144 $0.0944 $0.0608 $0.1104 $0.0752 South Central US southcentralus $0.161 $0.1449 $0.0952 $0.0613 $0.1111 $0.0757 West Central US westcentralus $0.161 $0.1449 $0.0952 $0.0613 $0.1111 $0.0757 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.169 $0.1521 – – $0.1464 $0.1155 Australia East australiaeast $0.17 $0.153 $0.1001 $0.0645 $0.1241 $0.0867 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.17 $0.153 $0.1001 $0.0627 $0.1139 $0.0748 Japan East japaneast $0.173 $0.1557 $0.1019 $0.0657 $0.1263 $0.0882 East Asia eastasia $0.186 $0.1674 $0.1095 $0.0687 $0.1246 $0.0818
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.134 $0.0793 $0.0511 Windows $0.153 $0.0983 $0.0701
Compute Value vCPUs 4 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
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_B4ps_v2 Family Bpsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series bpsv2-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .