Instances Azure VM Standard_B8als_v2 Standard_B8als_v2
Standard_B8als_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.266 per hour on demand ($194.18 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1572 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2394 per hour. It is sold in 60 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.174 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 $0.174 $0.1566 $0.1029 $0.0645 $0.1183 $0.0766 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.174 – – – $0.174 $0.174 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.174 – – – $0.174 $0.174 East US eastus $0.266 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1013 $0.1782 $0.1197 East US 2 eastus2 $0.266 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1013 $0.1782 $0.1197 North Central US northcentralus $0.266 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1013 $0.1782 $0.1197 West US 2 westus2 $0.266 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1013 $0.1782 $0.1197 West US 3 westus3 $0.266 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1013 $0.1835 $0.125 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.275 $0.2475 $0.1626 $0.1047 $0.209 $0.1513 North Europe northeurope $0.289 $0.2601 $0.1705 $0.1099 $0.2196 $0.1532 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.293 $0.0858 $0.1729 $0.1114 $0.2538 $0.2003 Canada Central canadacentral $0.296 $0.2664 $0.1748 $0.1126 $0.1983 $0.1332 Canada East canadaeast $0.296 $0.2664 $0.1748 $0.1126 $0.1983 $0.1332 Central US centralus $0.301 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1013 $0.1776 $0.1192 France Central francecentral $0.301 $0.2709 $0.1776 $0.1144 $0.2288 $0.1595 UK South uksouth $0.301 $0.2709 $0.1776 $0.1144 $0.2288 $0.1595 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.303 $0.2302 $0.1788 $0.1151 $0.203 $0.1364 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.303 $0.2302 $0.1788 $0.1151 $0.203 $0.1364 Israel Central israelcentral $0.304 $0.2736 $0.1793 $0.1155 $0.231 $0.1611 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.304 $0.2736 $0.1793 $0.1155 $0.231 $0.1611 Italy North italynorth $0.305 $0.2745 $0.1801 $0.1161 $0.2318 $0.1616 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.306 $0.2754 $0.1806 $0.1163 $0.2326 $0.1683 Korea South koreasouth $0.306 $0.2754 $0.1808 $0.1164 $0.2326 $0.1683 Poland Central polandcentral $0.306 $0.2754 $0.1806 $0.1163 $0.2326 $0.1622 West Europe westeurope $0.306 $0.2754 $0.1806 $0.1163 $0.2326 $0.1683 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.311 $0.2799 $0.1836 $0.1182 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.311 $0.2799 $0.1836 $0.1182 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.312 $0.0686 $0.1844 $0.1187 $0.2122 $0.1373 West US westus $0.316 $0.2844 $0.1864 $0.1201 $0.218 $0.1485 South Central US southcentralus $0.32 $0.288 $0.1886 $0.1215 $0.2208 $0.1504 UAE North uaenorth $0.32 $0.288 $0.1887 $0.1215 $0.2432 $0.176 West Central US westcentralus $0.32 $0.288 $0.1886 $0.1215 $0.2208 $0.1504 UK West ukwest $0.322 $0.2898 $0.1902 $0.1225 $0.2447 $0.1771 Korea Central koreacentral $0.332 $0.2988 $0.1857 $0.126 $0.2158 $0.1527 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.333 $0.2997 $0.1965 $0.1266 – – Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.334 $0.3006 $0.1974 $0.1237 $0.2271 $0.147 Australia Central australiacentral $0.337 $0.3033 $0.1986 $0.1279 $0.246 $0.1719 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.337 $0.3033 $0.1986 $0.1279 $0.246 $0.1719 Australia East australiaeast $0.337 $0.3033 $0.1986 $0.1279 $0.246 $0.1719 Norway East norwayeast $0.337 $0.3033 $0.1986 $0.1279 $0.2561 $0.1853 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.337 $0.3033 $0.1986 $0.1279 $0.2561 $0.1853 West India westindia $0.341 $0.3069 $0.2013 $0.1296 $0.2592 $0.1876 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.346 $0.3114 $0.2043 $0.1316 $0.263 $0.1903 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.346 $0.3114 $0.2041 $0.1315 $0.263 $0.1903 Spain Central spaincentral $0.346 $0.3114 $0.2043 $0.1316 $0.2997 $0.2365 Japan East japaneast $0.347 $0.3123 $0.2048 $0.1319 $0.2533 $0.1804 Japan West japanwest $0.347 $0.3123 $0.2048 $0.1319 $0.2637 $0.1909 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.353 $0.3177 $0.2086 $0.1343 $0.2577 $0.18 Sweden South swedensouth $0.358 $0.3222 $0.2113 $0.1361 $0.2721 $0.1969 East Asia eastasia $0.372 $0.3348 $0.2197 $0.1415 $0.2827 $0.2046 South India southindia $0.376 $0.3384 $0.2217 $0.1427 $0.2858 $0.2068 France South francesouth $0.391 $0.3519 $0.2309 $0.1487 $0.2972 $0.2151 Germany North germanynorth $0.398 $0.3582 $0.2348 $0.1512 $0.3025 $0.2189 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.406 $0.0893 $0.2396 $0.1544 $0.2761 $0.1786 UAE Central uaecentral $0.416 $0.3744 $0.2453 $0.158 $0.3162 $0.2288 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.429 $0.3861 $0.2315 $0.1629 $0.266 $0.1931 Norway West norwaywest $0.438 $0.3942 $0.2582 $0.1663 $0.3329 $0.2409 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.438 $0.3942 $0.2582 $0.1663 $0.3329 $0.2409 South Africa West southafricawest $0.45 $0.405 $0.2653 $0.1709 $0.342 $0.2475 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.557 $0.5013 $0.3288 $0.2118 $0.4233 $0.3064
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.266 $0.1572 $0.1013 Windows $0.303 $0.1942 $0.1383
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 6.25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 290 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_B8als_v2 Family Balsv2 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series basv2-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 .