Instances Azure VM Standard_B8ls_v2 Standard_B8ls_v2
Standard_B8ls_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 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 $0.295 per hour on demand ($215.35 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1739 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2655 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 $0.295 $0.2655 $0.1739 $0.112 $0.1977 $0.1328 East US 2 eastus2 $0.295 $0.2655 $0.1739 $0.112 $0.1977 $0.1328 North Central US northcentralus $0.295 $0.2655 $0.1739 $0.112 $0.1977 $0.1328 West US 2 westus2 $0.295 $0.2655 $0.1739 $0.112 $0.1977 $0.1328 West US 3 westus3 $0.295 $0.2655 $0.1739 $0.112 $0.2036 $0.1387 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.306 $0.2754 $0.1806 $0.1163 $0.2326 $0.1622 Central India centralindia $0.317 $0.2853 $0.1872 $0.1174 $0.2156 $0.1395 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.317 – – – $0.317 $0.317 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.317 – – – $0.317 $0.317 North Europe northeurope $0.323 $0.2907 $0.1906 $0.1228 $0.2455 $0.1712 Spain Central spaincentral $0.323 $0.2907 $0.1906 $0.1228 $0.2455 $0.1712 Canada Central canadacentral $0.329 $0.2961 $0.1939 $0.1249 $0.2204 $0.148 Canada East canadaeast $0.329 $0.2961 $0.1939 $0.1249 $0.2204 $0.148 Central US centralus $0.333 $0.2638 $0.1739 $0.112 $0.1961 $0.1319 France Central francecentral $0.334 $0.3006 $0.1973 $0.1271 $0.2538 $0.177 UK South uksouth $0.334 $0.3006 $0.1973 $0.1271 $0.2538 $0.177 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.337 $0.3033 $0.1986 $0.1246 $0.2258 $0.1483 Israel Central israelcentral $0.339 $0.3051 $0.2002 $0.129 $0.2576 $0.1797 Italy North italynorth $0.339 $0.3051 $0.2002 $0.129 $0.2576 $0.1797 Korea South koreasouth $0.339 $0.3051 $0.2 $0.1288 $0.2576 $0.1865 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.339 $0.3051 $0.2002 $0.129 $0.2576 $0.1797 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.34 $0.306 $0.2007 $0.1292 $0.2584 $0.187 Poland Central polandcentral $0.34 $0.306 $0.2007 $0.1292 $0.2584 $0.1802 West Europe westeurope $0.34 $0.306 $0.2007 $0.1292 $0.2584 $0.187 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.346 $0.3114 $0.204 $0.1314 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.346 $0.3114 $0.204 $0.1314 – – Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.347 $0.0763 $0.2048 $0.1319 $0.2325 $0.1527 West US westus $0.351 $0.3159 $0.2073 $0.1335 $0.2422 $0.165 South Central US southcentralus $0.354 $0.3186 $0.2087 $0.1344 $0.2443 $0.1664 West Central US westcentralus $0.354 $0.3186 $0.2087 $0.1344 $0.2443 $0.1664 UAE North uaenorth $0.355 $0.3195 $0.2096 $0.135 $0.2698 $0.1882 UK West ukwest $0.357 $0.3213 $0.2104 $0.1355 $0.2713 $0.1964 Korea Central koreacentral $0.368 $0.3312 $0.2063 $0.14 $0.2392 $0.1693 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.368 $0.3312 $0.2174 $0.14 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.374 $0.3366 $0.2207 $0.1422 $0.273 $0.1907 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.374 $0.3366 $0.2207 $0.1422 $0.273 $0.1907 Australia East australiaeast $0.374 $0.3366 $0.2207 $0.1422 $0.273 $0.1907 Norway East norwayeast $0.374 $0.3366 $0.2207 $0.1422 $0.2842 $0.2057 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.374 $0.3366 $0.2207 $0.1384 $0.2506 $0.1646 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.374 $0.3366 $0.2207 $0.1422 $0.2842 $0.2057 West India westindia $0.377 $0.3393 $0.2226 $0.1433 $0.2865 $0.2074 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.383 $0.3447 $0.226 $0.1456 $0.2911 $0.2107 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.384 $0.3456 $0.2267 $0.146 $0.2918 $0.1997 Japan East japaneast $0.385 $0.3465 $0.2274 $0.1465 $0.2811 $0.1964 Japan West japanwest $0.385 $0.3465 $0.2274 $0.1465 $0.2811 $0.1964 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.393 $0.3537 $0.2317 $0.1492 $0.2869 $0.2004 Sweden South swedensouth $0.398 $0.3582 $0.2347 $0.1512 $0.3025 $0.2189 East Asia eastasia $0.414 $0.3726 $0.2441 $0.1531 $0.2774 $0.1822 South India southindia $0.416 $0.3744 $0.2452 $0.1579 $0.3162 $0.2288 France South francesouth $0.435 $0.3915 $0.2565 $0.1652 $0.3306 $0.2393 Germany North germanynorth $0.442 $0.3978 $0.2608 $0.168 $0.3359 $0.2431 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.451 $0.0992 $0.2663 $0.1715 $0.3022 $0.1984 UAE Central uaecentral $0.462 $0.4158 $0.2725 $0.1755 $0.3511 $0.2541 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.476 $0.4284 $0.2571 $0.1809 $0.2951 $0.2142 Norway West norwaywest $0.486 $0.4374 $0.2869 $0.1848 $0.3694 $0.2673 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.486 $0.4374 $0.2869 $0.1848 $0.3694 $0.2673 South Africa West southafricawest $0.5 $0.45 $0.2947 $0.1899 $0.38 $0.275 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.619 $0.5571 $0.3652 $0.2352 $0.4704 $0.3404
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.295 $0.1739 $0.112 Windows $0.332 $0.2109 $0.149
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 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)
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_B8ls_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 .