Instances Azure VM Standard_B8pls_v2 Standard_B8pls_v2
Standard_B8pls_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.238 per hour on demand ($173.74 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1404 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2142 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.159 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 $0.159 $0.1431 $0.0936 $0.0587 $0.1081 $0.07 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.159 – – – $0.159 $0.159 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.159 – – – $0.159 $0.159 West US 3 westus3 $0.213 $0.1917 $0.1253 $0.0807 $0.147 $0.1001 East US eastus $0.238 $0.2142 $0.1404 $0.0904 $0.1595 $0.1071 East US 2 eastus2 $0.238 $0.2142 $0.1404 $0.0904 $0.1642 $0.1119 North Central US northcentralus $0.238 $0.2142 $0.1404 $0.0904 $0.1595 $0.1071 West US 2 westus2 $0.238 $0.2142 $0.1404 $0.0904 $0.1595 $0.1071 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.244 $0.2196 $0.1437 $0.0902 $0.1854 $0.1293 Canada Central canadacentral $0.261 $0.2349 $0.1538 $0.099 $0.1775 $0.1175 North Europe northeurope $0.261 $0.2349 $0.1538 $0.099 $0.1984 $0.1383 France Central francecentral $0.266 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1012 $0.2022 $0.141 UK South uksouth $0.266 $0.2394 $0.1572 $0.1012 $0.2022 $0.141 Central US centralus $0.269 $0.2134 $0.1404 $0.0904 $0.1587 $0.1065 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.272 $0.2448 $0.1605 $0.1034 $0.2067 $0.1496 West Europe westeurope $0.272 $0.2448 $0.1605 $0.1034 $0.2067 $0.1496 West US westus $0.283 $0.2547 $0.1672 $0.1077 $0.1953 $0.133 South Central US southcentralus $0.286 $0.2574 $0.1685 $0.1085 $0.1973 $0.1344 West Central US westcentralus $0.286 $0.2574 $0.1685 $0.1085 $0.1973 $0.1344 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.299 $0.2691 – – $0.259 $0.2044 Australia East australiaeast $0.3 $0.27 $0.1772 $0.1142 $0.219 $0.153 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.3 $0.27 $0.1772 $0.1111 $0.201 $0.132 Japan East japaneast $0.306 $0.2754 $0.1806 $0.1163 $0.2234 $0.1561 East Asia eastasia $0.329 $0.2961 $0.1939 $0.1216 $0.2204 $0.1448
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.238 $0.1404 $0.0904 Windows $0.275 $0.1774 $0.1274
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 8 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 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_B8pls_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 .