Instances Azure VM Standard_B8ps_v2 Standard_B8ps_v2
Standard_B8ps_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.269 per hour on demand ($196.37 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1586 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.2421 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.179 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 $0.179 $0.1611 $0.1057 $0.0663 $0.1217 $0.0788 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.179 – – – $0.179 $0.179 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.179 – – – $0.179 $0.179 West US 3 westus3 $0.24 $0.216 $0.1416 $0.0912 $0.1656 $0.1128 East US eastus $0.269 $0.2421 $0.1586 $0.1021 $0.1802 $0.1211 East US 2 eastus2 $0.269 $0.2421 $0.1586 $0.1021 $0.1856 $0.1264 North Central US northcentralus $0.269 $0.2421 $0.1586 $0.1021 $0.1802 $0.1211 West US 2 westus2 $0.269 $0.2421 $0.1586 $0.1021 $0.1802 $0.1211 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.275 $0.2475 $0.1623 $0.1018 $0.209 $0.1458 Canada Central canadacentral $0.294 $0.2646 $0.1737 $0.1119 $0.1999 $0.1323 North Europe northeurope $0.294 $0.2646 $0.1737 $0.1119 $0.2234 $0.1558 France Central francecentral $0.301 $0.2709 $0.1775 $0.1143 $0.2288 $0.1595 UK South uksouth $0.301 $0.2709 $0.1775 $0.1143 $0.2288 $0.1595 Central US centralus $0.304 $0.2412 $0.1586 $0.1021 $0.1794 $0.1204 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.307 $0.2763 $0.1813 $0.1167 $0.2333 $0.1689 West Europe westeurope $0.307 $0.2763 $0.1813 $0.1167 $0.2333 $0.1689 West US westus $0.32 $0.288 $0.1888 $0.1216 $0.2208 $0.1504 South Central US southcentralus $0.323 $0.2907 $0.1903 $0.1226 $0.2229 $0.1518 West Central US westcentralus $0.323 $0.2907 $0.1903 $0.1226 $0.2229 $0.1518 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.338 $0.3042 – – $0.2927 $0.231 Australia East australiaeast $0.339 $0.3051 $0.2001 $0.1289 $0.2475 $0.1729 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.339 $0.3051 $0.2001 $0.1255 $0.2271 $0.1492 Japan East japaneast $0.346 $0.3114 $0.2039 $0.1313 $0.2526 $0.1765 East Asia eastasia $0.371 $0.3339 $0.2191 $0.1373 $0.2486 $0.1632
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.269 $0.1586 $0.1021 Windows $0.306 $0.1956 $0.1391
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
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_B8ps_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 .