Standard_D1
Standard_D1 is an Azure VM size with 1 vCPU, 3.5 GiB memory. In East US it costs $0.077 per hour on demand ($56.21 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0179 per hour. It is sold in 32 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.067 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.067 | $0.0297 | $0.0462 | $0.0315 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.067 | $0.0156 | $0.0462 | $0.0315 |
| West India westindia | $0.0679 | $0.0158 | $0.0516 | $0.0373 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.0705 | $0.0164 | $0.0536 | $0.0388 |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.071 | $0.0165 | – | – |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.073 | $0.017 | $0.0555 | $0.0402 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.0747 | $0.029 | $0.0568 | $0.0411 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.0747 | $0.0174 | $0.0568 | $0.0411 |
| Central US centralus | $0.077 | $0.0142 | $0.0531 | $0.0362 |
| East US eastus | $0.077 | $0.0179 | $0.0531 | $0.0362 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.077 | $0.0179 | $0.0531 | $0.0362 |
| West US westus | $0.077 | $0.0179 | $0.0531 | $0.0362 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.077 | $0.0179 | $0.0531 | $0.0362 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.0804 | $0.0187 | $0.0611 | $0.0442 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.084 | $0.0195 | $0.0728 | $0.0574 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.084 | $0.0195 | $0.0638 | $0.0462 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.0847 | $0.0197 | $0.0644 | $0.0466 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.0898 | $0.0209 | $0.0682 | $0.0494 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.093 | $0.0216 | $0.0707 | $0.0512 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.093 | $0.0216 | $0.0707 | $0.0512 |
| South India southindia | $0.0944 | $0.022 | $0.0717 | $0.0519 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.095 | $0.0221 | $0.0722 | $0.0523 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.096 | $0.0223 | $0.073 | $0.0528 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.0962 | $0.0224 | $0.0731 | $0.0529 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.0962 | $0.0224 | $0.0731 | $0.0529 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.098 | $0.0228 | $0.0745 | $0.0539 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.101 | $0.0235 | $0.0768 | $0.0556 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.105 | $0.0244 | $0.0798 | $0.0578 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.11 | $0.0256 | $0.0836 | $0.0605 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.113 | $0.0263 | $0.0859 | $0.0622 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.113 | $0.0263 | $0.0859 | $0.0622 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.124 | $0.0289 | $0.0942 | $0.0682 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.077 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.14 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Physical cores | 1 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| ACU (compute units) | 160 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 3.5 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 2 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Temp disk | 50 GiB |
| Max data disks | 4 |
| Premium SSD | No |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 3,200 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 32 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | No |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_D1 |
| Family | D |
| VM generations | V1 |
| Encryption at host | No |
| Retirement date | 2028-05-01 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
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Other D sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_D1 | 1 | 3.5 | $0.077 |
| Standard_D2 | 2 | 7 | $0.154 |
| Standard_D11 | 2 | 14 | $0.193 |
| Standard_D3 | 4 | 14 | $0.308 |
| Standard_D12 | 4 | 28 | $0.386 |
| Standard_D4 | 8 | 28 | $0.616 |
| Standard_D13 | 8 | 56 | $0.771 |
| Standard_D14 | 16 | 112 | $1.542 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.