Instances Azure VM Standard_D2a_v4 Standard_D2a_v4
Standard_D2a_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.096 per hour on demand ($70.08 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0564 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0202 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0622 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 $0.0622 $0.0115 $0.0366 $0.0236 $0.0429 $0.0284 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0622 – – – $0.0622 $0.0622 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0622 – – – $0.0622 $0.0622 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.0909 $0.0168 $0.0537 $0.0346 $0.0627 $0.0415 East US eastus $0.096 $0.0202 $0.0564 $0.0361 $0.0658 $0.0442 East US 2 eastus2 $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0572 $0.0368 $0.0662 $0.0451 North Central US northcentralus $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0564 $0.0361 $0.0658 $0.0442 West US 2 westus2 $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0564 $0.0361 $0.0658 $0.0442 West US 3 westus3 $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0566 $0.0365 $0.0658 $0.0442 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.1 $0.0185 $0.059 $0.0377 $0.0695 $0.046 Spain Central spaincentral $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0596 $0.0384 $0.0758 $0.0515 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.102 $0.0189 $0.0602 $0.0388 $0.0769 $0.0529 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.104 $0.0192 $0.0614 $0.0395 $0.079 $0.0572 Poland Central polandcentral $0.104 $0.0192 $0.0614 $0.0395 $0.079 $0.0572 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.106 $0.0196 $0.0621 $0.0397 $0.0727 $0.0488 Canada Central canadacentral $0.107 $0.0208 $0.0631 $0.0407 $0.0728 $0.0488 Canada East canadaeast $0.107 $0.0198 $0.0631 $0.0407 $0.0728 $0.0488 North Europe northeurope $0.107 $0.0198 $0.0629 $0.0402 $0.0806 $0.0554 Central US centralus $0.108 $0.0199 $0.0651 $0.0434 $0.0745 $0.0508 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.108 $0.02 $0.0635 $0.0406 $0.0745 $0.0508 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.108 $0.02 $0.0648 $0.0432 $0.0745 $0.0508 Korea South koreasouth $0.111 $0.0205 $0.0664 $0.0443 $0.0844 $0.0611 UK South uksouth $0.111 $0.0205 $0.0653 $0.0417 $0.0834 $0.0584 France Central francecentral $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0659 $0.0421 $0.0844 $0.058 Israel Central israelcentral $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0661 $0.0425 – – Italy North italynorth $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0661 $0.0425 $0.0907 $0.0638 West US westus $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0659 $0.0421 $0.0773 $0.0526 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.113 $0.0209 $0.0667 $0.0427 $0.084 $0.0582 South Central US southcentralus $0.115 $0.0213 $0.0691 $0.0461 $0.0794 $0.0541 West Central US westcentralus $0.115 $0.0213 $0.0691 $0.0461 $0.0794 $0.0541 West Europe westeurope $0.115 $0.0234 $0.0765 $0.0526 $0.0874 $0.0633 UK West ukwest $0.116 $0.0214 – – $0.0882 $0.0638 Korea Central koreacentral $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0685 $0.0444 $0.0789 $0.0564 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0694 $0.0447 $0.0889 $0.0611 UAE North uaenorth $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0694 $0.0447 $0.0889 $0.0611 Australia Central australiacentral $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0708 $0.0456 $0.0893 $0.0618 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.12 $0.012 $0.0708 $0.0456 $0.0893 $0.0618 Australia East australiaeast $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0705 $0.0451 $0.0893 $0.0618 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0705 $0.0451 $0.0834 $0.0552 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0708 $0.0456 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0713 $0.046 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0713 $0.046 – – West India westindia $0.123 $0.0227 $0.0725 $0.0467 $0.0935 $0.0677 Japan East japaneast $0.124 $0.0229 $0.0729 $0.0466 $0.0927 $0.0652 Japan West japanwest $0.124 $0.0229 $0.0732 $0.0471 $0.0942 $0.0682 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.125 $0.0231 $0.0749 $0.0499 $0.095 $0.0688 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.127 $0.0235 $0.0749 $0.0482 $0.0957 $0.0658 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.131 $0.0242 $0.0768 $0.0491 $0.091 $0.0603 East Asia eastasia $0.132 $0.0244 $0.0776 $0.0496 $0.1003 $0.0726 Sweden South swedensouth $0.133 $0.0246 $0.0782 $0.0504 $0.1011 $0.0732 Germany North germanynorth $0.135 $0.0249 $0.0798 $0.0514 $0.1026 $0.0743 South India southindia $0.135 $0.0249 $0.0799 $0.0514 $0.1026 $0.0743 Norway East norwayeast $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0811 $0.0522 $0.1041 $0.0754 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0811 $0.0522 $0.1041 $0.0754 France South francesouth $0.146 $0.027 $0.086 $0.0553 $0.111 $0.0803 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.153 $0.0284 $0.0841 $0.0575 $0.0969 $0.0721 UAE Central uaecentral $0.153 $0.0283 $0.0905 $0.0583 $0.104 $0.0796 South Africa West southafricawest $0.165 $0.0305 $0.0974 $0.0627 $0.1254 $0.0908 Norway West norwaywest $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1053 $0.0678 $0.1353 $0.0979 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1053 $0.0678 $0.1353 $0.0979 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1174 $0.0756 $0.1512 $0.1095
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.096 $0.0564 $0.0361 Windows $0.188 $0.1484 $0.1281
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Networking Value Network 2 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 50 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 50 GiB Max data disks 4 Premium SSD No Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,200 Max disk throughput (uncached) 48 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D2a_v4 Family Dav4 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dav4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Other processors
With or without local disk and networking
Compute and memory optimized
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .