Instances Azure VM Standard_D2ds_v6 Standard_D2ds_v6
Standard_D2ds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.125 per hour on demand ($91.25 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0773 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0263 per hour. It is sold in 60 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 $0.125 $0.0263 $0.0773 $0.0486 $0.0862 $0.0575 East US 2 eastus2 $0.125 $0.0231 $0.0773 $0.0486 $0.0862 $0.0575 North Central US northcentralus $0.125 $0.0231 $0.0773 $0.0486 $0.0862 $0.0575 West US 2 westus2 $0.125 $0.0231 $0.0773 $0.0486 $0.0862 $0.0575 West US 3 westus3 $0.125 $0.0231 $0.0773 $0.0486 $0.0862 $0.0575 Central India centralindia $0.131 $0.0242 $0.0813 $0.0511 $0.0904 $0.0603 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.131 $0.0242 $0.0812 $0.0511 $0.0904 $0.0603 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.131 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.131 – – – – – Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.132 $0.0244 $0.0781 $0.0503 $0.0911 $0.0607 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.132 $0.0244 $0.0781 $0.0503 $0.0911 $0.0607 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.132 $0.0244 $0.0821 $0.0516 $0.0911 $0.0607 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0849 $0.0535 $0.1096 $0.0754 Canada Central canadacentral $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0861 $0.0541 $0.0959 $0.0639 Canada East canadaeast $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0861 $0.0541 $0.0959 $0.0639 North Europe northeurope $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0861 $0.0541 $0.0959 $0.0639 Spain Central spaincentral $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0861 $0.0541 $0.0959 $0.0639 Central US centralus $0.141 $0.0261 $0.0773 $0.0486 $0.0859 $0.0572 Korea South koreasouth $0.143 $0.0264 $0.0888 $0.0559 $0.1144 $0.0787 UK South uksouth $0.144 $0.0253 $0.0893 $0.0562 $0.0994 $0.0662 France Central francecentral $0.145 $0.0268 $0.0901 $0.0567 $0.1001 $0.0667 Israel Central israelcentral $0.145 $0.0268 $0.0901 $0.0567 $0.1001 $0.0667 Italy North italynorth $0.145 $0.0268 $0.0901 $0.0567 $0.1001 $0.0667 West US westus $0.145 $0.0268 $0.0901 $0.0567 $0.1001 $0.0667 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.149 $0.0275 $0.0926 $0.0582 $0.1028 $0.0685 Poland Central polandcentral $0.149 $0.0275 $0.0924 $0.0581 $0.1192 $0.082 West Europe westeurope $0.149 $0.0275 $0.0926 $0.0582 $0.1028 $0.0685 South Central US southcentralus $0.15 $0.0277 $0.0927 $0.0583 $0.12 $0.0825 West Central US westcentralus $0.15 $0.0277 $0.0927 $0.0583 $0.12 $0.0825 UK West ukwest $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0935 $0.0588 $0.1208 $0.0831 Korea Central koreacentral $0.153 $0.0283 $0.095 $0.0597 $0.1056 $0.0704 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.153 $0.0283 $0.0947 $0.0596 $0.1056 $0.0704 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.153 $0.0283 $0.0947 $0.0596 $0.1056 $0.0704 UAE North uaenorth $0.153 $0.0283 $0.095 $0.0598 $0.1224 $0.0842 Australia Central australiacentral $0.156 $0.0288 $0.0966 $0.0607 $0.1076 $0.0718 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.156 $0.0156 $0.0966 $0.0607 $0.1076 $0.0718 Australia East australiaeast $0.156 $0.0288 $0.0966 $0.0607 $0.1076 $0.0718 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.156 $0.0288 $0.0966 $0.0607 $0.1076 $0.0718 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.156 $0.0288 $0.0966 $0.0607 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.156 $0.0288 $0.0966 $0.0607 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.156 $0.0288 $0.0966 $0.0607 – – West India westindia $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0989 $0.0622 $0.1272 $0.0875 Japan East japaneast $0.161 $0.0298 $0.0998 $0.0627 $0.1111 $0.0741 Japan West japanwest $0.161 $0.0298 $0.0998 $0.0627 $0.1111 $0.0741 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.162 $0.0299 $0.1005 $0.0632 $0.1296 $0.0891 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.166 $0.0307 $0.1027 $0.0646 $0.1328 $0.0913 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.166 $0.0307 $0.1027 $0.0646 $0.1328 $0.0913 East Asia eastasia $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1062 $0.0668 $0.1368 $0.0941 Sweden South swedensouth $0.172 $0.0318 $0.1067 $0.0671 $0.1376 $0.0946 South India southindia $0.176 $0.0325 $0.1089 $0.0685 $0.1408 $0.0968 Norway East norwayeast $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1105 $0.0695 $0.1424 $0.0979 France South francesouth $0.189 $0.0349 $0.1171 $0.0737 $0.1512 $0.104 Germany North germanynorth $0.194 $0.0359 $0.1203 $0.0757 $0.1552 $0.1067 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1231 $0.0774 $0.1373 $0.0915 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1232 $0.0775 $0.1373 $0.0915 UAE Central uaecentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1232 $0.0774 $0.1592 $0.1095 Norway West norwaywest $0.213 $0.0394 $0.1323 $0.0832 $0.1704 $0.1172 South Africa West southafricawest $0.214 $0.0395 $0.1329 $0.0836 $0.1712 $0.1177 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.253 $0.0468 $0.1566 $0.0986 $0.2024 $0.1392 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.258 $0.0477 $0.16 $0.1007 $0.2064 $0.1419
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.125 $0.0773 $0.0486 Windows $0.217 $0.1693 $0.1406
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 110 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 110 GiB Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 106 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D2ds_v6 Family Ddsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ddsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Other processors
Compute and memory optimized
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .