Instances Azure VM Standard_D2ns_v6 Standard_D2ns_v6
Standard_D2ns_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.139 per hour on demand ($101.47 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0818 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0293 per hour. It is sold in 57 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.139 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 US centralus $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0818 $0.0467 $0.0947 $0.0559 East US eastus $0.139 $0.0293 $0.0818 $0.0467 $0.0947 $0.0559 East US 2 eastus2 $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0818 $0.0467 $0.0947 $0.0559 North Central US northcentralus $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0822 $0.0473 $0.0945 $0.0556 West US 2 westus2 $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0822 $0.0473 $0.0945 $0.0556 West US 3 westus3 $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0822 $0.0473 $0.0945 $0.0556 Central India centralindia $0.145 $0.0268 $0.0856 $0.0493 $0.1015 $0.058 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.145 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.145 – – – – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0873 $0.0489 $0.111 $0.077 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.153 $0.0283 $0.0904 $0.0521 $0.104 $0.0612 Canada Central canadacentral $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0916 $0.0528 $0.1054 $0.062 Canada East canadaeast $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0916 $0.0528 $0.1054 $0.062 Spain Central spaincentral $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0916 $0.0528 $0.1163 $0.0698 Korea South koreasouth $0.16 $0.0296 $0.0945 $0.0576 $0.1088 $0.0688 West US westus $0.162 $0.0299 $0.0955 $0.0545 $0.1294 $0.0751 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.165 $0.0305 $0.0974 $0.0627 $0.1254 $0.0792 Poland Central polandcentral $0.165 $0.0305 $0.0974 $0.0561 $0.1254 $0.0792 South Central US southcentralus $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0983 $0.0561 $0.1137 $0.0671 West Central US westcentralus $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0983 $0.0561 $0.1137 $0.0671 Korea Central koreacentral $0.168 $0.031 $0.0994 $0.0607 $0.1142 $0.0722 UK West ukwest $0.168 $0.031 $0.0994 $0.0573 $0.126 $0.0756 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1008 $0.0581 $0.1197 $0.0701 France Central francecentral $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1026 $0.0592 $0.1305 $0.0783 UK South uksouth $0.174 $0.0306 $0.1023 $0.0584 $0.1302 $0.0787 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1025 $0.0605 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1023 $0.0604 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1023 $0.0604 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.176 $0.0325 $0.1035 $0.0649 $0.1285 $0.0792 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.176 $0.0176 $0.1035 $0.0649 $0.1285 $0.0792 Australia East australiaeast $0.176 $0.0325 $0.1035 $0.0649 $0.1285 $0.0792 West India westindia $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1051 $0.0606 $0.1246 $0.0712 Japan East japaneast $0.179 $0.0331 $0.1056 $0.068 $0.1343 $0.0823 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1067 $0.067 $0.1321 $0.0815 Italy North italynorth $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1067 $0.0615 $0.1358 $0.0815 North Europe northeurope $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1071 $0.0617 $0.1358 $0.0815 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1067 $0.0651 $0.1231 $0.0778 West Europe westeurope $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1071 $0.0617 $0.1358 $0.0815 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.183 $0.0338 $0.1082 $0.0624 $0.1391 $0.0878 Sweden South swedensouth $0.192 $0.0355 $0.1135 $0.0635 $0.144 $0.0998 South India southindia $0.196 $0.0362 $0.1159 $0.0667 $0.1372 $0.0784 Israel Central israelcentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0717 $0.1473 $0.0856 Norway East norwayeast $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0677 $0.1512 $0.0955 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1155 $0.0717 $0.1473 $0.0876 UAE North uaenorth $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0717 $0.1473 $0.0856 Japan West japanwest $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1191 $0.0767 $0.1515 $0.0929 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.203 $0.0375 $0.12 $0.0732 $0.1502 $0.0873 Germany North germanynorth $0.214 $0.0395 $0.1265 $0.0708 $0.1605 $0.1113 East Asia eastasia $0.216 $0.0399 $0.1268 $0.0736 $0.1516 $0.0883 France South francesouth $0.226 $0.0418 $0.1334 $0.0769 $0.1695 $0.1017 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.235 $0.0434 $0.1388 $0.0847 $0.1598 $0.1011 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.238 $0.044 $0.1408 $0.0811 $0.1809 $0.1142 Norway West norwaywest $0.259 $0.0479 $0.1527 $0.0881 $0.1968 $0.1243 UAE Central uaecentral $0.259 $0.0479 $0.1527 $0.0932 $0.1917 $0.1114 South Africa West southafricawest $0.264 $0.0488 $0.1559 $0.0951 $0.1954 $0.1135 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.278 $0.0514 $0.1643 $0.0947 $0.189 $0.1112 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.362 $0.0669 $0.2136 $0.1231 $0.2462 $0.1448
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.139 $0.0818 $0.0467 Windows $0.231 $0.1738 $0.1387
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Networking Value Network 25 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 106 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D2ns_v6 Family Dnsv6 Category Memory optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dnsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Compute and memory optimized
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .