Instances Azure VM Standard_D2pds_v6 Standard_D2pds_v6
Standard_D2pds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Azure Cobalt 100). In East US it costs $0.0918 per hour on demand ($67.01 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0541 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0401 per hour. It is sold in 44 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0604 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 $0.0604 $0.0123 $0.0356 $0.0229 $0.0411 $0.0284 East US eastus $0.0918 $0.0401 $0.0541 $0.0349 $0.0624 $0.0431 East US 2 eastus2 $0.0918 $0.017 $0.0541 $0.0349 $0.0624 $0.0431 North Central US northcentralus $0.0918 $0.017 $0.0541 $0.0349 $0.0624 $0.0431 West US 2 westus2 $0.0918 $0.017 $0.0541 $0.0349 $0.0624 $0.0431 West US 3 westus3 $0.0918 $0.017 $0.0541 $0.0349 $0.0624 $0.0431 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.0978 $0.0199 $0.0576 $0.0372 $0.0665 $0.046 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0596 $0.0384 $0.0687 $0.0475 Canada Central canadacentral $0.102 $0.0189 $0.0602 $0.0388 $0.0694 $0.0479 Canada East canadaeast $0.102 $0.0189 $0.0602 $0.0388 $0.0694 $0.0479 North Europe northeurope $0.103 $0.0338 $0.0605 $0.039 $0.07 $0.0484 Spain Central spaincentral $0.103 $0.019 $0.0605 $0.039 $0.07 $0.0484 Central US centralus $0.104 $0.0222 $0.0541 $0.0349 $0.0624 $0.0431 UK South uksouth $0.106 $0.0216 $0.0624 $0.0402 $0.0721 $0.0498 France Central francecentral $0.107 $0.0208 $0.0634 $0.0408 $0.0728 $0.0503 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.107 $0.0198 $0.0634 $0.0408 $0.0728 $0.0503 Italy North italynorth $0.107 $0.0198 $0.063 $0.0406 $0.0728 $0.0503 West US westus $0.107 $0.0198 $0.0634 $0.0408 $0.0728 $0.0503 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.11 $0.0203 $0.0647 $0.0417 $0.0748 $0.0517 Poland Central polandcentral $0.11 $0.0203 $0.0647 $0.0417 $0.0748 $0.0517 South Central US southcentralus $0.11 $0.0203 $0.0651 $0.0419 $0.0748 $0.0517 West Central US westcentralus $0.11 $0.0203 $0.0651 $0.0419 $0.0748 $0.0517 West Europe westeurope $0.11 $0.0224 $0.0647 $0.0417 $0.0748 $0.0517 UK West ukwest $0.111 $0.0205 $0.0656 $0.0422 $0.0755 $0.0522 UAE North uaenorth $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0661 $0.0425 $0.0762 $0.0526 Australia East australiaeast $0.114 $0.0232 $0.0675 $0.0435 $0.0775 $0.0536 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.114 $0.0211 $0.0675 $0.0435 $0.0775 $0.0536 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.115 $0.0213 $0.0677 $0.0436 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.115 $0.0213 $0.068 $0.0438 – – Japan East japaneast $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0696 $0.0448 $0.0802 $0.0555 Japan West japanwest $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0699 $0.045 $0.0802 $0.0555 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.119 $0.022 $0.0704 $0.0454 $0.0809 $0.0559 Korea Central koreacentral $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0707 $0.0455 $0.0816 $0.0564 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.12 $0.0222 $0.0709 $0.0457 $0.0816 $0.0564 East Asia eastasia $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0745 $0.048 $0.0857 $0.0592 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.129 $0.0238 $0.076 $0.0489 $0.0877 $0.0606 Norway East norwayeast $0.131 $0.0242 $0.0775 $0.0499 $0.0891 $0.0616 South India southindia $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0817 $0.0527 $0.0945 $0.0653 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.143 $0.0264 $0.0845 $0.0544 $0.0972 $0.0672 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.146 $0.027 $0.0862 $0.0555 $0.0993 $0.0686 Sweden South swedensouth $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0916 $0.0589 $0.1054 $0.0729 South Africa West southafricawest $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0986 $0.0635 $0.1136 $0.0785 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1007 $0.0649 $0.1163 $0.0804 UAE Central uaecentral $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1007 $0.0649 $0.1163 $0.0804
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 2 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Azure Cobalt 100
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_D2pds_v6 Family Dpdsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpdsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .