Instances Azure VM Standard_D2s_v6 Standard_D2s_v6
Standard_D2s_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.101 per hour on demand ($73.73 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0624 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0213 per hour. It is sold in 58 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 $0.101 $0.0213 $0.0624 $0.0393 $0.0697 $0.0465 East US 2 eastus2 $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0624 $0.0393 $0.0697 $0.0465 North Central US northcentralus $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0624 $0.0393 $0.0697 $0.0465 West US 2 westus2 $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0624 $0.0393 $0.0697 $0.0465 West US 3 westus3 $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0624 $0.0393 $0.0697 $0.0465 Central India centralindia $0.106 $0.0196 $0.0658 $0.0414 $0.0731 $0.0488 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.106 $0.0196 $0.0658 $0.0413 $0.0731 $0.0488 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.106 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.106 – – – – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.107 $0.0198 $0.0664 $0.0418 $0.0738 $0.0492 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.111 $0.0205 $0.0687 $0.0432 $0.0888 $0.0611 Canada Central canadacentral $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0696 $0.0438 $0.0773 $0.0515 Canada East canadaeast $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0696 $0.0438 $0.0773 $0.0515 North Europe northeurope $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0696 $0.0438 $0.0773 $0.0515 Spain Central spaincentral $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0696 $0.0438 $0.0773 $0.0515 Central US centralus $0.114 $0.0211 $0.0624 $0.0393 $0.0694 $0.0463 Korea South koreasouth $0.116 $0.0214 $0.0719 $0.0452 $0.0928 $0.0638 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.117 $0.0216 $0.0726 $0.0457 $0.0807 $0.0538 UK South uksouth $0.117 $0.0206 $0.0723 $0.0455 $0.0807 $0.0538 France Central francecentral $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0729 $0.0459 $0.0814 $0.0543 Israel Central israelcentral $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0729 $0.0459 $0.0814 $0.0543 Italy North italynorth $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0729 $0.0459 $0.0814 $0.0543 West US westus $0.118 $0.0218 $0.0729 $0.0459 $0.0814 $0.0543 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0749 $0.0471 $0.0835 $0.0557 Poland Central polandcentral $0.121 $0.0224 $0.075 $0.0472 $0.0968 $0.0666 South Central US southcentralus $0.121 $0.0224 $0.075 $0.0472 $0.0968 $0.0666 West Central US westcentralus $0.121 $0.0224 $0.075 $0.0472 $0.0968 $0.0666 West Europe westeurope $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0749 $0.0471 $0.0835 $0.0557 UK West ukwest $0.122 $0.0225 $0.0756 $0.0476 $0.0976 $0.0671 Korea Central koreacentral $0.124 $0.0229 $0.0768 $0.0483 $0.0856 $0.057 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.124 $0.0229 $0.0766 $0.0482 $0.0856 $0.057 UAE North uaenorth $0.124 $0.0229 $0.0768 $0.0484 $0.0992 $0.0682 Australia Central australiacentral $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0781 $0.0491 $0.0869 $0.058 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.126 $0.0126 $0.0781 $0.0491 $0.0869 $0.058 Australia East australiaeast $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0781 $0.0491 $0.0869 $0.058 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0781 $0.0491 $0.0869 $0.058 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0781 $0.0491 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0781 $0.0491 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0781 $0.0491 – – West India westindia $0.129 $0.0238 $0.08 $0.0503 $0.1032 $0.071 Japan East japaneast $0.13 $0.024 $0.0807 $0.0508 $0.0897 $0.0598 Japan West japanwest $0.13 $0.024 $0.0807 $0.0508 $0.0897 $0.0598 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.131 $0.0242 $0.0813 $0.0511 $0.1048 $0.0721 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.134 $0.0248 $0.0831 $0.0523 $0.1072 $0.0737 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.134 $0.0248 $0.0831 $0.0523 $0.1072 $0.0737 East Asia eastasia $0.139 $0.0257 $0.086 $0.0541 $0.1112 $0.0765 Sweden South swedensouth $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0863 $0.0543 $0.1112 $0.0765 South India southindia $0.142 $0.0262 $0.0881 $0.0554 $0.1136 $0.0781 Norway East norwayeast $0.144 $0.0266 $0.0894 $0.0562 $0.1152 $0.0792 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0944 $0.0594 $0.1049 $0.0699 France South francesouth $0.153 $0.0283 $0.0947 $0.0596 $0.1224 $0.0842 Germany North germanynorth $0.157 $0.029 $0.0974 $0.0612 $0.1256 $0.0864 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.161 $0.0298 $0.0997 $0.0627 $0.1111 $0.0741 UAE Central uaecentral $0.161 $0.0298 $0.0997 $0.0627 $0.1288 $0.0886 Norway West norwaywest $0.173 $0.032 $0.1071 $0.0674 $0.1384 $0.0952 South Africa West southafricawest $0.173 $0.032 $0.1075 $0.0676 $0.1384 $0.0952 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.204 $0.0377 $0.1267 $0.0797 $0.1632 $0.1122 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.209 $0.0386 $0.1295 $0.0814 $0.1672 $0.115
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.101 $0.0624 $0.0393 Windows $0.193 $0.1544 $0.1313
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 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_D2s_v6 Family Dsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Other processors
Compute and memory optimized
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .