Standard_D4ds_v6

Standard_D4ds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.249 per hour on demand ($181.77 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1545 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0524 per hour. It is sold in 60 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
East US eastus$0.249$0.0524$0.1545$0.0972$0.1718$0.1145
East US 2 eastus2$0.249$0.046$0.1545$0.0972$0.1718$0.1145
North Central US northcentralus$0.249$0.046$0.1545$0.0972$0.1718$0.1145
West US 2 westus2$0.249$0.046$0.1545$0.0972$0.1718$0.1145
West US 3 westus3$0.249$0.046$0.1545$0.0972$0.1718$0.1145
Central India centralindia$0.262$0.0484$0.1626$0.1022$0.1808$0.1205
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.262$0.0484$0.1624$0.1022$0.1808$0.1205
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.262–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.262–––––
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.265$0.049$0.1562$0.1006$0.1829$0.1219
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.265$0.049$0.1562$0.1006$0.1829$0.1219
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.265$0.049$0.1642$0.1033$0.1829$0.1219
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.274$0.0506$0.17$0.1069$0.2192$0.1507
Canada Central canadacentral$0.278$0.0514$0.1721$0.1083$0.1918$0.1279
Canada East canadaeast$0.278$0.0514$0.1721$0.1083$0.1918$0.1279
North Europe northeurope$0.278$0.0514$0.1721$0.1083$0.1918$0.1279
Spain Central spaincentral$0.278$0.0514$0.1721$0.1083$0.1918$0.1279
Central US centralus$0.282$0.0521$0.1545$0.0972$0.1717$0.1145
Korea South koreasouth$0.287$0.053$0.1776$0.1118$0.2296$0.1579
UK South uksouth$0.288$0.0506$0.1787$0.1124$0.1987$0.1325
France Central francecentral$0.291$0.0538$0.1803$0.1134$0.2008$0.1339
Israel Central israelcentral$0.291$0.0538$0.1803$0.1134$0.2008$0.1339
Italy North italynorth$0.291$0.0538$0.1803$0.1134$0.2008$0.1339
West US westus$0.291$0.0538$0.1803$0.1134$0.2008$0.1339
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.298$0.0551$0.185$0.1164$0.2056$0.1371
Poland Central polandcentral$0.298$0.0551$0.1847$0.1162$0.2384$0.1639
West Europe westeurope$0.298$0.0551$0.185$0.1164$0.2056$0.1371
South Central US southcentralus$0.299$0.0553$0.1854$0.1166$0.2392$0.1645
West Central US westcentralus$0.299$0.0553$0.1854$0.1166$0.2392$0.1645
UK West ukwest$0.302$0.0558$0.187$0.1176$0.2416$0.1661
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.305$0.0564$0.1894$0.1191$0.2105$0.1403
Korea Central koreacentral$0.306$0.0565$0.1898$0.1194$0.2111$0.1408
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.306$0.0565$0.1895$0.1192$0.2111$0.1408
UAE North uaenorth$0.306$0.0565$0.1901$0.1195$0.2448$0.1683
Australia Central australiacentral$0.311$0.0575$0.1932$0.1215$0.2146$0.1431
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.311$0.0311$0.1932$0.1215$0.2146$0.1431
Australia East australiaeast$0.311$0.0575$0.1932$0.1215$0.2146$0.1431
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.311$0.0575$0.1932$0.1215$0.2146$0.1431
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.311$0.0575$0.1932$0.1215––
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.311$0.0575$0.1932$0.1215––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.311$0.0575$0.1932$0.1215––
West India westindia$0.319$0.059$0.1977$0.1244$0.2552$0.1755
Japan East japaneast$0.322$0.0595$0.1995$0.1255$0.2222$0.1481
Japan West japanwest$0.322$0.0595$0.1995$0.1255$0.2222$0.1481
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.324$0.0599$0.2008$0.1263$0.2592$0.1782
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.331$0.0612$0.2055$0.1293$0.2648$0.1821
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.331$0.0612$0.2055$0.1293$0.2648$0.1821
East Asia eastasia$0.343$0.0634$0.2124$0.1336$0.2744$0.1887
Sweden South swedensouth$0.344$0.0636$0.2134$0.1342$0.2752$0.1892
South India southindia$0.351$0.0649$0.2178$0.137$0.2808$0.1931
Norway East norwayeast$0.356$0.0658$0.2209$0.139$0.2848$0.1958
France South francesouth$0.378$0.0699$0.2344$0.1474$0.3024$0.2079
Germany North germanynorth$0.388$0.0717$0.2406$0.1513$0.3104$0.2134
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.397$0.0734$0.2462$0.1549$0.2739$0.1826
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.397$0.0734$0.2462$0.1549$0.2739$0.1826
UAE Central uaecentral$0.397$0.0734$0.2462$0.1549$0.3176$0.2184
Norway West norwaywest$0.427$0.0789$0.2646$0.1665$0.3416$0.2349
South Africa West southafricawest$0.429$0.0793$0.2656$0.1671$0.3432$0.236
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.505$0.0933$0.3132$0.1971$0.404$0.2778
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.516$0.0954$0.3201$0.2013$0.4128$0.2838

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.249$0.1545$0.0972
Windows$0.433$0.3385$0.2812

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Storage220 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe220 GiB
Max data disks12
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)212 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D4ds_v6
FamilyDdsv6
CategoryGeneral purpose
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesddsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.