Instances Azure VM Standard_D8a_v4 Standard_D8a_v4
Standard_D8a_v4 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.384 per hour on demand ($280.32 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2258 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.081 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.246 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 $0.246 $0.0455 $0.1455 $0.0938 $0.1696 $0.1122 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.246 – – – $0.246 $0.246 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.246 – – – $0.246 $0.246 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.364 $0.0673 $0.2145 $0.1382 $0.251 $0.166 East US eastus $0.384 $0.081 $0.2258 $0.1444 $0.2633 $0.1767 East US 2 eastus2 $0.384 $0.071 $0.2288 $0.1473 $0.265 $0.1805 North Central US northcentralus $0.384 $0.071 $0.2258 $0.1444 $0.2633 $0.1767 West US 2 westus2 $0.384 $0.071 $0.2258 $0.1444 $0.2633 $0.1767 West US 3 westus3 $0.384 $0.071 $0.2266 $0.1459 $0.2633 $0.1767 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.402 $0.0743 $0.2362 $0.1511 $0.2794 $0.185 Spain Central spaincentral $0.404 $0.0747 $0.2384 $0.1535 $0.303 $0.206 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.408 $0.0754 $0.2408 $0.155 $0.3075 $0.2114 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.416 $0.0769 $0.2454 $0.1581 $0.3162 $0.2288 Poland Central polandcentral $0.416 $0.0769 $0.2454 $0.1581 $0.3162 $0.2288 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.422 $0.078 $0.2484 $0.1588 $0.2894 $0.1942 Canada Central canadacentral $0.428 $0.083 $0.2525 $0.1626 $0.2913 $0.1952 Canada East canadaeast $0.428 $0.0794 $0.2525 $0.1626 $0.2913 $0.1952 North Europe northeurope $0.428 $0.0791 $0.2517 $0.1609 $0.3225 $0.2218 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.432 $0.0798 $0.254 $0.1624 $0.2981 $0.203 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.432 $0.0798 $0.2592 $0.1728 $0.2981 $0.203 Central US centralus $0.434 $0.0802 $0.2604 $0.1736 $0.2995 $0.204 Korea South koreasouth $0.443 $0.0819 $0.2658 $0.1772 $0.3367 $0.2437 UK South uksouth $0.444 $0.0821 $0.2611 $0.1669 $0.3336 $0.2334 France Central francecentral $0.448 $0.0828 $0.2635 $0.1685 $0.3376 $0.2322 Israel Central israelcentral $0.448 $0.0828 $0.2643 $0.1702 – – Italy North italynorth $0.448 $0.0828 $0.2643 $0.1702 $0.3629 $0.2554 West US westus $0.448 $0.0828 $0.2635 $0.1685 $0.3091 $0.2106 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.454 $0.0839 $0.2667 $0.1705 $0.3377 $0.234 West Europe westeurope $0.46 $0.0935 $0.3059 $0.2105 $0.3496 $0.253 South Central US southcentralus $0.461 $0.0852 $0.2765 $0.1843 $0.3181 $0.2167 West Central US westcentralus $0.461 $0.0852 $0.2765 $0.1843 $0.3181 $0.2167 UK West ukwest $0.465 $0.0859 – – $0.3534 $0.2558 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.471 $0.087 $0.2777 $0.1789 $0.3549 $0.244 UAE North uaenorth $0.471 $0.087 $0.2777 $0.1789 $0.3549 $0.244 Korea Central koreacentral $0.472 $0.0872 $0.2737 $0.1775 $0.3155 $0.2254 Australia Central australiacentral $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2832 $0.1824 $0.357 $0.2474 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.48 $0.048 $0.2832 $0.1824 $0.357 $0.2474 Australia East australiaeast $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2822 $0.1805 $0.357 $0.2474 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2822 $0.1805 $0.3336 $0.2209 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2832 $0.1824 – – US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.484 $0.0894 $0.2856 $0.1839 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.484 $0.0894 $0.2856 $0.1839 – – West India westindia $0.492 $0.0909 $0.29 $0.1868 $0.3739 $0.2706 Japan East japaneast $0.496 $0.0917 $0.2917 $0.1865 $0.3708 $0.261 Japan West japanwest $0.496 $0.0917 $0.2927 $0.1885 $0.377 $0.2728 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.499 $0.0922 $0.2995 $0.1997 $0.3792 $0.2745 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.508 $0.0939 $0.2998 $0.193 $0.3828 $0.2632 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.522 $0.0965 $0.3071 $0.1964 $0.3628 $0.2402 East Asia eastasia $0.528 $0.0976 $0.3105 $0.1985 $0.4013 $0.2904 Sweden South swedensouth $0.53 $0.0979 $0.3129 $0.2016 $0.4028 $0.2915 Germany North germanynorth $0.541 $0.1 $0.3191 $0.2055 $0.4112 $0.2976 South India southindia $0.541 $0.1 $0.3194 $0.2057 $0.4112 $0.2976 Norway East norwayeast $0.549 $0.1015 $0.324 $0.2087 $0.4172 $0.302 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.549 $0.1015 $0.324 $0.2087 $0.4172 $0.302 France South francesouth $0.582 $0.1076 $0.3436 $0.2213 $0.4423 $0.3201 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.612 $0.1135 $0.3366 $0.2301 $0.3877 $0.2885 UAE Central uaecentral $0.614 $0.1135 $0.362 $0.2332 $0.4175 $0.3193 South Africa West southafricawest $0.66 $0.122 $0.3896 $0.251 $0.5016 $0.363 Norway West norwaywest $0.714 $0.1319 $0.4211 $0.2713 $0.5426 $0.3927 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.714 $0.1319 $0.4211 $0.2713 $0.5426 $0.3927 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.796 $0.1471 $0.4694 $0.3023 $0.605 $0.4378
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.384 $0.2258 $0.1444 Windows $0.752 $0.5938 $0.5124
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
Networking Value Network 8 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Storage 200 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 200 GiB Max data disks 16 Premium SSD No Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 192 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8a_v4 Family Dav4 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dav4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Other processors
With or without local disk and networking
Compute and memory optimized
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .