Instances Azure VM Standard_D8ds_v4 Standard_D8ds_v4
Standard_D8ds_v4 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.452 per hour on demand ($329.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2658 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0957 per hour. It is sold in 60 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 $0.452 $0.0957 $0.2658 $0.1699 $0.3089 $0.2064 East US 2 eastus2 $0.452 $0.1663 $0.2667 $0.1718 $0.3119 $0.2124 North Central US northcentralus $0.452 $0.0835 $0.2658 $0.1699 $0.3089 $0.2064 West US 2 westus2 $0.452 $0.0835 $0.2658 $0.1699 $0.3089 $0.2064 West US 3 westus3 $0.452 $0.0835 $0.2658 $0.1699 $0.3119 $0.2124 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.48 $0.0887 $0.2832 $0.1824 $0.3623 $0.2479 Central India centralindia $0.488 $0.0902 $0.287 $0.1835 $0.3368 $0.2213 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.488 $0.1002 $0.2879 $0.1854 $0.3368 $0.2213 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.488 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.488 – – – $0.488 $0.488 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.497 $0.0918 $0.2924 $0.1869 $0.3397 $0.227 Canada Central canadacentral $0.504 $0.1638 $0.2963 $0.1895 $0.3465 $0.228 Canada East canadaeast $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2963 $0.1895 $0.3465 $0.228 North Europe northeurope $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2963 $0.1895 $0.3804 $0.2603 Spain Central spaincentral $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2963 $0.1895 $0.383 $0.2772 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.508 $0.0939 $0.2994 $0.1929 $0.3505 $0.2388 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.508 $0.0939 $0.2994 $0.1929 $0.3505 $0.2388 Central US centralus $0.511 $0.0943 $0.3014 $0.1941 $0.3526 $0.2402 Korea South koreasouth $0.521 $0.0963 $0.3076 $0.1981 $0.396 $0.2866 UK South uksouth $0.524 $0.0968 $0.3081 $0.197 $0.3932 $0.2749 France Central francecentral $0.528 $0.0976 $0.3105 $0.1985 $0.3973 $0.2742 Israel Central israelcentral $0.528 $0.0976 $0.3115 $0.2006 – – Italy North italynorth $0.528 $0.0976 $0.3115 $0.2006 $0.4277 $0.301 West US westus $0.532 $0.0983 $0.3128 $0.2 $0.3671 $0.25 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.542 $0.1002 $0.32 $0.2061 $0.4119 $0.2981 West Central US westcentralus $0.542 $0.1002 $0.32 $0.2061 $0.374 $0.2547 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.544 $0.1005 $0.3199 $0.2045 $0.4134 $0.2992 Poland Central polandcentral $0.544 $0.1005 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.4134 $0.2992 West Europe westeurope $0.544 $0.1005 $0.321 $0.2067 $0.4134 $0.2992 UK West ukwest $0.547 $0.1011 $0.3227 $0.2078 $0.4157 $0.3009 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.552 $0.1086 $0.3245 $0.2075 $0.383 $0.2528 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.554 $0.1024 $0.326 $0.2084 $0.418 $0.286 UAE North uaenorth $0.554 $0.1027 $0.326 $0.2084 $0.418 $0.286 Korea Central koreacentral $0.556 $0.1027 $0.3236 $0.2091 $0.3722 $0.2659 West India westindia $0.556 $0.1027 $0.3281 $0.2113 $0.4226 $0.3058 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.564 $0.1046 $0.3316 $0.2121 $0.3913 $0.2583 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.565 $0.1048 $0.3333 $0.2147 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.568 $0.105 $0.334 $0.2136 $0.4191 $0.2896 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.568 $0.0568 $0.334 $0.2136 $0.4191 $0.2896 Australia East australiaeast $0.568 $0.105 $0.334 $0.2136 $0.4191 $0.2896 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.572 $0.1057 $0.3374 $0.2174 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.572 $0.1057 $0.3374 $0.2174 – – Japan East japaneast $0.584 $0.1079 $0.3434 $0.2196 $0.4367 $0.3081 South Central US southcentralus $0.588 $0.1087 $0.3467 $0.2233 $0.4057 $0.2764 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.597 $0.1103 $0.3509 $0.2244 $0.444 $0.3044 Norway East norwayeast $0.598 $0.1105 $0.3531 $0.2274 $0.4545 $0.3289 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.5984 $0.1106 $0.3531 $0.2274 $0.4548 $0.3291 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.6 $0.1109 $0.3529 $0.2256 $0.4528 $0.3098 East Asia eastasia $0.62 $0.1146 $0.3646 $0.2331 $0.4302 $0.284 South India southindia $0.637 $0.1177 $0.3757 $0.242 $0.4841 $0.3504 Japan West japanwest $0.642 $0.1186 $0.3789 $0.244 $0.4879 $0.3531 France South francesouth $0.687 $0.127 $0.4054 $0.2611 $0.5221 $0.3779 Germany North germanynorth $0.704 $0.1301 $0.4153 $0.2675 $0.535 $0.3872 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.717 $0.1412 $0.4218 $0.2697 $0.4975 $0.3284 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.72 $0.1331 $0.4072 $0.2707 $0.4683 $0.3411 UAE Central uaecentral $0.734 $0.1356 $0.4333 $0.2791 $0.5578 $0.4037 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.7776 $0.1437 $0.4589 $0.2956 $0.591 $0.4277 Norway West norwaywest $0.778 $0.1438 $0.459 $0.2956 $0.5913 $0.4279 South Africa West southafricawest $0.791 $0.1462 $0.4667 $0.3006 $0.6012 $0.4351 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.936 $0.173 $0.5525 $0.3558 $0.7114 $0.5148
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.452 $0.2658 $0.1699 Windows $0.82 $0.6338 $0.5379
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) ACU (compute units) 195
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Storage 300 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 300 GiB Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 192 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8ds_v4 Family Ddsv4 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ddsv4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
With or without local disk and networking
Compute and memory optimized
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .