Instances Azure VM Standard_D8ds_v5 Standard_D8ds_v5
Standard_D8ds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice 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 $0.2667 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.097 per hour. It is sold in 61 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 $0.097 $0.2667 $0.1718 $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 $0.2667 $0.1718 $0.3089 $0.2064 West US 2 westus2 $0.452 $0.0835 $0.2667 $0.1718 $0.3089 $0.2064 West US 3 westus3 $0.452 $0.0838 $0.2667 $0.1718 $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 $0.2879 $0.1854 $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 – – – $0.488 $0.488 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.488 – – – $0.488 $0.488 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.497 $0.0918 $0.2934 $0.1869 $0.3397 $0.227 Canada Central canadacentral $0.504 $0.1732 $0.2974 $0.1915 $0.3465 $0.228 Canada East canadaeast $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2974 $0.1915 $0.3465 $0.228 North Europe northeurope $0.504 $0.1181 $0.2974 $0.1915 $0.3804 $0.2603 Spain Central spaincentral $0.504 $0.0931 $0.2974 $0.1895 $0.383 $0.2772 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.508 $0.0939 $0.2985 $0.1929 $0.3505 $0.2388 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.508 $0.0939 $0.2985 $0.1929 $0.3505 $0.2388 Central US centralus $0.511 $0.0944 $0.2667 $0.1718 $0.3081 $0.2059 Korea South koreasouth $0.52 $0.0961 $0.3067 $0.1975 $0.3952 $0.286 UK South uksouth $0.524 $0.0968 $0.3091 $0.1991 $0.3932 $0.2749 France Central francecentral $0.528 $0.0976 $0.3115 $0.2006 $0.3973 $0.2742 Israel Central israelcentral $0.528 $0.0976 $0.3115 $0.2006 $0.3984 $0.2726 Italy North italynorth $0.528 $0.0976 $0.3115 $0.2006 $0.4013 $0.2746 West US westus $0.532 $0.0983 $0.3139 $0.2022 $0.3671 $0.25 South Central US southcentralus $0.542 $0.1002 $0.32 $0.2061 $0.374 $0.2547 West Central US westcentralus $0.542 $0.1002 $0.32 $0.2061 $0.374 $0.2547 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.544 $0.1005 $0.321 $0.2067 $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 $0.3256 $0.2097 – – Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.554 $0.1024 $0.3271 $0.2107 $0.418 $0.286 UAE North uaenorth $0.554 $0.1027 $0.3271 $0.2107 $0.418 $0.286 Korea Central koreacentral $0.556 $0.1027 $0.3281 $0.2113 $0.3722 $0.2659 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.564 $0.1046 $0.3328 $0.2143 $0.3913 $0.2583 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.565 $0.1048 $0.3333 $0.2147 – – Australia Central australiacentral $0.568 $0.105 $0.3352 $0.2158 $0.4191 $0.2896 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.568 $0.0568 $0.3352 $0.2158 $0.4191 $0.2896 Australia East australiaeast $0.568 $0.105 $0.3352 $0.2158 $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 – – West India westindia $0.579 $0.107 $0.3413 $0.2199 $0.44 $0.3185 Japan East japaneast $0.584 $0.1079 $0.3445 $0.2219 $0.4367 $0.3081 Japan West japanwest $0.584 $0.1079 $0.3445 $0.2219 $0.4438 $0.3212 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.588 $0.1087 $0.3467 $0.2233 $0.4469 $0.3234 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.596 $0.1101 $0.3518 $0.2242 $0.4398 $0.3039 Norway East norwayeast $0.598 $0.1105 $0.3531 $0.2274 $0.4545 $0.3289 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.598 $0.1105 $0.3531 $0.2274 $0.4545 $0.3289 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.6 $0.1109 $0.354 $0.228 $0.4528 $0.3098 East Asia eastasia $0.62 $0.1146 $0.3658 $0.2356 $0.4302 $0.284 Sweden South swedensouth $0.624 $0.1153 $0.3682 $0.2371 $0.4742 $0.3432 South India southindia $0.637 $0.1177 $0.376 $0.2422 $0.4841 $0.3504 France South francesouth $0.686 $0.1268 $0.405 $0.2608 $0.5214 $0.3773 Germany North germanynorth $0.707 $0.1307 $0.4172 $0.2687 $0.5373 $0.3888 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.717 $0.1412 $0.4233 $0.2726 – – Brazil South brazilsouth $0.72 $0.1331 $0.4248 $0.2736 $0.4683 $0.3411 UAE Central uaecentral $0.721 $0.1332 $0.4252 $0.2739 $0.548 $0.3966 Norway West norwaywest $0.778 $0.1438 $0.459 $0.2956 $0.5913 $0.4279 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.778 $0.1438 $0.4592 $0.2958 $0.5913 $0.4279 South Africa West southafricawest $0.78 $0.1441 $0.4602 $0.2964 $0.5928 $0.429 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.936 $0.173 $0.5523 $0.3557 $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 $0.2667 $0.1718 Windows $0.82 $0.6347 $0.5398
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
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) 290 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8ds_v5 Family Ddsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ddsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
With or without local disk and networking
Other processors
Compute and memory optimized
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .