Instances Azure VM Standard_D8ds_v6 Standard_D8ds_v6
Standard_D8ds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.498 per hour on demand ($363.54 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.3089 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1049 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 $0.498 $0.1049 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3436 $0.2291 East US 2 eastus2 $0.498 $0.092 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3436 $0.2291 North Central US northcentralus $0.498 $0.092 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3436 $0.2291 West US 2 westus2 $0.498 $0.092 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3436 $0.2291 West US 3 westus3 $0.498 $0.092 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3436 $0.2291 Central India centralindia $0.524 $0.0968 $0.3251 $0.2045 $0.3616 $0.241 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.524 $0.0968 $0.3249 $0.2044 $0.3616 $0.241 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.524 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.524 – – – – – Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.529 $0.0978 $0.3123 $0.2012 $0.365 $0.2433 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.529 $0.0978 $0.3123 $0.2012 $0.365 $0.2433 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.53 $0.0979 $0.3283 $0.2065 $0.3657 $0.2438 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.548 $0.1013 $0.3398 $0.2138 $0.4384 $0.3014 Canada Central canadacentral $0.555 $0.1026 $0.3444 $0.2166 $0.383 $0.2553 Canada East canadaeast $0.555 $0.1026 $0.3444 $0.2166 $0.383 $0.2553 North Europe northeurope $0.555 $0.1026 $0.3444 $0.2166 $0.383 $0.2553 Spain Central spaincentral $0.555 $0.1026 $0.3444 $0.2166 $0.383 $0.2553 Central US centralus $0.563 $0.104 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3429 $0.2286 Korea South koreasouth $0.573 $0.1059 $0.3554 $0.2235 $0.4584 $0.3152 UK South uksouth $0.576 $0.1012 $0.3573 $0.2247 $0.3974 $0.265 France Central francecentral $0.581 $0.1074 $0.3605 $0.2268 $0.4009 $0.2673 Israel Central israelcentral $0.581 $0.1074 $0.3605 $0.2268 $0.4009 $0.2673 Italy North italynorth $0.581 $0.1074 $0.3605 $0.2268 $0.4009 $0.2673 West US westus $0.581 $0.1074 $0.3605 $0.2268 $0.4009 $0.2673 Poland Central polandcentral $0.596 $0.1101 $0.3695 $0.2325 $0.4768 $0.3278 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.597 $0.1103 $0.3701 $0.2328 $0.4119 $0.2746 West Europe westeurope $0.597 $0.1103 $0.3701 $0.2328 $0.4119 $0.2746 South Central US southcentralus $0.598 $0.1105 $0.3708 $0.2332 $0.4784 $0.3289 West Central US westcentralus $0.598 $0.1105 $0.3708 $0.2332 $0.4784 $0.3289 UK West ukwest $0.603 $0.1114 $0.3739 $0.2352 $0.4824 $0.3317 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.611 $0.1129 $0.3788 $0.2383 $0.4216 $0.2811 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.611 $0.1129 $0.3789 $0.2383 $0.4216 $0.2811 Korea Central koreacentral $0.613 $0.1133 $0.3798 $0.2389 $0.423 $0.282 UAE North uaenorth $0.613 $0.1133 $0.38 $0.239 $0.4904 $0.3372 Australia Central australiacentral $0.623 $0.1151 $0.3862 $0.243 $0.4299 $0.2866 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.623 $0.0623 $0.3862 $0.243 $0.4299 $0.2866 Australia East australiaeast $0.623 $0.1151 $0.3862 $0.243 $0.4299 $0.2866 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.623 $0.1151 $0.3862 $0.243 $0.4299 $0.2866 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.623 $0.1151 $0.3862 $0.2429 – – US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.623 $0.1151 $0.3862 $0.2429 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.623 $0.1151 $0.3862 $0.2429 – – West India westindia $0.638 $0.1179 $0.3955 $0.2488 $0.5104 $0.3509 Japan East japaneast $0.644 $0.119 $0.3991 $0.251 $0.4444 $0.2962 Japan West japanwest $0.644 $0.119 $0.3991 $0.251 $0.4444 $0.2962 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.648 $0.1198 $0.4017 $0.2527 $0.5184 $0.3564 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.663 $0.1225 $0.411 $0.2585 $0.5304 $0.3646 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.663 $0.1225 $0.411 $0.2585 $0.5304 $0.3646 East Asia eastasia $0.685 $0.1266 $0.4248 $0.2672 $0.548 $0.3767 Sweden South swedensouth $0.688 $0.1271 $0.4267 $0.2685 $0.5504 $0.3784 South India southindia $0.703 $0.1299 $0.4356 $0.274 $0.5624 $0.3867 Norway East norwayeast $0.713 $0.1318 $0.4418 $0.2779 $0.5704 $0.3922 France South francesouth $0.756 $0.1397 $0.4686 $0.2948 $0.6048 $0.4158 Germany North germanynorth $0.776 $0.1434 $0.4812 $0.3027 $0.6208 $0.4268 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.794 $0.1467 $0.4925 $0.3097 $0.5479 $0.3652 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.794 $0.1467 $0.4926 $0.3098 $0.5479 $0.3652 UAE Central uaecentral $0.794 $0.1467 $0.4925 $0.3098 $0.6352 $0.4367 Norway West norwaywest $0.854 $0.1578 $0.5293 $0.333 $0.6832 $0.4697 South Africa West southafricawest $0.857 $0.1584 $0.5314 $0.3342 $0.6856 $0.4714 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $1.011 $0.1868 $0.6266 $0.3941 $0.8088 $0.5561 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $1.032 $0.1907 $0.6402 $0.4027 $0.8256 $0.5676
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.498 $0.3089 $0.1943 Windows $0.866 $0.6769 $0.5623
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor 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 440 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 440 GiB Max data disks 24 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 424 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8ds_v6 Family Ddsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ddsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Other processors
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .