Instances Azure VM Standard_D8lds_v6 Standard_D8lds_v6
Standard_D8lds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.441 per hour on demand ($321.93 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2736 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0929 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is India South Central at $0.44 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 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.44 $0.0813 $0.2728 $0.1716 $0.2948 $0.1936 Central India centralindia $0.441 $0.0815 $0.2736 $0.1721 $0.2955 $0.194 East US eastus $0.441 $0.0929 $0.2736 $0.1721 $0.2955 $0.194 East US 2 eastus2 $0.441 $0.0815 $0.2736 $0.1721 $0.2955 $0.194 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.441 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.441 – – – – – North Central US northcentralus $0.441 $0.0815 $0.2736 $0.1721 $0.2955 $0.194 West US 2 westus2 $0.441 $0.0815 $0.2736 $0.1721 $0.2955 $0.194 West US 3 westus3 $0.441 $0.0815 $0.2736 $0.1721 $0.2955 $0.194 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.472 $0.0872 $0.2929 $0.1842 $0.3162 $0.2077 North Europe northeurope $0.473 $0.0874 $0.2935 $0.1846 $0.3169 $0.2081 Canada Central canadacentral $0.483 $0.0893 $0.2993 $0.1883 $0.3236 $0.2125 Canada East canadaeast $0.483 $0.0893 $0.2993 $0.1883 $0.3236 $0.2125 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.485 $0.0896 $0.301 $0.1893 $0.388 $0.2668 Korea Central koreacentral $0.498 $0.092 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3337 $0.2191 Spain Central spaincentral $0.498 $0.092 $0.3089 $0.1943 $0.3337 $0.2191 Central US centralus $0.499 $0.0922 $0.2736 $0.1721 $0.2939 $0.1931 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.5 $0.0924 $0.3099 $0.195 $0.335 $0.22 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.504 $0.0931 $0.3122 $0.1964 $0.3377 $0.2218 Poland Central polandcentral $0.504 $0.0931 $0.3124 $0.1966 $0.4032 $0.2772 West Europe westeurope $0.504 $0.0931 $0.3122 $0.1964 $0.3377 $0.2218 Korea South koreasouth $0.507 $0.0937 $0.3146 $0.1979 $0.4056 $0.2789 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.509 $0.0941 $0.3154 $0.1984 $0.341 $0.224 France Central francecentral $0.524 $0.0968 $0.3251 $0.2045 $0.3511 $0.2306 Italy North italynorth $0.524 $0.0968 $0.3251 $0.2045 $0.3511 $0.2306 UK South uksouth $0.524 $0.0921 $0.3251 $0.2045 $0.3511 $0.2306 South Central US southcentralus $0.53 $0.0979 $0.3283 $0.2065 $0.424 $0.2915 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.53 $0.0979 $0.3283 $0.2065 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.53 $0.0979 $0.3283 $0.2065 – – West Central US westcentralus $0.53 $0.0979 $0.3283 $0.2065 $0.424 $0.2915 UK West ukwest $0.534 $0.0987 $0.3311 $0.2082 $0.4272 $0.2937 UAE North uaenorth $0.543 $0.1003 $0.3365 $0.2117 $0.4344 $0.2987 Israel Central israelcentral $0.548 $0.1013 $0.3398 $0.2138 $0.3672 $0.2411 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.548 $0.1013 $0.3398 $0.2138 $0.3672 $0.2411 West US westus $0.55 $0.1016 $0.3411 $0.2146 $0.3685 $0.242 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.552 $0.102 $0.3419 $0.2151 – – Japan East japaneast $0.555 $0.1026 $0.3444 $0.2166 $0.3719 $0.2442 Japan West japanwest $0.555 $0.1026 $0.3444 $0.2166 $0.3719 $0.2442 West India westindia $0.565 $0.1044 $0.3502 $0.2203 $0.452 $0.3108 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.574 $0.1061 $0.3556 $0.2237 $0.4592 $0.3157 Australia Central australiacentral $0.576 $0.1064 $0.3573 $0.2247 $0.3859 $0.2534 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.576 $0.0576 $0.3573 $0.2247 $0.3859 $0.2534 Australia East australiaeast $0.576 $0.1064 $0.3573 $0.2247 $0.3859 $0.2534 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.587 $0.1085 $0.3639 $0.2289 $0.4696 $0.3229 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.587 $0.1085 $0.3639 $0.2289 $0.4696 $0.3229 East Asia eastasia $0.607 $0.1122 $0.3763 $0.2366 $0.4856 $0.3339 Sweden South swedensouth $0.614 $0.1135 $0.3807 $0.2395 $0.4912 $0.3377 South India southindia $0.622 $0.1149 $0.3857 $0.2427 $0.4976 $0.3421 Norway East norwayeast $0.631 $0.1166 $0.3912 $0.2461 $0.5048 $0.3471 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.65 $0.1201 $0.403 $0.2535 $0.4355 $0.286 Germany North germanynorth $0.655 $0.121 $0.4058 $0.2553 $0.524 $0.3603 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.68 $0.1257 $0.4216 $0.2652 $0.4556 $0.2992 France South francesouth $0.682 $0.126 $0.4226 $0.2658 $0.5456 $0.3751 UAE Central uaecentral $0.713 $0.1318 $0.4418 $0.2779 $0.5704 $0.3922 South Africa West southafricawest $0.769 $0.1421 $0.4771 $0.3 $0.6152 $0.423 Norway West norwaywest $0.82 $0.1515 $0.5086 $0.3199 $0.656 $0.451 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.82 $0.1515 $0.5086 $0.3199 $0.656 $0.451 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.884 $0.1634 $0.5482 $0.3448 $0.7072 $0.4862
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.441 $0.2736 $0.1721 Windows $0.809 $0.6416 $0.5401
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) 16
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_D8lds_v6 Family Dldsv6 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dldsv6-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .