Standard_D8ls_v6

Standard_D8ls_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.357 per hour on demand ($260.61 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2213 per hour, 38% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0753 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.357 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Central India centralindia$0.357$0.066$0.2213$0.1392$0.2392$0.1571
East US eastus$0.357$0.0753$0.2213$0.1392$0.2392$0.1571
East US 2 eastus2$0.357$0.066$0.2213$0.1392$0.2392$0.1571
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.357$0.066$0.2215$0.1393$0.2392$0.1571
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.357–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.357–––––
North Central US northcentralus$0.357$0.066$0.2213$0.1392$0.2392$0.1571
West US 2 westus2$0.357$0.066$0.2213$0.1392$0.2392$0.1571
West US 3 westus3$0.357$0.066$0.2213$0.1392$0.2392$0.1571
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.382$0.0706$0.237$0.1491$0.2559$0.1681
North Europe northeurope$0.383$0.0708$0.2374$0.1494$0.2566$0.1685
Canada Central canadacentral$0.391$0.0723$0.2422$0.1524$0.262$0.172
Canada East canadaeast$0.391$0.0723$0.2422$0.1524$0.262$0.172
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.393$0.0726$0.2435$0.1532$0.3144$0.2162
Central US centralus$0.403$0.0744$0.2213$0.1392$0.2386$0.1568
Korea Central koreacentral$0.403$0.0745$0.25$0.1572$0.27$0.1773
Spain Central spaincentral$0.403$0.0745$0.25$0.1572$0.27$0.1773
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.404$0.0747$0.2508$0.1578$0.2707$0.1778
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.407$0.0752$0.2526$0.1589$0.2727$0.1791
West Europe westeurope$0.407$0.0752$0.2526$0.1589$0.2727$0.1791
Poland Central polandcentral$0.408$0.0754$0.253$0.1591$0.3264$0.2244
Korea South koreasouth$0.411$0.076$0.2546$0.1601$0.3288$0.2261
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.412$0.0761$0.2551$0.1605$0.276$0.1813
France Central francecentral$0.424$0.0784$0.263$0.1654$0.2841$0.1866
Italy North italynorth$0.424$0.0784$0.263$0.1654$0.2841$0.1866
UK South uksouth$0.424$0.0745$0.263$0.1654$0.2841$0.1866
South Central US southcentralus$0.428$0.0791$0.2656$0.1671$0.3424$0.2354
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.428$0.0791$0.2656$0.1671––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.428$0.0791$0.2656$0.1671––
West Central US westcentralus$0.428$0.0791$0.2656$0.1671$0.3424$0.2354
UK West ukwest$0.432$0.0798$0.2678$0.1685$0.3456$0.2376
UAE North uaenorth$0.439$0.0811$0.2723$0.1713$0.3512$0.2415
Israel Central israelcentral$0.444$0.0821$0.275$0.173$0.2975$0.1954
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.444$0.0821$0.275$0.173$0.2975$0.1954
West US westus$0.445$0.0822$0.276$0.1736$0.2982$0.1958
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.446$0.0824$0.2767$0.174––
Japan East japaneast$0.449$0.083$0.2787$0.1753$0.3008$0.1976
Japan West japanwest$0.449$0.083$0.2787$0.1753$0.3008$0.1976
West India westindia$0.457$0.0845$0.2833$0.1782$0.3656$0.2514
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.464$0.0857$0.2878$0.181$0.3712$0.2552
Australia Central australiacentral$0.466$0.0861$0.289$0.1818$0.3122$0.205
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.466$0.0466$0.289$0.1818$0.3122$0.205
Australia East australiaeast$0.466$0.0861$0.289$0.1818$0.3122$0.205
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.475$0.0878$0.2944$0.1852$0.38$0.2613
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.475$0.0878$0.2944$0.1852$0.38$0.2613
East Asia eastasia$0.491$0.0907$0.3045$0.1915$0.3928$0.2701
Sweden South swedensouth$0.497$0.0918$0.3081$0.1938$0.3976$0.2734
South India southindia$0.503$0.093$0.3121$0.1963$0.4024$0.2767
Norway East norwayeast$0.511$0.0944$0.3166$0.1991$0.4088$0.2811
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.526$0.0972$0.326$0.2051$0.3524$0.2314
Germany North germanynorth$0.53$0.0979$0.3283$0.2065$0.424$0.2915
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.55$0.1016$0.3411$0.2146$0.3685$0.242
France South francesouth$0.551$0.1018$0.3419$0.2151$0.4408$0.3031
UAE Central uaecentral$0.577$0.1066$0.3574$0.2248$0.4616$0.3174
South Africa West southafricawest$0.622$0.1149$0.386$0.2428$0.4976$0.3421
Norway West norwaywest$0.664$0.1227$0.4115$0.2588$0.5312$0.3652
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.664$0.1227$0.4115$0.2588$0.5312$0.3652
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.715$0.1321$0.4435$0.279$0.572$0.3933

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.357$0.2213$0.1392
Windows$0.725$0.5893$0.5072

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores4
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Max data disks24
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)424 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNo
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D8ls_v6
FamilyDlsv6
CategoryGeneral purpose
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesdlsv6-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.