Standard_D8plds_v6

Standard_D8plds_v6 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Azure Cobalt 100). In East US it costs $0.312 per hour on demand ($227.76 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1841 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.1362 per hour. It is sold in 44 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.206 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$0.206$0.0419$0.1213$0.0781$0.1401$0.0968
East US eastus$0.312$0.1362$0.1841$0.1186$0.2122$0.1466
East US 2 eastus2$0.312$0.0577$0.1841$0.1186$0.2122$0.1466
North Central US northcentralus$0.312$0.0577$0.1841$0.1186$0.2122$0.1466
West US 2 westus2$0.312$0.0577$0.1841$0.1186$0.2122$0.1466
West US 3 westus3$0.312$0.0577$0.1841$0.1186$0.2122$0.1466
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.333$0.0677$0.1963$0.1264$0.2264$0.1565
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.343$0.0634––$0.2332$0.1612
Canada Central canadacentral$0.347$0.0641$0.2048$0.1319$0.236$0.1631
Canada East canadaeast$0.347$0.0641$0.2048$0.1319$0.236$0.1631
North Europe northeurope$0.349$0.1145$0.2058$0.1325$0.2373$0.164
Spain Central spaincentral$0.349$0.0645$0.2058$0.1325$0.2373$0.164
Central US centralus$0.353$0.0752$0.1841$0.1186$0.2122$0.1465
UK South uksouth$0.36$0.0732$0.2124$0.1368$0.2448$0.1692
Italy North italynorth$0.363$0.0671$0.2143$0.138$0.2468$0.1706
France Central francecentral$0.365$0.0708$0.2152$0.1386$0.2482$0.1716
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.365$0.0675––$0.2482$0.1716
West US westus$0.365$0.0675$0.2152$0.1386$0.2482$0.1716
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.373$0.0689$0.22$0.1417$0.2536$0.1753
Poland Central polandcentral$0.373$0.0689$0.22$0.1417$0.2536$0.1753
West Europe westeurope$0.373$0.0758$0.22$0.1417$0.2536$0.1753
South Central US southcentralus$0.374$0.0691$0.2209$0.1423$0.2543$0.1758
West Central US westcentralus$0.374$0.0691$0.2209$0.1423$0.2543$0.1758
UK West ukwest$0.378$0.0699$0.2228$0.1435$0.257$0.1777
UAE North uaenorth$0.382$0.0706$0.2251$0.145$0.2598$0.1795
Australia East australiaeast$0.39$0.0792$0.2299$0.1481$0.2652$0.1833
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.39$0.0721$0.2299$0.1481$0.2652$0.1833
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.39$0.0721$0.2301$0.1482––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.393$0.0726$0.2317$0.1493––
Japan East japaneast$0.402$0.0743$0.237$0.1526$0.2734$0.1889
Japan West japanwest$0.402$0.0743$0.2374$0.1529$0.2734$0.1889
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.406$0.075$0.2393$0.1541$0.2761$0.1908
Korea Central koreacentral$0.407$0.0752$0.2403$0.1547$0.2768$0.1913
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.409$0.0756$0.2412$0.1553$0.2781$0.1922
East Asia eastasia$0.43$0.0795$0.2534$0.1632$0.2924$0.2021
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.438$0.0809$0.2582$0.1663$0.2978$0.2059
Norway East norwayeast$0.446$0.0824$0.2634$0.1696$0.3033$0.2096
South India southindia$0.471$0.087$0.278$0.179$0.3203$0.2214
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.487$0.09$0.2874$0.1851$0.3312$0.2289
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.496$0.0917$0.2927$0.1885$0.3373$0.2331
Sweden South swedensouth$0.527$0.0974$0.3111$0.2004$0.3584$0.2477
South Africa West southafricawest$0.568$0.105––$0.3862$0.267
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.58$0.1072––$0.3944$0.2726
UAE Central uaecentral$0.58$0.1072$0.3424$0.2205$0.3944$0.2726

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores8
Threads per core1
Architecturearm64
ProcessorAzure Cobalt 100
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network15 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces4
StorageValue
Storage440 GiB temp NVMe SSD
Local NVMe440 GiB
Max data disks24
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)12,800
Max disk throughput (uncached)424 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_D8plds_v6
FamilyDpldsv6
CategoryGeneral purpose
VM generationsV2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Seriesdpldsv6-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.