Instances Azure VM Standard_D8pls_v5 Standard_D8pls_v5
Standard_D8pls_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.272 per hour on demand ($198.56 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1605 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0575 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.17 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 Central India centralindia $0.17 $0.0314 $0.1006 $0.0648 $0.1225 $0.0793 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.17 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.17 – – – – – East US eastus $0.272 $0.0575 $0.1605 $0.1033 $0.185 $0.1192 East US 2 eastus2 $0.272 $0.0503 $0.1605 $0.1033 $0.1868 $0.1184 North Central US northcentralus $0.272 $0.0503 $0.1605 $0.1033 $0.1868 $0.1184 West US 2 westus2 $0.272 $0.0503 $0.1605 $0.1033 $0.1829 $0.1191 West US 3 westus3 $0.272 $0.0503 $0.1605 $0.1033 – – North Europe northeurope $0.292 $0.054 $0.1721 $0.1109 $0.2083 $0.1384 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.292 $0.054 $0.1723 $0.108 $0.2161 $0.146 Canada Central canadacentral $0.298 $0.0551 $0.1756 $0.1131 $0.214 $0.1308 Central US centralus $0.307 $0.0567 $0.1605 $0.1033 $0.1842 $0.1179 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.31 $0.0573 $0.1831 $0.118 $0.2307 $0.1616 West Europe westeurope $0.31 $0.0573 $0.1831 $0.118 $0.2307 $0.1616 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.314 $0.058 $0.185 $0.1192 $0.2267 $0.1459 UK South uksouth $0.323 $0.0568 $0.1906 $0.1228 $0.2382 $0.1621 France Central francecentral $0.324 $0.0599 $0.1912 $0.1231 $0.2391 $0.1647 South Central US southcentralus $0.326 $0.0602 $0.1926 $0.124 $0.2249 $0.1532 West Central US westcentralus $0.326 $0.0602 $0.1926 $0.124 $0.2249 $0.1532 West US westus $0.339 $0.0626 $0.2001 $0.1289 $0.2499 $0.1636 Japan East japaneast $0.342 $0.0632 $0.2021 $0.1301 $0.2599 $0.1881 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.342 $0.0632 – – $0.2531 $0.1778 East Asia eastasia $0.344 $0.0636 $0.203 $0.1307 $0.2509 $0.1646 Australia East australiaeast $0.355 $0.0656 $0.2096 $0.135 $0.2436 $0.1644
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 290 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8pls_v5 Family Dplsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dplsv5-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 .