Instances Azure VM Standard_DC2ads_v5 Standard_DC2ads_v5
Standard_DC2ads_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.103 per hour on demand ($75.19 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0824 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0217 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0671 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 $0.0671 $0.0124 $0.0537 $0.0403 $0.057 $0.0434 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0671 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0671 – – – – – East US eastus $0.103 $0.0217 $0.0824 $0.0618 $0.0872 $0.067 East US 2 eastus2 $0.103 $0.019 $0.0824 $0.0618 $0.0872 $0.067 North Europe northeurope $0.115 $0.0213 $0.092 $0.069 $0.1035 $0.0813 Central US centralus $0.116 $0.0214 $0.0824 $0.0618 $0.1044 $0.0818 UK South uksouth $0.12 $0.0222 $0.096 $0.072 $0.1054 $0.0833 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.121 $0.0224 $0.0965 $0.0724 $0.1027 $0.0783 West US westus $0.122 $0.0225 $0.0976 $0.0732 $0.1098 $0.0845 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1 $0.075 $0.1105 $0.0884 Italy North italynorth $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1 $0.075 $0.1125 $0.0884 West Europe westeurope $0.125 $0.0231 $0.1 $0.075 $0.1125 $0.0884 UAE North uaenorth $0.127 $0.0235 $0.1015 $0.0761 $0.1143 $0.0898 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.129 $0.0238 $0.1032 $0.0774 $0.1097 $0.0839 Japan East japaneast $0.134 $0.0248 $0.1072 $0.0804 $0.1175 $0.0933 East Asia eastasia $0.142 $0.0262 $0.1136 $0.0852 $0.1278 $0.1004 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.147 $0.0272 $0.1178 $0.0884 $0.1323 $0.1039
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.103 $0.0824 $0.0618 Windows $0.195 $0.1744 $0.1538
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Networking Value Network 3 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 75 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 75 GiB Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 48 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC2ads_v5 Family DCadsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcadsv5-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 .