Instances Azure VM Standard_DC2as_v5 Standard_DC2as_v5
Standard_DC2as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.086 per hour on demand ($62.78 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0688 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0182 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0556 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 $0.0556 $0.0103 $0.0444 $0.0333 $0.0472 $0.0361 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0556 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0556 – – – – – East US eastus $0.086 $0.0182 $0.0688 $0.0516 $0.0727 $0.056 East US 2 eastus2 $0.086 $0.0159 $0.0688 $0.0516 $0.0727 $0.056 North Europe northeurope $0.096 $0.0177 $0.0768 $0.0576 $0.0869 $0.0679 Central US centralus $0.0972 $0.0179 $0.0688 $0.0516 $0.0726 $0.0558 UK South uksouth $0.1 $0.0185 $0.08 $0.06 $0.0879 $0.0695 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0805 $0.0604 $0.0857 $0.0655 West US westus $0.101 $0.0187 $0.0808 $0.0606 $0.0914 $0.0705 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.104 $0.0192 $0.0832 $0.0624 $0.0921 $0.0736 Italy North italynorth $0.104 $0.0192 $0.0832 $0.0624 $0.0941 $0.0736 West Europe westeurope $0.104 $0.0192 $0.0832 $0.0624 $0.0941 $0.0736 UAE North uaenorth $0.106 $0.0196 $0.0848 $0.0636 $0.0959 $0.075 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.108 $0.02 $0.0864 $0.0648 $0.0919 $0.0704 Japan East japaneast $0.112 $0.0207 $0.0896 $0.0672 $0.0982 $0.0779 East Asia eastasia $0.119 $0.022 $0.0952 $0.0714 $0.1077 $0.0842 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.123 $0.0227 $0.0984 $0.0738 $0.1113 $0.087
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.086 $0.0688 $0.0516 Windows $0.178 $0.1608 $0.1436
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 Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 48 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC2as_v5 Family DCasv5 Category General purpose VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series dcasv5-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 .