Standard_DC2es_v5

Standard_DC2es_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs. In Central US it costs $0.108 per hour on demand ($78.84 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.02 per hour. It is sold in 4 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.096 per hour.

Prices by region

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

Region	On-demand	Spot
East US 2 eastus2	$0.096	$0.0177
North Europe northeurope	$0.107	$0.0198
Central US centralus	$0.108	$0.02
West Europe westeurope	$0.115	$0.0213

Spot prices by region Windows prices by region

Prices by operating system in Central US

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Linux	$0.108	–	–
Windows	$0.2	–	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	2
Architecture	x86_64

Instance details	Value
Instance type	Standard_DC2es_v5
Family	DCesv5

Other	Value
Specs source	derived from size name

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Other DCesv5 sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
Standard_DC2es_v5	2	–	$0.108
Standard_DC4es_v5	4	–	$0.217
Standard_DC8es_v5	8	–	$0.434
Standard_DC16es_v5	16	–	$0.868
Standard_DC32es_v5	32	–	$1.736
Standard_DC48es_v5	48	–	$2.604
Standard_DC64es_v5	64	–	$3.471
Standard_DC96es_v5	96	–	$5.207
Standard_DC128es_v5	128	–	$6.943

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