Standard_DC4ds_v3
Standard_DC4ds_v3 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (Intel Xeon (Ice Lake)). In East US it costs $0.452 per hour on demand ($329.96 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0996 per hour. It is sold in 25 regions; the cheapest is Italy North at $0.264 per hour.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | Spot | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy North italynorth | $0.264 | $0.0488 | $0.2323 | $0.1819 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.272 | $0.0503 | $0.2405 | $0.1921 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.298 | $0.0555 | $0.2623 | $0.205 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.354 | $0.0654 | $0.3203 | $0.251 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.388 | $0.0717 | $0.351 | $0.2751 |
| East US eastus | $0.452 | $0.0996 | $0.3822 | $0.2936 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.452 | $0.0835 | $0.4071 | $0.3192 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.452 | $0.0835 | $0.3822 | $0.2936 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.48 | $0.0887 | $0.4075 | $0.3108 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.48 | – | – | – |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.48 | – | – | – |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.497 | $0.0918 | $0.4203 | $0.3228 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.504 | $0.0931 | $0.4272 | $0.3259 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.504 | $0.0931 | $0.4437 | $0.3468 |
| Central US centralus | $0.511 | $0.0943 | $0.3812 | $0.2928 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.524 | $0.0968 | $0.4602 | $0.3633 |
| West US westus | $0.532 | $0.0983 | $0.4791 | $0.3692 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.542 | $0.1002 | $0.4882 | $0.3827 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.544 | $0.1005 | $0.4811 | $0.3844 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.564 | $0.1042 | $0.4797 | $0.3668 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.568 | $0.105 | $0.4954 | $0.3884 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.584 | $0.1079 | $0.5121 | $0.406 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.584 | $0.1079 | $0.526 | $0.4128 |
| South India southindia | $0.637 | $0.1177 | $0.5407 | $0.4124 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.678 | $0.1253 | $0.6107 | $0.4787 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.452 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.636 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon (Ice Lake) |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 32 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | Yes |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 300 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 300 GiB |
| Max data disks | 16 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 6,400 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 101 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_DC4ds_v3 |
| Family | DCdsv3 |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | dcdsv3-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Other DCdsv3 sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_DC1ds_v3 | 1 | 8 | $0.113 |
| Standard_DC2ds_v3 | 2 | 16 | $0.226 |
| Standard_DC4ds_v3 | 4 | 32 | $0.452 |
| Standard_DC8ds_v3 | 8 | 64 | $0.904 |
| Standard_DC16ds_v3 | 16 | 128 | $1.808 |
| Standard_DC24ds_v3 | 24 | 192 | $2.712 |
| Standard_DC32ds_v3 | 32 | 256 | $3.616 |
| Standard_DC48ds_v3 | 48 | 384 | $5.424 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.