Instances Azure VM Standard_DC8as_v5 Standard_DC8as_v5
Standard_DC8as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.344 per hour on demand ($251.12 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.2752 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0726 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.222 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 $0.222 $0.041 $0.1777 $0.1333 $0.1883 $0.1441 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.222 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.222 – – – – – East US eastus $0.344 $0.0726 $0.2752 $0.2064 $0.2908 $0.2239 East US 2 eastus2 $0.344 $0.0636 $0.2752 $0.2064 $0.2908 $0.2239 North Europe northeurope $0.384 $0.071 $0.3072 $0.2304 $0.3474 $0.2718 Central US centralus $0.389 $0.0718 $0.2752 $0.2064 $0.2906 $0.2233 UK South uksouth $0.4 $0.0739 $0.32 $0.24 $0.3514 $0.2782 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.402 $0.0743 $0.3219 $0.2414 $0.3411 $0.2609 West US westus $0.404 $0.0747 $0.3232 $0.2424 $0.3655 $0.282 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.416 $0.0769 $0.3328 $0.2496 $0.3682 $0.2944 Italy North italynorth $0.416 $0.0769 $0.3328 $0.2496 $0.3764 $0.2944 West Europe westeurope $0.416 $0.0769 $0.3328 $0.2496 $0.3764 $0.2944 UAE North uaenorth $0.424 $0.0784 $0.3392 $0.2544 $0.3836 $0.3001 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.432 $0.0798 $0.3455 $0.2592 $0.3677 $0.2817 Japan East japaneast $0.448 $0.0828 $0.3584 $0.2688 $0.3927 $0.3116 East Asia eastasia $0.476 $0.088 $0.3808 $0.2856 $0.4306 $0.3369 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.492 $0.0909 $0.3935 $0.2952 $0.4451 $0.3482
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.344 $0.2752 $0.2064 Windows $0.712 $0.6432 $0.5744
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 4 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 32
Networking Value Network 5 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 192 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_DC8as_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 .