Standard_DS1 Windows prices

Standard_DS1 with Windows costs $0.14 per hour on demand in East US ($102.20 a month), $0.063 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is West India, at $0.114 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
West India	$0.114	$0.0679	$0.0461
Central India	$0.116	$0.0705	$0.0455
Canada Central	$0.121	$0.0747	$0.0463
Canada East	$0.121	$0.0747	$0.0463
UAE North	$0.126	$0.0804	$0.0456
North Europe	$0.129	$0.073	$0.056
East US 2	$0.13	$0.067	$0.063
South Central US	$0.13	$0.067	$0.063
Mexico Central	$0.131	$0.0847	$0.0463
South Africa North	$0.136	$0.0898	$0.0462
Central US	$0.14	$0.077	$0.063
East US	$0.14	$0.077	$0.063
North Central US	$0.14	$0.077	$0.063
West US	$0.14	$0.077	$0.063
West US 3	$0.14	$0.077	$0.063
South India	$0.14	$0.0944	$0.0456
France Central	$0.142	$0.0962	$0.0458
UK South	$0.142	$0.0962	$0.0458
Japan West	$0.146	$0.096	$0.05
UK West	$0.147	$0.101	$0.046
Poland Central	$0.148	$0.084	$0.064
West Europe	$0.148	$0.084	$0.064
UAE Central	$0.151	$0.105	$0.046
US Gov Virginia	$0.153	$0.071	$0.082
Australia East	$0.156	$0.093	$0.063
Australia Southeast	$0.156	$0.093	$0.063
Brazil South	$0.158	$0.095	$0.063
South Africa West	$0.159	$0.113	$0.046
Southeast Asia	$0.161	$0.098	$0.063
Japan East	$0.168	$0.11	$0.058
Brazil Southeast	$0.17	$0.124	$0.046
East Asia	$0.185	$0.113	$0.072

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$0.14	–	–

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Prices in USD, updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM options.