Standard_DS3
Standard_DS3 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 14 GiB memory. In East US it costs $0.308 per hour on demand ($224.84 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.0717 per hour. It is sold in 33 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.268 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.268 | $0.1187 | $0.1849 | $0.126 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.268 | $0.0624 | $0.1849 | $0.126 |
| West India westindia | $0.272 | $0.0633 | $0.2067 | $0.1496 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.282 | $0.0656 | $0.2143 | $0.1551 |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.2856 | $0.0665 | – | – |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.292 | $0.0679 | $0.2219 | $0.1606 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.299 | $0.1162 | $0.2272 | $0.1645 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.299 | $0.0696 | $0.2272 | $0.1645 |
| Central US centralus | $0.308 | $0.0569 | $0.2125 | $0.1448 |
| East US eastus | $0.308 | $0.0717 | $0.2125 | $0.1448 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.308 | $0.0717 | $0.2125 | $0.1448 |
| West US westus | $0.308 | $0.0717 | $0.2125 | $0.1448 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.308 | $0.0717 | $0.2125 | $0.1448 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.322 | $0.0749 | – | – |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.322 | $0.0749 | $0.2447 | $0.1771 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.336 | $0.0782 | $0.291 | $0.2297 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.336 | $0.0782 | $0.2554 | $0.1848 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.339 | $0.0789 | $0.2576 | $0.1865 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.359 | $0.0835 | $0.2728 | $0.1974 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.372 | $0.0866 | $0.2827 | $0.2046 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.372 | $0.0866 | $0.2827 | $0.2046 |
| South India southindia | $0.378 | $0.088 | $0.2873 | $0.2079 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.38 | $0.0884 | $0.2888 | $0.209 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.384 | $0.0894 | $0.2918 | $0.2112 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.385 | $0.0896 | $0.2926 | $0.2118 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.385 | $0.0896 | $0.2926 | $0.2118 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.392 | $0.0912 | $0.2979 | $0.2156 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.403 | $0.0938 | $0.3063 | $0.2217 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.418 | $0.0973 | $0.3177 | $0.2299 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.442 | $0.1029 | $0.3359 | $0.2431 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.45 | $0.1047 | $0.342 | $0.2475 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.451 | $0.1049 | $0.3428 | $0.2481 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.494 | $0.115 | $0.3754 | $0.2717 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.308 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.56 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 4 |
| Physical cores | 4 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| ACU (compute units) | 160 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 14 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 4 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Temp disk | 28 GiB |
| Max data disks | 16 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 12,800 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 128 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_DS3 |
| Family | DS |
| VM generations | V1, V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Retirement date | 2028-05-01 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Compare Standard_DS3
Other generations
Other DS sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_DS1 | 1 | 3.5 | $0.077 |
| Standard_DS2 | 2 | 7 | $0.154 |
| Standard_DS11 | 2 | 14 | $0.193 |
| Standard_DS3 | 4 | 14 | $0.308 |
| Standard_DS12 | 4 | 28 | $0.386 |
| Standard_DS4 | 8 | 28 | $0.616 |
| Standard_DS13 | 8 | 56 | $0.771 |
| Standard_DS14 | 16 | 112 | $1.542 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.