Standard_DS4
Standard_DS4 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 28 GiB memory. In East US it costs $0.616 per hour on demand ($449.68 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.1433 per hour. It is sold in 33 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.536 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 | $0.536 | $0.2374 | $0.3698 | $0.2519 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.536 | $0.1247 | $0.3698 | $0.2519 |
| West India westindia | $0.544 | $0.1266 | $0.4134 | $0.2992 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.564 | $0.1312 | $0.4286 | $0.3102 |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.572 | $0.1331 | – | – |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.584 | $0.1359 | $0.4438 | $0.3212 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.597 | $0.2319 | $0.4537 | $0.3283 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.598 | $0.1392 | $0.4545 | $0.3289 |
| Central US centralus | $0.616 | $0.1138 | $0.425 | $0.2895 |
| East US eastus | $0.616 | $0.1433 | $0.425 | $0.2895 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.616 | $0.1433 | $0.425 | $0.2895 |
| West US westus | $0.616 | $0.1433 | $0.425 | $0.2895 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.616 | $0.1433 | $0.425 | $0.2895 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.643 | $0.1496 | – | – |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.643 | $0.1496 | $0.4887 | $0.3537 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.672 | $0.1564 | $0.582 | $0.4593 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.672 | $0.1564 | $0.5107 | $0.3696 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.678 | $0.1578 | $0.5153 | $0.3729 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.718 | $0.1671 | $0.5457 | $0.3949 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.744 | $0.1731 | $0.5654 | $0.4092 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.744 | $0.1731 | $0.5654 | $0.4092 |
| South India southindia | $0.755 | $0.1757 | $0.5738 | $0.4153 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.76 | $0.1769 | $0.5776 | $0.418 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.768 | $0.1787 | $0.5837 | $0.4224 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.77 | $0.1792 | $0.5852 | $0.4235 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.77 | $0.1792 | $0.5852 | $0.4235 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.784 | $0.1824 | $0.5958 | $0.4312 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.807 | $0.1878 | $0.6133 | $0.4439 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.836 | $0.1945 | $0.6354 | $0.4598 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.883 | $0.2055 | $0.6711 | $0.4857 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.9 | $0.2094 | $0.684 | $0.495 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.902 | $0.2099 | $0.6855 | $0.4961 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.988 | $0.2299 | $0.7509 | $0.5434 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.616 | – | – |
| Windows | $1.12 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Physical cores | 8 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| ACU (compute units) | 160 |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 28 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 8 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Temp disk | 56 GiB |
| Max data disks | 32 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 25,600 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 256 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_DS4 |
| 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_DS4
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.