Standard_DS4_v2

Standard_DS4_v2 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 28 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.585 per hour on demand ($427.05 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.1361 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.458 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
East US 2 eastus2$0.458$0.2029$0.316$0.2153
West US 2 westus2$0.458$0.1066$0.316$0.2153
West US 3 westus3$0.458$0.1066$0.316$0.2153
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.502$0.1168$0.3815$0.2761
South Central US southcentralus$0.509$0.1184$0.3512$0.2392
West Central US westcentralus$0.509$0.1184$0.3512$0.2392
North Europe northeurope$0.527$0.1226$0.4005$0.2899
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.532$0.1238$0.4043$0.2926
Italy North italynorth$0.543$0.1264$0.4703$0.3711
Poland Central polandcentral$0.544$0.1266$0.4134$0.2992
Spain Central spaincentral$0.544$0.1266$0.4134$0.2992
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.544$0.1266$0.4134$0.2992
West Europe westeurope$0.544$0.1266$0.4134$0.2992
Israel Central israelcentral$0.548$0.1275$0.4165$0.3014
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.55$0.128$0.418$0.3025
UAE North uaenorth$0.55$0.128$0.418$0.3025
West US westus$0.559$0.1301$0.3857$0.2627
Canada Central canadacentral$0.56$0.2176$0.4256$0.308
Canada East canadaeast$0.56$0.1303$0.4256$0.308
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.571$0.1329––
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.571$0.1329––
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.571$0.1329––
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.584$0.1359$0.403$0.2745
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.584$0.1359$0.403$0.2745
Central US centralus$0.585$0.1081$0.4037$0.275
East US eastus$0.585$0.1361$0.4037$0.275
North Central US northcentralus$0.585$0.1361$0.4037$0.275
Korea South koreasouth$0.594$0.1382$0.4514$0.3267
Norway East norwayeast$0.598$0.1392$0.4545$0.3289
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.5984$0.1392$0.4548$0.3291
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.614$0.1429$0.4666$0.3377
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.623$0.145$0.4735$0.3427
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.631$0.1468$0.4796$0.3471
Korea Central koreacentral$0.66$0.1536$0.5016$0.363
Australia Central australiacentral$0.673$0.1566$0.5115$0.3702
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.673$0.0673$0.5115$0.3702
Australia East australiaeast$0.673$0.1566$0.5115$0.3702
Central India centralindia$0.675$0.1571$0.513$0.3713
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.675–$0.675$0.675
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.675–$0.675$0.675
South India southindia$0.675$0.1571$0.513$0.3713
West India westindia$0.675$0.1571$0.513$0.3713
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.685$0.1594$0.5206$0.3767
Germany North germanynorth$0.697$0.1622$0.5297$0.3834
France Central francecentral$0.702$0.1634$0.5335$0.3861
UK South uksouth$0.702$0.1634$0.5335$0.3861
UK West ukwest$0.702$0.1634$0.5335$0.3861
Sweden South swedensouth$0.707$0.1645$0.5373$0.3888
UAE Central uaecentral$0.714$0.1661$0.5426$0.3927
Japan West japanwest$0.729$0.1696$0.554$0.4009
South Africa West southafricawest$0.769$0.1789$0.5844$0.423
Norway West norwaywest$0.778$0.181$0.5913$0.4279
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.778$0.181$0.5913$0.4279
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.782$0.182$0.5943$0.4301
Japan East japaneast$0.818$0.1903$0.6217$0.4499
East Asia eastasia$0.857$0.1994$0.6513$0.4714
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.89$0.2071$0.6764$0.4895
France South francesouth$0.912$0.2122$0.6931$0.5016

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.585––
Windows$0.952––

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs8
Physical cores8
Threads per core1
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
ACU (compute units)210
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)28
NetworkingValue
Network6 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces8
StorageValue
Storage56 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk56 GiB
Max data disks32
Premium SSDYes
Max disk IOPS (uncached)25,600
Max disk throughput (uncached)384 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_DS4_v2
FamilyDSv2
CategoryGeneral purpose
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
Retirement date2028-05-01
OtherValue
Seriesdsv2-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Standard_DS3_v2414$0.293
Standard_DS12_v2428$0.371
Standard_DS13-4_v2456$0.741
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Standard_DS13_v2856$0.741
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Standard_DS14_v216112$1.482
Standard_DS15_v220140$1.853

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.