Instances Azure VM Standard_E2a_v4 Standard_E2a_v4
Standard_E2a_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.126 per hour on demand ($91.98 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0741 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0265 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.08 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 $0.08 $0.0148 $0.0471 $0.0304 $0.0539 $0.0377 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.08 – – – $0.08 $0.08 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.08 – – – $0.08 $0.08 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.123 $0.0227 $0.0724 $0.0463 $0.0832 $0.0582 East US eastus $0.126 $0.0265 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0852 $0.0596 East US 2 eastus2 $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0741 $0.0497 $0.0852 $0.0597 North Central US northcentralus $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0852 $0.0596 US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0756 $0.0504 – – West US 2 westus2 $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0741 $0.0474 $0.0852 $0.0596 West US 3 westus3 $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0743 $0.0479 $0.0852 $0.0596 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.13 $0.024 $0.0767 $0.0494 $0.0875 $0.0612 Spain Central spaincentral $0.133 $0.0246 $0.0784 $0.0505 $0.0904 $0.0625 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.134 $0.0248 $0.0791 $0.0509 $0.0906 $0.0634 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.136 $0.0251 $0.08 $0.0511 $0.092 $0.0644 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0821 $0.0547 $0.0926 $0.0648 Canada Central canadacentral $0.138 $0.0255 $0.0814 $0.0524 $0.0933 $0.0653 Canada East canadaeast $0.138 $0.0255 $0.0814 $0.0524 $0.0933 $0.0653 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0815 $0.0521 $0.094 $0.0658 West US westus $0.14 $0.0259 $0.0823 $0.0526 $0.0947 $0.0663 North Europe northeurope $0.141 $0.0261 $0.0829 $0.053 $0.0953 $0.0667 Central US centralus $0.142 $0.0262 $0.0854 $0.057 $0.096 $0.0672 Korea South koreasouth $0.144 $0.0266 $0.0864 $0.0576 $0.0974 $0.0682 France Central francecentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.087 $0.0556 $0.1001 $0.07 Israel Central israelcentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0873 $0.0562 $0.1001 $0.0701 Italy North italynorth $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0888 $0.0592 $0.1066 $0.077 UK South uksouth $0.148 $0.026 $0.087 $0.0556 $0.1001 $0.07 Australia Central australiacentral $0.151 $0.0279 $0.089 $0.0574 $0.1021 $0.0715 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.151 $0.0151 $0.089 $0.0574 $0.1021 $0.0715 Australia East australiaeast $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0888 $0.0568 $0.1021 $0.0715 South Central US southcentralus $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0908 $0.0605 $0.1021 $0.0715 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.151 $0.0279 $0.089 $0.0574 – – West Central US westcentralus $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0908 $0.0605 $0.1021 $0.0715 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0897 $0.0578 $0.1028 $0.072 Japan East japaneast $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.1028 $0.072 Japan West japanwest $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0897 $0.0578 $0.1028 $0.072 Korea Central koreacentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.1028 $0.072 Poland Central polandcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0897 $0.0578 $0.1028 $0.072 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.1028 $0.072 UK West ukwest $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0914 $0.061 $0.1028 $0.072 West Europe westeurope $0.152 $0.0309 $0.0894 $0.06 $0.1028 $0.072 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0916 $0.0589 $0.1048 $0.0734 UAE North uaenorth $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0916 $0.0589 $0.1048 $0.0734 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.158 $0.0292 $0.0929 $0.0599 – – New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.159 $0.0294 – – $0.1075 $0.0753 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.16 $0.0296 $0.096 $0.064 $0.1088 $0.0757 West India westindia $0.161 $0.0298 $0.0952 $0.0613 $0.109 $0.0763 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.164 $0.0303 $0.0983 $0.0655 $0.1109 $0.0777 East Asia eastasia $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0982 $0.0628 $0.1129 $0.079 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.168 $0.031 $0.0991 $0.0639 $0.1136 $0.0795 Sweden South swedensouth $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1027 $0.0662 $0.1178 $0.0824 South India southindia $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1048 $0.0675 $0.1205 $0.0843 Norway East norwayeast $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1063 $0.0685 $0.1218 $0.0853 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1063 $0.0685 $0.1218 $0.0853 France South francesouth $0.192 $0.0355 $0.1135 $0.0731 $0.1299 $0.091 Germany North germanynorth $0.198 $0.0366 $0.1166 $0.0751 $0.134 $0.0938 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.201 $0.0371 $0.1182 $0.0756 $0.1359 $0.0945 UAE Central uaecentral $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1189 $0.0766 $0.1374 $0.0949 South Africa West southafricawest $0.218 $0.0403 $0.1289 $0.083 $0.1475 $0.1033 Norway West norwaywest $0.234 $0.0432 $0.1382 $0.089 $0.1584 $0.1108 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.234 $0.0432 $0.1382 $0.089 $0.1584 $0.1108 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.261 $0.0482 $0.154 $0.0992 $0.1765 $0.1236
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.126 $0.0741 $0.0474 Windows $0.218 $0.1661 $0.1394
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 2 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 4 x 16 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 50 GiB Max data disks 4 Premium SSD No Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,200 Max disk throughput (uncached) 48 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E2a_v4 Family Eav4 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series eav4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Compute and memory optimized
Other processors
With or without local disk and networking
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .