Instances Azure VM Standard_E2bs_v5 Standard_E2bs_v5
Standard_E2bs_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.149 per hour on demand ($108.77 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0879 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0314 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions.
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 East US eastus $0.149 $0.0314 $0.0879 $0.0522 $0.1008 $0.0631 East US 2 eastus2 $0.149 $0.0547 $0.0879 $0.0522 $0.1008 $0.0631 North Central US northcentralus $0.149 $0.0275 $0.0879 $0.0522 $0.1008 $0.0631 West US 2 westus2 $0.149 $0.0275 $0.0879 $0.0522 $0.1008 $0.0631 West US 3 westus3 $0.149 $0.0275 $0.0879 $0.0522 $0.1008 $0.0631 Central India centralindia $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0914 $0.0543 $0.1071 $0.0667 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0914 $0.0543 $0.1071 $0.0667 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.155 – – – $0.155 $0.155 Jio India West jioindiawest $0.155 – – – $0.155 $0.155 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.16 $0.0296 $0.0945 $0.0561 $0.1082 $0.0677 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.16 $0.0296 $0.0945 $0.0561 $0.1082 $0.0677 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.16 $0.0296 $0.0941 $0.0558 $0.1105 $0.0688 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.164 $0.0303 $0.0967 $0.0574 $0.1132 $0.0705 Canada Central canadacentral $0.165 $0.0599 $0.097 $0.0576 $0.114 $0.071 Canada East canadaeast $0.165 $0.0305 $0.097 $0.0576 $0.114 $0.071 West US westus $0.167 $0.0309 $0.0985 $0.0584 $0.1154 $0.0719 Central US centralus $0.168 $0.031 $0.0879 $0.0522 $0.1003 $0.0628 North Europe northeurope $0.168 $0.0414 $0.0991 $0.0588 $0.1156 $0.072 Korea South koreasouth $0.171 $0.0316 $0.1011 $0.06 $0.1181 $0.0736 France Central francecentral $0.177 $0.0327 $0.1041 $0.0618 $0.1223 $0.0762 UK South uksouth $0.177 $0.0327 $0.1041 $0.0618 $0.1214 $0.0758 Australia Central australiacentral $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.123 $0.0766 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.178 $0.0178 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.123 $0.0766 Australia East australiaeast $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.123 $0.0766 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.1216 $0.0766 Italy North italynorth $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.1216 $0.0766 Japan West japanwest $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.123 $0.0766 Korea Central koreacentral $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.123 $0.0766 Poland Central polandcentral $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.121 $0.0765 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.178 $0.033 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.1216 $0.0766 Spain Central spaincentral $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.1216 $0.0766 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.1216 $0.0766 West Europe westeurope $0.178 $0.0329 $0.105 $0.0623 $0.1216 $0.0766 South Central US southcentralus $0.179 $0.0331 $0.1055 $0.0626 $0.1237 $0.077 West Central US westcentralus $0.179 $0.0331 $0.1055 $0.0626 $0.1237 $0.077 UK West ukwest $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1064 $0.0631 $0.1244 $0.0775 US Gov Arizona usgovarizona $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1062 $0.063 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.18 $0.0333 $0.1062 $0.063 – – Japan East japaneast $0.181 $0.0334 $0.1067 $0.0634 $0.1251 $0.0777 Israel Central israelcentral $0.185 $0.0342 $0.1091 $0.0648 – – Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.185 $0.0342 $0.1091 $0.0648 $0.1278 $0.0796 UAE North uaenorth $0.185 $0.0342 $0.1091 $0.0648 $0.1278 $0.0796 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.186 $0.0344 $0.1099 $0.0652 – – New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.19 $0.0351 $0.1121 $0.0665 $0.1313 $0.0818 West India westindia $0.191 $0.0353 $0.1126 $0.0667 $0.132 $0.0822 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.194 $0.0359 $0.1143 $0.0678 $0.134 $0.0835 East Asia eastasia $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1175 $0.0696 $0.1375 $0.0856 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.2 $0.037 $0.118 $0.07 $0.1382 $0.0861 Sweden South swedensouth $0.207 $0.0383 $0.1224 $0.0726 $0.143 $0.0891 South India southindia $0.21 $0.0388 $0.124 $0.0735 $0.1451 $0.0904 Norway East norwayeast $0.213 $0.0394 $0.1257 $0.0746 $0.1472 $0.0917 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.213 $0.0394 $0.1257 $0.0746 $0.1472 $0.0917 France South francesouth $0.229 $0.0423 $0.1354 $0.0803 $0.1582 $0.0985 Germany North germanynorth $0.231 $0.0427 $0.1365 $0.081 $0.1596 $0.0994 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.24 $0.0444 $0.1413 $0.0838 $0.1658 $0.1033 UAE Central uaecentral $0.241 $0.0445 $0.1419 $0.0842 $0.1665 $0.1037 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.252 $0.0466 $0.1562 $0.1083 $0.1966 $0.1436 South Africa West southafricawest $0.26 $0.048 $0.1534 $0.091 $0.1796 $0.1119 Norway West norwaywest $0.277 $0.0512 $0.1635 $0.097 $0.1914 $0.1192 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.277 $0.0512 $0.1635 $0.097 $0.1914 $0.1192 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.311 $0.0575 $0.1837 $0.109 $0.2149 $0.1338
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.149 $0.0879 $0.0522 Windows $0.241 $0.1799 $0.1442
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 6,050 Max disk throughput (uncached) 170 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E2bs_v5 Family Ebsv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series ebdsv5-ebsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
With or without local disk and networking
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .