Standard_E2bs_v6

Standard_E2bs_v6 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.174 per hour on demand ($127.02 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1029 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0323 per hour. It is sold in 53 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.174 per hour.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Central US centralus$0.174$0.0321$0.1025$0.0614$0.1177$0.0737
East US eastus$0.174$0.0323$0.1029$0.061$0.1183$0.0731
East US 2 eastus2$0.174$0.0322$0.1029$0.061$0.1183$0.0731
North Central US northcentralus$0.174$0.0322$0.1025$0.0614$0.1177$0.0737
West US 2 westus2$0.174$0.0322$0.1029$0.061$0.1183$0.0731
West US 3 westus3$0.174$0.0322$0.1029$0.061$0.1183$0.0731
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.186$0.0344$0.1097$0.0688$0.1283$0.08
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.192$0.0355$0.1128$0.0676$0.1298$0.0813
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.208$0.0384$0.1225$0.0748$0.1421$0.0895
Italy North italynorth$0.208$0.0384$0.1219$0.0769$0.143$0.0891
Poland Central polandcentral$0.208$0.0384$0.1225$0.0748$0.1421$0.0895
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.208$0.0384$0.1228$0.075$0.1414$0.0894
Spain Central spaincentral$0.208$0.0384$0.1219$0.0769$0.143$0.0891
UK West ukwest$0.208$0.0384$0.1219$0.0769$0.143$0.0891
Canada Central canadacentral$0.209$0.0386$0.1231$0.0737$0.1413$0.0885
Canada East canadaeast$0.209$0.0386$0.1231$0.0737$0.1413$0.0885
South Central US southcentralus$0.209$0.0386$0.1235$0.0732$0.1421$0.0878
West Central US westcentralus$0.209$0.0386$0.1231$0.0737$0.1413$0.0885
Australia Central australiacentral$0.212$0.0392$0.1245$0.0746$0.1442$0.0897
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.212$0.0212$0.1245$0.0746$0.1442$0.0897
Australia East australiaeast$0.212$0.0392$0.125$0.0741$0.1442$0.089
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.212$0.0392$0.1245$0.0746$0.1442$0.0897
Japan East japaneast$0.212$0.0392$0.1245$0.0758$0.1464$0.091
Japan West japanwest$0.212$0.0392$0.1245$0.0758$0.1464$0.091
France Central francecentral$0.218$0.0403$0.1276$0.0805$0.1498$0.0933
UK South uksouth$0.218$0.0383$0.1287$0.0785$0.1504$0.0937
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.222$0.041$0.1307$0.0783$0.151$0.094
West US westus$0.227$0.042$0.1332$0.0799$0.1535$0.0961
North Europe northeurope$0.229$0.0423$0.1352$0.0825$0.1557$0.0985
West Europe westeurope$0.229$0.0423$0.1352$0.0825$0.1557$0.0985
Korea Central koreacentral$0.235$0.0434$0.138$0.084$0.1623$0.1009
Korea South koreasouth$0.235$0.0434$0.138$0.084$0.1623$0.1009
Sweden South swedensouth$0.242$0.0447$0.1416$0.0893$0.1663$0.1036
Central India centralindia$0.244$0.0451$0.1436$0.0874$0.1686$0.1047
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.244–––––
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.244–––––
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.244$0.0451$0.1435$0.0876$0.1667$0.1049
South Africa West southafricawest$0.244$0.0451$0.1435$0.0876$0.1667$0.1049
West India westindia$0.244$0.0451$0.1436$0.0874$0.1686$0.1047
Israel Central israelcentral$0.249$0.046$0.1467$0.0896$0.1701$0.1071
Norway East norwayeast$0.249$0.046$0.1467$0.0896$0.1701$0.1071
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.249$0.046$0.1467$0.0896$0.1701$0.1071
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.249$0.046$0.1467$0.0896$0.1701$0.1071
UAE Central uaecentral$0.249$0.046$0.1467$0.0896$0.1701$0.1071
UAE North uaenorth$0.249$0.046$0.1467$0.0896$0.1701$0.1071
East Asia eastasia$0.265$0.049$0.1559$0.0952$0.181$0.114
South India southindia$0.269$0.0497$0.1579$0.0962$0.1858$0.1155
Germany North germanynorth$0.271$0.0501$0.1584$0.1$0.1863$0.116
France South francesouth$0.283$0.0523$0.1659$0.1047$0.1945$0.1212
Norway West norwaywest$0.324$0.0599$0.1906$0.1164$0.2213$0.1394
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.324$0.0599$0.1906$0.1164$0.2213$0.1394
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.349$0.0645$0.2051$0.1229$0.236$0.1478
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.453$0.0837$0.2667$0.1598$0.3063$0.1918

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.174$0.1029$0.061
Windows$0.266$0.1949$0.153

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
Network12.5 Gbps
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E2bs_v6
FamilyEbsv6
CategoryMemory optimized
OtherValue
Seriesebsv6-series
Specs sourceMicrosoft docs

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